Google Making AI Overviews Fully Expanded for More Queries, Displacing Organic Results

Google has published details on its mandatory European search data licensing program, a requirement under DMA gatekeeper designation.

Google's August 2026 spam update, completed in just over two days, hit sites scaling programmatic and AI-generated content, thin affiliates, and sites with scaled content abuse.

Rajan Patel, Google Search VP, confirmed the company's spam team remains well-resourced and continues pushing spam-fighting updates.

Ahrefs data reveals Facebook Groups now rank second among Google's forum and discussion results, appearing in 38% of those SERPs behind Reddit.