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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

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

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Best UK PPC Agencies: A Sector-by-Sector List Assessed by an SEO Agency

A sector-focused guide to 10 of the UK’s best PPC agencies, covering specialists in B2B SaaS, eCommerce, professional services, healthcare, FinTech and more.

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November 1, 2026

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

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March 6, 2026

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

December 2025: Google Core Update Lands, Num=100 Issue Returns & AI Mode Expansion Continues

Google’s December 2025 Core Update landed hard as AI Mode spread further into Discover, Search and attribution, all while reporting gets even muddier.

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January 5, 2026

November 2025: Gemini 3, Growing AI Overviews CTR Gap & New AI Mode Features

Google sharpens the GEO debate, pushes Gemini deeper into Search, expands action-led AI features, and exposes how answer engines are widening the gap between visibility, attribution and clicks.

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December 2, 2025

October 2025: ChatGPT Atlas, Query Groups, Site Quality, BlockRank & AI SEO Pitfalls

Google debuts Query Groups spotlighting topical authority and reasserts site quality as gatekeeper. Leaks detail indexing-ranking pipeline. OpenAI’s Atlas leans on Google. AI Overviews evolve.

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November 2, 2025