Monthly Archives: June 2026
Google Just Gave Publishers an Off Switch for AI Overviews. Here Is What It Actually Covers
Google Just Gave Publishers an Off Switch for AI Overviews. Here Is What It Actually Covers. On June 3, 2026, Google added a toggle to Search Console that lets you pull your content out of AI Overviews and AI Mode without losing your regular rankings. It did not build this voluntarily. A UK regulator ordered…
Google Just Launched the June 2026 Spam Update. Here Is What Is Actually Being Targeted.
Live Rollout • Spam Update • June 25, 2026 Google Just Launched the June 2026 Spam Update. Here Is What Is Actually Being Targeted. The update went live yesterday at 9:03 AM PDT. It is global, powered by SpamBrain, and Google confirmed it does not target link spam. Early signals from the first 24 hours…
Google Made It Official: llms.txt Files Do Nothing for Your Search Rankings
Technical SEO • GEO • June 2026 Google Made It Official: llms.txt Files Do Nothing for Your Search Rankings On June 15, 2026, Google updated its official guide for optimising for generative AI search to settle a question the SEO community has been debating for months. The answer is in the documentation, in plain language,…
Should You Turn Your Site Into Markdown for AI? Google Just Weighed In.
Technical SEO • AI Search • June 2026 Should You Turn Your Site Into Markdown for AI? Google Just Weighed In. Someone asks Martin Splitt this question often enough that he brought it to his own boss on a podcast. The answer took the two of them twenty-five minutes to fully unpack, and it is…
The AI Boomerang Is Here. Companies Are Quietly Rehiring the People They Fired.
AI • Workforce • Digital Marketing • June 2026 The AI Boomerang Is Here. Companies Are Quietly Rehiring the People They Fired. The AI revolution promised lower costs and higher efficiency. Instead it delivered a compute bill that rivals payroll, a customer service collapse, and a very quiet round of job postings for positions that…
The Google May 2026 Core Update Is Done. Now the Real Work Starts.
Update Complete — Google Core Update — June 2026 The Google May 2026 Core Update Is Done. Now the Real Work Starts. About 12 days. Three distinct volatility spikes. Google just confirmed the May 2026 core update is complete as of this morning. The algorithm has stopped moving. Your data has not fully settled yet….