Google’s September Spam Update Is Still Rolling: Don’t Panic-Fix Your Rankings
Google’s September 2026 spam update is still active. For small businesses, the bigger risk may be reacting too fast and changing the wrong things.
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Google Can Now Show You More Visual Search Traffic. Your Images Are Becoming Search Assets.
Search Console now reports multimodal searches including Lens and image-based discovery. That changes how businesses should think about photos, products and visual content.
Google Ads Is Giving AI Max More Reporting. That’s Good News, but It Raises the Bar for Oversight.
Google is adding a clearer view of AI Max search terms, assets and landing pages while legacy automation continues moving toward AI Max.
Meta Wants an AI Agent Inside the Small Business. The Opportunity Is Speed. The Risk Is Bad Inputs at Scale.
Meta’s new Muse for Small Business can connect to business tools and ad accounts. That could save time, but automation still inherits the quality of the data underneath it.
The FTC’s Lens.com Lawsuit Is a Landing-Page Lesson for Every Advertiser
The FTC alleges Lens.com advertised low prices in search ads that did not match what customers ultimately paid. The lesson reaches far beyond contact lenses.