On February 10th, we reported the beginning of yet another unconfirmed Google Search ranking update. The volatility has not cooled yet and it seems it may have even heated up through the weekend.
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Google Search Ranking Volatility Remains Heated Through The Weekend
Feb 26
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A site owner blamed Google AI Search for falsely reporting their site offline.
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Google AI Shows A Site Is Offline Due To JS Content Delivery via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 13, 2026
Feb 26
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Google’s Search Relations team discussed whether you still need a website in 2026, and outlined when social, apps, or the web make sense.
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Google’s Search Relations Team Debates If You Still Need A Website via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
The latest SEO Pulse examines AI citation dashboards, invisible homepage pitfalls, and what new crawl data means for technical teams. The post Bing AI Citation Tracking, Hidden HTTP Homepages & Pages Fall Under Crawl Limit – SEO Pulse appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Feb 26
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Cloudflare launched Markdown for Agents, converting HTML pages to markdown automatically when AI crawlers request it through content negotiation. The post Cloudflare’s New Markdown for AI Bots: What You Need To Know appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Cloudflare’s New Markdown for AI Bots: What You Need To Know via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
This week in search we have more ongoing Google search ranking volatility. Bing Webmaster Tools rolled out new AI Performance reports with a new design
Last November and December, Google announced a slew of new features for Google Search Console. But it seems like most of us still do not have access to those features.
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Where Are Those New Google Search Console Features?
Google Ads added to the Products section of your ads account the ability to see product eligibility directly in the Status column.
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Google Ads Product Eligibility View Across Campaigns
Google’s John Mueller said he still recommends you have visible anchor text for your links in order to “provide more context for search engines.” Don’t just use title elements in the link attribute; make sure the link has actual visible anchor text.
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Google Still Recommends You Focus On Visible Anchor Text For Links