Archive for June, 2026

Google Search Ranking Update Hits Friday June 19th Impacting Black Hats?

2026/06/21

Google may have quietly rolled out an update on Friday, June 19th, that seems to may have impacted more of the black hat SEO side of things. It is not 100% clear because most of the tools seem pretty stable and yes there is chatter also in the more “white hat” forums, but I see a much larger spike in chatter in the more “black hat” forums.

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Make Something Agents Want via @sejournal, @slobodanmanic

2026/06/21

Is your website invisible to AI agents? Six companies just signaled the channel is real. Here’s the window that’s still open

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The Content Framework That Worked In 2019 Is Now Working Against You via @sejournal, @gregjarboe

2026/06/20

Why the best content frameworks become outdated and how to stay ahead by embracing new data instead of defending old models. The post The Content Framework That Worked In 2019 Is Now Working Against You appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Deindexing Reports Keep Coming, Google Sees Nothing Unusual via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/06/20

Websites report pages being removed from Google’s index, while Google sees nothing unusual.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 19, 2026

2026/06/19

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google spoke on stage about chunking, AI content, quality content, subscriptions, paywalls, site wide signals…

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We Need To Change Our Approach To AI Prompt Tracking via @sejournal, @TaylorDanRW

2026/06/19

Reframe AI prompt tracking as a measurement of stability, representation, and context rather than another version of rank tracking. The post We Need To Change Our Approach To AI Prompt Tracking appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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AI Citation Share Ships, New Data Doubts LLMS.txt – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/06/19

Bing rolls out AI Citation Share; fresh data shows LLMs.txt files go unread; Google backs two agent specs; and the UK orders fairer Search ranking. The post AI Citation Share Ships, New Data Doubts LLMS.txt – SEO Pulse appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Volatility, Bing AI Reporting Updates, UK Orders Google To Hand Over Its Search Ranking Algorithm & More

2026/06/19

This week, we covered the typical and ongoing Google Search ranking volatility. UK’s CMA ordered Google to share its search ranking algorithm and enable data portability to some third-parties.

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Bing Tests Updated News Design In Search

2026/06/19

Microsoft Bing is testing a new updated design for the news section within Bing Search. The updated news box, honestly, is easier to understand and makes it clearer that these are news sources – so I kind of like it.

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