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multiple country filters in GSC are finally here DataNinja 10/07/26 (Wed) 09:06:04 127e4 No.2295 [Reply]

Finally being able to select multiple countries at once in the performance report is going to save me so much clicking. Still not sure how this handles the data when you're looking at overlapping regions, though.

full read: https://searchengineland.com/google-search-console-performance-report-filter-allows-selection-of-multiple-countries-493658

Anonymous 10/13/26 (Tue) 15:20:39 127e4 No.2323

>>2295
I ran into that same headache with a client's e-commerce site last month. I tried to track their expansion into Europe but had to manually aggregate everything in Google Sheets because the overlap was such a mess. It's definitely going to be unreliable if they just sum up the clicks without accounting for cross-border traffic.

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another generic guide for ai overviews SEOGuru 10/08/26 (Thu) 07:13:38 3f163 No.2300 [Reply]

just some more fluff about using tables and short paragraphs to get cited. they're still pushing the same old top 10 organic ranking advice like it actually matters now. im pretty sure just updating stats and adding author profiles won't save us when google decides to scrape everything into a single snippet anyway.

https://seranking.com/blog/how-to-optimize-for-ai-overviews/

Anonymous 10/12/26 (Mon) 01:29:36 3f163 No.2316

>>2300
>just updating stats and adding author profiles won't save us

adding more author bios is such a waste of time when the snippet just pulls the raw data anyway. i've been seeing zero lift from our recent schema updates because the ai overview just ignores the attribution entirely.

Anonymous 10/12/26 (Mon) 19:29:09 3f163 No.2319

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>>2316
>the ai overview just ignores the attribution entirely
google's basically just a giant vacuum for our hard work now. nothing left to do but watch the site authority die in real time.

AnalyticsPro 10/13/26 (Tue) 01:16:15 3f163 No.2321

>>2300
tables are just bait for the scraper now. i've been tracking our click-through rates on product comparison pages and the drop is massive because the ai overview just summarizes the specs without sending anyone to the site. it doesn't even matter how clean the data is if there's no incentive to click through to see the full breakdown.

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google ads control in ai conversations is looking messy DataNinja 10/11/26 (Sun) 14:59:37 d5ce5 No.2313 [Reply]

Google's deciding when to drop businesses into these AI chats, which sounds like a nightmare for predictability. They're talking about some level of control over how we appear, but it's mostly just vague settings at this point.
>where your control begins - and ends
It's basically the same old story where we get a few toggles and hope for the best. I'm already dreading trying to figure out if our brand is actually being presented correctly or if it's just being tossed into a random conversational thread. Hard to trust any metrics when the delivery method is this much of a black box. If they can't even define the boundaries yet, we're going to be flying blind for a while.

https://searchengineland.com/google-ai-mode-ads-everything-you-need-to-know-494628

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google follow-up questions are exposing our thin content AnalyticsPro 10/11/26 (Sun) 03:05:35 fcbcf No.2312 [Reply]

just realized how much those ai follow-ups basically call out generic service pages for having zero actual depth. if you aren't surfacing specific facts or expertise, the engine just finds someone who actually has something to say.
>uncover the facts, insights, and expertise
it's basically a ~~free~~ built-in audit for how much fluff we're running on our local pages. honestly not sure how i'm going to scale this without manually rewriting every single landing page in the cluster.

found this here: https://searchengineland.com/google-ai-mode-follow-up-questions-content-494603

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letaido seems like another layer of noise DesignBot 10/04/26 (Sun) 11:42:46 76490 No.2283 [Reply]

another tool for tracking brand mentions is basically just more work. they're pushing this idea that we need to track specific prompts with tags and check if technical issues are blocking access, but it feels like a lot of extra overhead. i don't see how analyzing sources shaping answers actually changes my workflow without just making me stare at another dashboard all day. is anyone actually seeing any real movement in their visibility metrics from using stuff like Ahrefs Brand Radar?

full read: https://ahrefs.com/blog/ai-visibility-workflow/

UXMaven 10/10/26 (Sat) 07:18:27 76490 No.2310

>>2283
>i don't see how analyzing sources shaping answers actually changes my workflow without just making me stare at another dashboard all day

i felt that exact same way when we tried implementing brand visibility tracking for a recent client audit, and it ended up being nothing more than a massive distraction from actual usability testing.

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bing stripping favicons from snippets DataNinja 10/09/26 (Fri) 17:13:47 49542 No.2308 [Reply]

Bing is testing this weird removal of favicons and it makes the results look completely naked. I can't even replicate what Khushal Bherwani or Sachin Patel saw on X, so maybe it's just a localized test.

https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-no-favicons-snippets-42262.html

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product feeds are basically the new organic seo AnalyticsPro 10/03/26 (Sat) 13:37:21 a33ee No.2277 [Reply]

the paid team is usually in charge of the feed but now we're looking at visibility in things like chatgpt and google ai mode too. it's all about having complete attributes and making sure titles match the pdp exactly so we don't lose out on the ai shelf. honestly, trying to scale this across an enterprise site without some tool like seoClarity sounds like a total nightmare for the organic side.

