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Google Rolls Out Fourth Spam Update of 2026; Search Console Adds Multimodal Search Filters

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Google deployed its fourth spam update of 2026 and expanded Search Console with multimodal search filters and new Page Experience metrics.

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SERoundtable reports that Google released the September 2026 spam update, marking the fourth such update this year. The update aims to target spam content in search results. Additionally, Google Search Console rolled out multimodal search filters to help SEOs monitor image and video search performance separately from web results, while introducing new Core Web Vitals and CrUX-based ad metrics to the Page Experience report.

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