Google updated its canonicalization troubleshooting documentation on July 10, 2026, adding a section that warns site owners a page can remain grouped with duplicates for up to two weeks after the underlying content is fixed. The clarification was first sp... See more
Google added a new type of Search Console property on Tuesday, July 7, letting creators and brands verify their Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube accounts and see how those posts surface in Google Search and Discover. It is the first time the tool has repo... See more
Google revised its merchant listing structured data documentation on 7 July, adding a dedicated way to classify products inside page markup and clearer rules for signalling how long a sale price stays valid. The change brings schema.org markup closer to w... See more
Google’s Search team does not use or endorse llms.txt files, John Mueller confirmed this month, dismissing the widespread belief that the proposed standard helps a website surface in Google’s results or its generative answers. The clarification matters be... See more
Websites that still lack a working mobile version began disappearing from Google’s index on 1 July 2026, as the company’s long-signalled mobile-only requirement moved from guidance to enforcement. According to Google’s own documentation, pages that Google... See more
