Google Spam Update Hits Hard, AI Overviews Get New Look
The Google September spam update had a significant impact over the weekend of September 25-27. According to Search Engine Roundtable, the update started on Friday and continued through Sunday, with even more movement observed on Saturday.
In other news, Google has removed the public documentation for its Web Search Service API, which was accidentally published earlier in the month. The company is also testing a new design for AI Overviews, replacing the 'Show more' button with a 'Loading...' button.
Additionally, several Google Merchant Center policy documents were updated last week, and the Google Merchant Center API help document page has been completely revamped.