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February 2026: Discover Update, Listicles Hit & the Agentic Search Push Accelerates

February 2026: Discover Update, Listicles Hit & the Agentic Search Push Accelerates

Google cracks down on self-promotional GEO listicles, tightens Discover around topical authority, and pushes further towards agentic search, as Alphabet and OpenAI raise revenue rhetoric with ads announcements

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March 6, 2026
January 2026: Google tightens its grip on AI search, commerce and distribution

January 2026: Google tightens its grip on AI search, commerce and distribution

Google tightens AI search monetisation, deepens personalisation and commerce integration, and uses the DOJ appeal to defend the infrastructure behind its search dominance.

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February 4, 2026