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SEO & AI Search Updates

What changes. At the source.

Official announcements. SEO and AI search, their sources and related TSEP controls.

tracked sources
50
retained announcements
180
RSS
Updated:

Editorial selection.

151 results

Google Crawling documentation

Updating the NotebookLM user agent

Robots.txt rules Agent policy
Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-05
Last seen in the source
2026-11-12
Topic
Crawling and indexing
Status
Documentation updated

Added during the historical import.

Shortened excerpt · normalized text, not verbatim.

What: Updated the NotebookLM user agent to be Google-GeminiNotebook. If you hardcoded the old value in your code,…

Updating the NotebookLM user agent

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-12

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
0b016d23d83635edc32fc8a7da77a0dab84eb1bcca35f5737c55a2a6b0b8e653
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
49065e37b4f5f80da6f017ef024e609ac1bbe13f8102f606551ec069f623c5ae

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

Related documentation · Permalink

Google Merchant Center announcements

Google updates Shopping ads and free listing policies

Original Update to Google's Shopping ads and free listing policies

Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-05
Last seen in the source
2026-11-11
Topic
Search results and policies
Status
Published

Added during the historical import.

Update to Google's Shopping ads and free listing policies

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-11

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
fa80bd515d384d754b55ef276dd4e598a914e7fea769337f6569642b8e42b9ff
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
c59efb273cd88dd998bc3890995c3278982f44669bffafc53daa8cd5b0e26ce1

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

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Chrome UX Report release notes

Chrome UX Report · June 2026

Field Core Web Vitals
Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-05
Last seen in the source
2026-11-11
Topic
Measurement and Search Console
Status
Published

Added during the historical import.

Chrome UX Report · June 2026

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-11

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
ecc1d524421557dc791d22d8c658401e72f9cfc29943f313a55c22be43209961
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
a052f0ed904dde8c9653e3efc527da0a80d6d80a56838e2478c99bf8a005825d

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

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Google Crawling documentation

Corrected the user agent string for Google-InspectionTool user agent

Crawler access
Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-05
Last seen in the source
2026-11-12
Topic
Crawling and indexing
Status
Documentation updated

Added during the historical import.

Shortened excerpt · normalized text, not verbatim.

What: Updated the Google-InspectionTool user agent string.…

Corrected the user agent string for Google-InspectionTool user agent

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-12

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
0b016d23d83635edc32fc8a7da77a0dab84eb1bcca35f5737c55a2a6b0b8e653
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
74a6d1efaa751316f6dc4b8cdc8064beb0083eb79febc6efce538e8c9075ad5e

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

Related documentation · Permalink

Google Search Central documentation

Updated the package tracking documentation

Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-10-27
Last seen in the source
2026-11-12
Topic
Structured data
Status
Documentation updated

Added during the historical import.

Shortened excerpt · normalized text, not verbatim.

What: Updated the feature availability and eligibility requirements sections package tracking early adopters program documentation.…

Updated the package tracking documentation

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-12

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
d1219843c3bcf51b898aaac9e726d0d23fc27ef33d421420fac36e56db04cdbf
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
c60044e297bae96dc01157d105e83d1b065578e269cde40ec0e69545f5c5b3c6

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

Related documentation · Permalink

Google Search Central documentation

Updated the canonicalization troubleshooting guide

Canonical URLs Google-selected canonical
Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-10-27
Last seen in the source
2026-11-12
Topic
Crawling and indexing
Status
Documentation updated

Added during the historical import.

Shortened excerpt · normalized text, not verbatim.

What: Updated the canonicalization troubleshooting guide with clarifications on re-evaluation time.…

Updated the canonicalization troubleshooting guide

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-12

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
d1219843c3bcf51b898aaac9e726d0d23fc27ef33d421420fac36e56db04cdbf
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
89dbedde023dc8cd9d80349a6aade9cfaf9a9aa4b92013d0fd2f1b6703d01133

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

Related documentation · Permalink

Google Search Central documentation

Added category to merchant listing structured data

JSON-LD entities Errors and warnings
Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-10-27
Last seen in the source
2026-11-12
Topic
Structured data
Status
Documentation updated

Added during the historical import.

Shortened excerpt · normalized text, not verbatim.

What: Updated the Merchant listing documentation to detail how the Product.category property can be used with both…

Added category to merchant listing structured data

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-12

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
d1219843c3bcf51b898aaac9e726d0d23fc27ef33d421420fac36e56db04cdbf
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
7908a0b6f5ff2379a1d62d72f40ee3032caf04a6020bf731c2e143c21c636473

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

Related documentation · Permalink

Google Search Central Blog

See how content from social and video platforms performs on Google Search

Decision timeline
Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-05
Last seen in the source
2026-11-11
Topic
Measurement and Search Console
Status
Published

Added during the historical import.

Shortened excerpt · normalized text, not verbatim.

