Google Search
Google Core Updates in 2026: What Changed and How to Recover
The confirmed 2025-2026 core and spam updates with dates, how I check if a site was hit, and what Google actually says…
· 11 min read
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Lovepreet Singh
Digital Marketing Manager at Softtrix
Punjab, India
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Content & Links
Link Building in 2026: What Still Works and What Google Penalizes
Google's link spam rules, the 2026 site reputation changes, and the tactics I trust to earn links without risking a penalty.
· 12 min read
Google Search
September 2026 Spam Update Complete: What Changed
Google's September 2026 spam update finished on 8 October after almost two weeks. Here is what Google confirmed, what people saw, and…
· 12 min read
Content & Links
Google’s New Content Rules: Fake Author Profiles and Fact-Checking AI Text
Google now calls fake author profiles deception and says AI-generated text must be fact-checked by a person before publishing. I explain what…
· 12 min read
Google Search
How Long Does Core Update Recovery Take? Google’s 3–6 Month Answer
Google says core update recovery usually takes three to six months, and up to a year in slow cases. I explain why…
· 12 min read
AI Search
LLMs.txt: What It Is and Whether Your Site Needs One
A plain-English guide to the llms.txt proposal: the format, who really reads it, how it differs from robots.txt, and which sites I…
· 14 min read
Google Search
Google’s September 2026 Spam Update Is Rolling Out
Google's fourth spam update of 2026 may take up to two weeks. Here is what Google confirmed, how I monitor a site…
· 12 min read
Analytics & Data
Search Console Now Splits Text and Multimodal Searches
Google Search Console now reports image-led searches from Lens and Circle to Search on their own. For visual sites, this is the…
· 13 min read
AI Search
How to Get Cited in Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and ChatGPT Search
What Google, OpenAI and Perplexity really say about AI citations, plus the on-page, crawl and measurement steps I think make a difference.
· 12 min read
Analytics & Data
SEO Reporting for Clients: What to Show and What to Skip
The metrics that help clients make decisions, the vanity numbers I drop, and a ready-to-use outline for monthly and quarterly SEO reports…
· 14 min read
Local SEO
Local Pack Ranking Factors: Proximity, Relevance and Prominence
Google ranks local results on relevance, distance and prominence. Here is what each one means for your Business Profile, what I'd avoid…
· 14 min read
Google Search
Google Changes Search Results in Europe Under the DMA
Google is rolling out new aggregator and supplier units for searchers in Europe, and has stopped site reputation manual actions in the…
· 13 min read