SEO & AI Search Updates

What changes. At the source.

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

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Google explains how moving to a CDN affects crawling and how to avoid blocking Googlebot

Original Moving to a CDN without overwhelming your origin (or blocking Googlebot)

Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-11
Last seen in the source
2026-11-12
Topic
Crawling and indexing
Status
Published

Shortened excerpt · normalized text, not verbatim.

Deploying a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to distribute your site's assets across fast, globally…

Moving to a CDN without overwhelming your origin (or blocking Googlebot)

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Google starts rolling out its November 2026 core update

Original UPDATE: November 2026 core update

Impact
Impact analysisEdition 2026-11-11.1

Put changes in context before deciding

Keep a comparison baseline. To analyze a change associated with the rollout, wait for its official completion and at least one full week of data.

Rollout ongoingOfficial start · 2026-11-10Last confirmed status · 2026-11-12 · 01:16 UTC
Who is affected
Sites monitoring their visibility in Google Search. Google announces a global rollout across all languages. The announcement does not establish that any particular site will be affected.
What changes
A broad update to ranking systems is ongoing at the time of this reading. It does not announce a new technical requirement for all sites. Coincident dates alone do not establish the cause of a traffic change.
What to do
Record changes made to the site and keep baseline data. After the recommended waiting period, compare pages and queries before and after, separating search types and other possible causes. Avoid a rushed redesign based on this announcement alone.
When
Completion must be confirmed by Google. Then wait at least one full week before analyzing Search Console data. The announced rollout duration is not a guaranteed completion date.
Verify and assess for TSEP

Check dates in Google’s dashboard, then pages, queries and search types in Search Console. No TSEP control alone establishes an algorithmic effect.

For review: does this case call for clearer guidance on attribution limits? The announcement alone does not justify adding a normative rule.

Protocol version considered : 0.3.0-draft.9 · TSEP review decision pending
Find this rollout in the Google register

AI-assisted reading. Human review FR/EN : Bertrand Morel · 2026-11-11.

Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-10
Last seen in the source
2026-11-12
Topic
Search results and policies
Status
Published

Shortened excerpt · normalized text, not verbatim.

Incident began at 2026-11-10 10:06 (all times are US/Pacific). Released the November 2026 core update, which applies globally…

UPDATE: November 2026 core update

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Google adds things-to-do queries to aggregator and supplier units in the EEA

Original Added "things to do" query support to the aggregator and supplier units

Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-09
Last seen in the source
2026-11-12
Topic
Search results and policies
Status
Documentation updated

Shortened excerpt · normalized text, not verbatim.

What: Updated the aggregator unit and supplier unit documentation to include support…

Added "things to do" query support to the aggregator and supplier units

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Baidu expands brand display options in its search mini-tools

Original 【功能升级】搜索小工具商业品牌物料规范升级公告

Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-06
Last seen in the source
2026-11-11
Topic
Search results and policies
Status
Published

【功能升级】搜索小工具商业品牌物料规范升级公告

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Naver brings experiences and reviews together in Search

Original 흩어져 있던 경험·후기, 이제 네이버 검색에서 한눈에 확인하세요

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.

Shortened excerpt · normalized text, not verbatim.

안녕하세요? 네이버 검색입니다. 같은 ‘후쿠오카 여행’을 검색해도 궁금한 내용은 사람마다 다릅니다. 아이와 함께 다녀올 만한 근교 코스를…

흩어져 있던 경험·후기, 이제 네이버 검색에서 한눈에 확인하세요

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Search Central Live in Zurich is back!

Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-05
Last seen in the source
2026-11-12
Topic
Events and learning
Status
Event announced

Added during the historical import.

Shortened excerpt · normalized text, not verbatim.

Search Central Live is coming to Zurich on December 4, 2026!…

Search Central Live in Zurich is back!

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Naver expands pet search results

Original 반려동물 검색, 더욱 풍부한 정보와 생생한 경험담을 확인해 보세요

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.

Shortened excerpt · normalized text, not verbatim.

안녕하세요, 네이버 검색입니다. 반려동물과 하루를 보내며 오늘도 궁금한 게 많으셨나요? 또는, 반려동물과 함께 할 일상을 계획하고…

반려동물 검색, 더욱 풍부한 정보와 생생한 경험담을 확인해 보세요

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Supporting a shared AI training control for websites

Impact
Evidence
Official publication
First detected
2026-11-05
Last seen in the source
2026-11-12
Topic
AI training
Status
Status by provider

Added during the historical import.

Shortened excerpt · normalized text, not verbatim.

Today, we're announcing our plans to support a shared AI training control in robots.txt. This will help…

Supporting a shared AI training control for websites

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Updated common crawlers page to mention future AI training control support

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Your content, your choice: clearer preferences for training and grounding

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Making it easier for websites to express AI training preferences

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How Anthropic honors website preferences for AI training

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Machine-Readable Training Preference Signal

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Yandex continues restoring its Webmaster service

Original Продолжаем восстанавливать сервис

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.

Shortened excerpt · normalized text, not verbatim.

Часть инструментов уже вернулась в рабочий режим — ниже список, что ещё успели восстановить за это время: • внешнее API — для…

Продолжаем восстанавливать сервис

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Baidu restores its index volume tool

Original 【工具】索引量工具恢复公告

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.

【工具】索引量工具恢复公告

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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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