Google Shares Guidance on PHP Exploit Mitigation; Search Volatility Persists Without Official Update

Google is rolling out information agents and a Universal Cart feature that expand how products and information are discovered and purchased directly within Search.

Ahrefs reports that Google serves abnormal or outdated pages to SEO data tools at rates between 5% and 20%, depending on the provider.

Publishers are coordinating across the US and EU to push for legislation requiring AI bots to identify themselves as a defense against scraping.

Google expanded its list of content exclusion methods to seven, adding Search Console AI controls alongside existing snippet and indexing rules.