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Weekly SEO and AI search news

Every Friday I round up the week's SEO and AI search news, with a short summary of each story and a link to the source. Each roundup covers eight to ten stories and a short list of smaller items from the week.

  1. cydelavega.com › blog › seo-ai-search-news-10-30-2026

    This week in search, October 30, 2026

    Reddit said AI Mode sends no traffic, Google said AI Mode monetizes lower, and a shared AI training control is coming to robots.txt.

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    A wide light blue card above a rule, then three result rows with bright blue squares at the left, the last row short and amber.

  2. cydelavega.com › blog › seo-ai-search-news-10-23-2026

    This week in search, October 23, 2026

    ChatGPT ads reached 89 countries, AI Overviews hit 88% of commercial keywords, and three studies sized AI traffic.

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    5 min
    A tall light blue card beside a rule and a row of seven tiles, five light blue, one bright blue and one amber.

  3. cydelavega.com › blog › seo-ai-search-news-10-16-2026

    This week in search, October 16, 2026

    Google moved links higher in AI answers, inline ChatGPT links lost their tracking tag, and Universal Cart reached US Search.

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    4 min
    Three stacked cards at the left, two light blue and one amber, beside a large bright blue card under a rule.

  4. cydelavega.com › blog › seo-ai-search-news-10-9-2026

    This week in search, October 9, 2026

    Google's spam update finished, AI Overviews reached most US brand searches, and GPT-6 began rolling out to every tier.

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    5 min
    A tall light blue card beside a row of seven small tiles under a rule, five light blue, one bright blue and one amber.

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