After an impactful 30-year career at Microsoft, Fabrice Canel retires. He pioneered Bing indexing and IndexNow, shaping search technology and SEO practices worldwide.

Google has improved recipe results in AI Mode by including creator names, ratings, and ingredient counts, helping publishers attract more traffic from AI-powered search interactions.

Google Search Console’s page indexing report is delayed by more than two weeks, limiting timely insights into website indexing status and complicating troubleshooting for SEO professionals.

Google broadens availability of AI performance reports in Search Console, allowing publishers worldwide to better understand how their content performs across AI-enhanced search features.

Google's AI patent introduces a system for deep entity understanding, impacting SEO by focusing on the holistic characterization of businesses, brands, and products rather than just webpage content.

Self-promotional 'best' listicles often cited but rarely recommended in AI search results can undermine your brand’s visibility and organic traffic, requiring new SEO strategies for 2026.

Headline formats such as quote-led or question-based headlines show varying visibility, but publisher choices and audience targeting are often the true drivers behind these differences.

Consumer trust in AI search has dropped sharply, with users increasingly validating answers across several platforms before making decisions in 2026.

Instagram’s Your Algorithm lets users customize recommendations by managing topic-level interests across Feed, Reels, and Explore, shifting towards interest-based content discovery.

New research reveals that more than 68% of Google searches in early 2026 ended without users clicking through, highlighting shifts in search behavior and Google's enhanced answer features.