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Google Lowers Search Profile Eligibility to 10,000 Followers and Adds Multi-Brand Logins
Google cut Search profile eligibility to 10,000 followers, its second reduction since June, and added single-login management for up to 10 brand profiles.
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Google Search Profiles Now Open at 10,000 Followers: How to Claim Yours
Google lowered Search profile eligibility to 10,000 followers, added single-login multi-brand management, and refreshed article views. Here's how to claim yours.
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How to Read Google Business Profile Post Views (2026 Local SEO Workflow)
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Google's John Mueller Concedes Search Console Cannot Report AI Search Positions — And Asks SEOs What To Measure Instead
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Zyppy 2026 Google Ranking Factors Expert Survey Finds Content Relevance, Backlinks, and Quality Remain Top Signals
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Google Merchant Center AI Performance Insights Adds AI Search Intent, Terms and Attributes Metrics
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Google Said It Can Lose Faith in Your Whole Site: What Mueller Actually Told One Publisher
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Google Calls EU DMA Search Changes the Largest Reduction in Quality in Its 29-Year History
Google rolled out DMA-mandated search changes across Europe on September 8, removing integrated travel and shopping features and calling it the biggest quality degradation in the company's history. Here's what changed, why it matters for SEO, and what comes next.
Google Search Console Indexing Status Reporting Bug Resolved After Brief Outage
Google confirmed a brief Search Console reporting bug on September 9, 2026 that temporarily showed indexed pages as Crawled - currently not indexed. John Mueller called it a short blip resolved within an hour.
Google AI Mode Tests Paginated Follow-Up Responses With Skip Button
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Google Ads Gemini-Powered AI Dashboards Begin Rolling Out to Advertisers
Google starts deploying Gemini-integrated reporting dashboards to Google Ads accounts, allowing advertisers to generate visual reports from natural-language prompts.
Google Search Console Links Report Data Frozen Since August 8 With No Official Explanation
Google Search Console's Links report has not received fresh data since August 8, 2026 — a full month without updates. Google's status dashboard shows no incidents, leaving SEOs without critical backlink monitoring data.
Google Tests Thinner AI Overviews Citations Panel, Potentially Reducing Publisher Link Visibility
Google is testing a narrower design for the citations panel in AI Overviews, potentially reducing visibility of source links and publisher click-through rates.
