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Medium Search Engine Roundtable 1d ago

Google Alcohol Advertising Policy Update On September 30

Google will be updating its alcohol advertising policy on September 30, 2026. The update "revises country-specific guidelines, expands allowed advertising locations, and provides clearer details on…

Paid Search Policy & Penalties

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High impact Search Engine Journal Update 1d ago

Google Updates Site Reputation Abuse (Parasite SEO) Policy via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google is replacing site reputation abuse manual actions in the EEA with a system that can rank affected site sections independently.

Ranking & Algorithms Policy & Penalties

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High impact Search Engine Land Update 1d ago

Google won’t respect manual actions for site reputation abuse in European Economic Area

Searchers outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), the manual action will apply but not within the EEA.

Policy & Penalties

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Medium Nielsen Norman Group Aug 21, 2026

AI-Generated Images Can Perform as Well as Stock Photography

When users didn’t know whether an image was AI-generated, the images we tested did not create any perception penalty compared to stock photos.

Content & Quality Policy & Penalties

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Medium Smashing Magazine Aug 13, 2026

New EU Guidelines For AI Labelling

New EU guidelines, why AI sparkles aren’t enough, when AI labels are required, and what the rules mean for AI-powered features and products.

Policy & Penalties

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Medium SEO-Serps Blog Aug 8, 2026

Anchor Text: What's Safe and What Gets Penalized

Anchor text — the clickable words in a link — used to be one of the most heavily gamed ranking signals in SEO. Sites built entire link networks around exact-match anchor text, and search engines…

Ranking & Algorithms Links Policy & Penalties

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Medium DuckDuckGo Aug 5, 2026

Google Built a Monopoly on Search Defaults and Will Do It Again in AI

In August, DuckDuckGo filed an amicus brief agreeing that Google unlawfully maintained a monopoly in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

Policy & Penalties

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SEL — Algorithm Updates May 11, 2026

The new reality of Google’s spam enforcement

A Google spam update targets manipulative content, links, and behaviors that violate Search Essentials. Learn how spam updates work, how to tell if you were hit, and how to recover.

Ranking & Algorithms Policy & Penalties

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Medium Google Search Central Apr 13, 2026

Introducing a new spam policy for "back button hijacking"

Today, we are expanding our spam policies to address a deceptive practice known as "back button hijacking", which will become an explicit violation of the "malicious practices" of spam policies,…

Policy & Penalties

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