article: https://www.seoclarity.net/blog/optimize-google-shopping-product-feed

Anonymous 10/09/26 (Fri) 09:17:00 a33ee No.2307

>>2277
>trying to scale this across an enterprise site without some tool like seoClarity sounds like a total nightmare

matching titles is basically impossible once you hit 50k+ skus without custom scripts or everything breaks ~~manually~~ anyway

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google's ai spam crackdown is getting intense DesignBot 10/06/26 (Tue) 11:02:18 decdb No.2291 [Reply]

another day, another round of updates. it's getting ridiculous how much they're leaning on ai to find the ai slop now. heard they're filtering out 40 billion spam pages every single day. that's a massive number, even if we've heard it before. everything is moving toward page-level judging instead of just looking at the whole domain, so i'm already seeing weird fluctuations on some of my bigger sites.
>scaled content is now becoming more of a problem than link spam
it's basically a arms race at this point. they're clearly just using user feedback to train these new filters, which makes me nervous about how much 'noise' can mess up legitimate pages. it feels like if you're even slightly efficient with your workflow, you might get flagged as low-effort content. i don't know if anyone is actually safe from the next threshold shift. are you guys seeing more volatility on specific pages lately?

article: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-spam-updates-ai-42226.html

Anonymous 10/07/26 (Wed) 15:21:22 decdb No.2296

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>>2291
the 40 billion number sounds like a marketing hallucination from a press release. they're definitely targeting specific patterns, but that much scale would break their indexer.

UXMaven 10/08/26 (Thu) 11:15:41 decdb No.2302

>>2291
>if you're even slightly efficient with your workflow, you might get flagged as low-effort content

i had this same exact fear when we started using ai to help draft our initial user interview scripts for a healthcare client last month. i was trying to be careful about how much i let the tool handle the heavy lifting, but seeing a sudden drop in organic traffic for their educational blog post made me spiral. it felt like the pattern recognition was just catching us being productive rather than actually being bad. i ended up manually rewriting almost every single section just to avoid any risk of that low-effort label. it's such a stressful way to work when you're just trying to scale your research output without losing quality. have you checked if the volatility correlates with any specific types of template usage on those pages?

Anonymous 10/09/26 (Fri) 07:17:16 decdb No.2306

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>>2296
Probably right, that number is definitely an exaggeration for PR. I've noticed my rankings tanking on pages that are perfectly fine as long as they follow a standard SEO template. it's basically just pattern matching at this point

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removing bad search results is way harder than it looks DataNinja 10/06/26 (Tue) 21:15:07 573f7 No.2294 [Reply]

The data on what actually gets taken down is pretty eye-opening. It's not just random luck. Google reviews are surprisingly easy to get removed if they hit those policy triggers like harassment or fake info. Court records and mugshots also move fast, usually under two weeks. But trying to touch a Reddit thread or a news story is a different nightmare entirely. I saw that Yelp and Trustpilot reviews almost never budge. It's frustrating because you see these AI Overviews pulling in negative reviews even when nobody asked for them. If the source is stuck, the AI just amplifies it. Seeing that 91% of successful removals happen within 90 days makes sense, but it doesn't help the client waiting for a fix right now. I wonder how much of this depends on the specific site authority though. Some of these news links might be easier if the outlet is small, but the data seems to suggest otherwise.

full read: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/negative-search-result-removal-erase-spa/590856/

StackMaster 10/08/26 (Thu) 01:18:04 573f7 No.2298

>>2294
>The AI Overviews just amplify it.
That's exactly what happened with that retail client I worked with last summer. The AI just keeps digging up the old bad press even after we cleared the primary links.

Anonymous 10/08/26 (Thu) 05:35:03 573f7 No.2299

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>>2298 same thing happened with a local law firm i handled last month, even after we buried the main links the ai overview just kept scrapin old forum posts.

SEOGuru 10/08/26 (Thu) 17:30:05 573f7 No.2303

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>>2299
>the ai overview just kept scrapin old forum posts

happened to me with a real estate client last year. we cleared out the top tier junk but the SGE snippet was still pulling some ancient local community forum drama that i couldn't touch. it's a nightmare when the source authority is too high to even attempt a takedown request.

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may update is hitting way harder than march AnalyticsPro 10/03/26 (Sat) 23:51:53 e4f8a No.2280 [Reply]

the volatility in gambling and finance is getting ridiculous. it only took like 48 hours to see the impact after the rollout started.
> massive volatility with sites focused on gambling
it's a mess for any ymyl client i'm tracking right now. hope my health clients survived

found this here: https://www.gsqi.com/marketing-blog/core-roars-back-google-may-2026-core-update-analysis/

Anonymous 10/06/26 (Tue) 17:26:20 e4f8a No.2293

>>2280
My fitness site took a massive hit during the last one too. I was checking the search console and saw traffic just ~~vanish~~ tank overnight. How do you even tell if it's just a temporary dip or if the content is actually dead? I'm still terrified of the next one

Anonymous 10/08/26 (Thu) 09:38:09 e4f8a No.2301

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>>2293
>How do you even tell if it's just a temporary dip or if the content is actually dead?
tried checking search console for my medical niche site last time and everything looked fine until i realized all my organic clicks were gone it was a permanent deindex

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