#search-console

Google's August 2026 spam update ran from 18 to 21 August, 2 days 16 hours, the longest of the year's three. No policy-page update, no query-share figure.

Google named about ten updates a year in 2021-2023, against thousands of ranking changes. The first four diagnostic checks are the same either way.

Google's third named spam update of 2026 began on August 18 and is still rolling out. No new policy, no percentage disclosed, recovery in many months.

A logging error has under-reported Generative AI report impressions since August 13, 2026. Google calls it a logging issue, not a visibility change.

AI Mode follow-ups like yes and yes go on land in the Search Console query table as new queries. Google confirms it, and your query list quietly dilutes.

John Mueller confirmed on July 29 that Google publishes no precedence order for conflicting metadata. A resolve-at-source playbook for four conflict pairs.

Google switched on AI Overviews and AI Mode in France on July 22. What changes for EU publishers, and the one opt-out lever you actually have today.

Google says AI features send 'billions of clicks' weekly, but gives no baseline or methodology — and Search Console's AI report never shows clicks to check.

Google Search Console can now verify Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube as platform properties, unlocking Search and Discover query data for social.

Wire Google's official GA4 MCP server and a community Search Console server into Claude Code: service-account auth, read-only scopes and least-privilege grants.

The May 2026 Google core update finished after an 11-day, three-spike rollout. A sequenced recovery plan: date the impact, diagnose by page type, then fix.

Chrome AI Mode now opens your page next to the AI summary on desktop. Above-the-fold snippet design matters more than CTR. Publisher first-frame audit.