Content creators and publishers use many channels beyond their own websites to reach…

See how content from social and video platforms performs on Google Search

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-11

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
5801f586c09d2c5da76bb071305f00a7fdf51c9eba92f56efc6c1ca95a607000
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
9520e78cbda6b35f84d736ba78d58483ef3d78b3f9f0858c6fa171b0610ee386

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

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Google Search Central documentation

Clarified how to specify sale price effective dates in Product structured data

JSON-LD entities Errors and warnings
Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-10-27
Last seen in the source
2026-11-12
Topic
Structured data
Status
Documentation updated

Added during the historical import.

Shortened excerpt · normalized text, not verbatim.

What: Added a new section on "Sale duration" to the Merchant listing…

Clarified how to specify sale price effective dates in Product structured data

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-12

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
d1219843c3bcf51b898aaac9e726d0d23fc27ef33d421420fac36e56db04cdbf
Compared text · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
da696e2e686c892bcd1d88124bcfdfd94d7f77220297481aaa8b3942653c9dce

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

Related documentation · Permalink

Google Search Central Blog

Search Central Deep Dive Europe 2026: Apparently we're going to Barcelona

Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-05
Last seen in the source
2026-11-05
Topic
Events and learning
Status
Event announced

Added during the historical import.

Search Central Deep Dive Europe 2026: Apparently we're going to Barcelona

Captures were made on the dates below, sometimes after first detection. Hashes apply to decompressed files. Compared text is a normalized extraction; the source capture retains the received bytes.

First capture · · Passage last seen on 2026-11-05

Source capture · Download (gzip) · SHA-256
350f7ce8decd0e7745be4f286c7a30f06545f435de62d737af85c675510aa688

Existence timestamped by DigiCert on · Verify timestamp

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Reference data

The registers.

Coverage check

What the feed missed.

2 / 3

events found

67 %

2 / 6 provider mentions found

Reports missed by month-end

Shared AI training preference

Google · Microsoft · OpenAI · Anthropic

Events and comparison sources

An event counts once when any of its official reports enters the collection. Each provider is counted separately. Later backfills preserve the month-end score.

Figures cover the sampled events only, compared with independent publications at the end of each month (UTC).

Directory · 50 tracked sources

Sources and coverage.

Google16 sources
Microsoft · Bing4 sources
AI and other platforms16 sources
  • Amazon search and AI crawlers · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • Anthropic crawlers and access · Hourly Last successful read · 1 archived publication Oct 2026
  • Apple Business local presence release notes · Nightly Last successful read · 5 archived publications May 2026 – Oct 2026
  • Apple Business locations and brands · Nightly Last successful read · 1 archived publication Mar 2026
  • Apple Applebot · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • ByteDance Bytespider and access · Nightly Last successful read ·
  • Common Crawl CCBot and access · Nightly Last successful read ·
  • DuckDuckGo DuckAssistBot · Nightly Last successful read ·
  • Grok (xAI) announcements and release notes · Hourly Last successful read · 9 archived publications Dec 2024 – May 2026
  • Grok (xAI) web search and sources · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • Meta crawlers and access · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • Mistral AI announcements · Hourly Last successful read · 6 archived publications Nov 2024 – Sep 2026
  • Mistral AI crawlers and access · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • OpenAI publisher announcements · Hourly Last successful read · 2 archived publications Jul 2026 – Oct 2026
  • OpenAI search crawlers · Hourly Last successful read ·
  • Perplexity search crawlers and access · Hourly Last successful read ·
Standards and institutions11 sources
Outside the default selection3 sources
  • Baidu search resource platform · Nightly Last successful read · 6 archived publications Sep 2026 – Nov 2026 Official source
  • Naver Search & Tech · Nightly Last successful read · 18 archived publications Jul 2026 – Nov 2026 Official source
  • Yandex webmaster news · Nightly Last successful read · 5 archived publications Aug 2026 – Oct 2026 Official source

Available archives vary by source. Changes to undated documentation pages are reviewed before they may appear in the feed.

Primary sources feed the editorial selection. Baidu, Naver and Yandex remain available by filter and in search.

The method

Facts. With context.

  1. Collect

    Critical sources are checked hourly; all sources are checked nightly. One record keeps the original title, published date and sources for each event. Undated documentation changes are held for review. The French and English RSS feeds support WebSub to notify compatible subscribers after publication.

  2. Classify

    A yellow square marks a change that may affect a TSEP check, access rule, diagnosis or deadline. Recurring publications and events remain background information. A yellow triangle identifies background news; a dashed circle means classification is pending. Translations are editorial.

  3. Review for TSEP

    Each month, the review connects announcements to relevant TSEP controls. For each item reviewed, the team decides whether the protocol already covers it, a change needs consideration, or monitoring should continue or close.

Impact explains practical consequences after human review in the displayed language. View adds a distinct editorial position: it is public only after personal approval, with the author’s name and reviewed language. AI-assisted proposals remain in the private workspace.

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