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- 1.88BreakingNewsSEO News & Algorithm UpdatesTechnical SEO
Google has started rolling out its November 2026 core update globally, and says the rollout may take up to two weeks to finish.
- 2.85BreakingNewsSEO News & Algorithm UpdatesAI & Machine Learning in SEO
Google's core update begins rolling out at 10:07 Pacific on November 10 and covers every site in every language, while Gemini 4 Carbon reaches AI Mode.
- 3.84BreakingNewsSEO News & Algorithm UpdatesAI & Machine Learning in SEOSocial Media Marketing
Google has begun a core update that may run until November 24, alongside reports that Gemini 4 Carbon reached AI Mode and Reddit is testing product reviews.
- 4.70BreakingNewsAI & Machine Learning in SEOAnalytics & MeasurementLocal SEO
OpenAI has launched the ChatGPT Business Hub, which shows businesses analytics on mentions, profile views and clicks from ChatGPT to their websites.
- 5.68NewsPaid Search & AdvertisingAI & Machine Learning in SEOSEO News & Algorithm Updates
Google is rolling out English-language ads in AI Mode to more than 10 new countries and launching multiturn ads for follow-up queries in the U.S.
- 6.65NewsPaid Search & AdvertisingAI & Machine Learning in SEOAnalytics & Measurement
OpenAI's Business Hub now gives US ecommerce and online service businesses ChatGPT click and mention counts, plus Business Agents that ChatGPT Ads can point to, while prompts and chats stay hidden.
- 7.65NewsPaid Search & AdvertisingAI & Machine Learning in SEOSocial Media Marketing
Google's stock fell more than 10% after its Q3 earnings call last month, driven mainly by a major slowdown in search advertising growth that the article attributes to Google's own AI Mode.
- 8.62NewsAI & Machine Learning in SEOPaid Search & AdvertisingTools & Platforms
OpenAI is letting businesses claim ChatGPT profiles through a new Business Hub, and in the U.S. e-commerce and online services businesses can publish a business agent, a labelled chat that speaks for the brand, as a free counterpart to a paid ad format it is testing.
- 9.62NewsAI & Machine Learning in SEOSEO News & Algorithm Updates
Google released Gemini 4 Carbon, which is now available to subscribers in Google Search through AI Mode.
- 10.55ResearchPaid Search & AdvertisingAI & Machine Learning in SEOAnalytics & Measurement
An Invoca survey of 451 US B2C marketers found only 19% of those running AI agents send outcomes back to ad platforms, and 74% cannot track whether AI agent leads become sales.
- 11.45NewsSEO News & Algorithm UpdatesTools & PlatformsCareer & Industry Trends
A court ruled against Google in its legal fight with SerpApi over scraping and gave Google 21 days to amend its complaint.
- 12.35NewsTools & PlatformsSEO News & Algorithm UpdatesAI & Machine Learning in SEO
Yahoo announced Pivot Search for Yahoo Search and moved its Yahoo Scout app out of beta, which has processed over 3 billion answers since launch.
- 13.22NewsCareer & Industry TrendsAI & Machine Learning in SEO
Google's Modern Web Guidance 1.0 adds a codebase audit to its free skill set for AI coding agents.
- 14.12AnalysisCareer & Industry TrendsAI & Machine Learning in SEO
Lenny's Newsletter's late-2026 tech job market report finds PM openings at a multi-year high while engineering openings have stalled and design roles sit at record lows.