Some News Publishers Saw Big Declines With The Google Core Update
Now that the December 2025 core update is officially done, some are looking at the damage it caused. A number of very visible news publishers saw some significant declines in Google Search visibility with this latest core update.
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January 2026 Google Webmaster Report
It is January 2026, and it is now time for the monthly Google Webmaster report, where I recap the most important Google organic stories of the past month. Obviously, the Google December 2025 core update was the big one, it ran for 18 days and it really had a large impact on many sites.
Google Discover Show X Posts Too Often?
Google has been showing social media posts in Google Discover, including posts from X for a while now, and Google may even show more posts from those you follow. But is Google showing too many social media posts from X in your Google Discover feed?
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Google To Fix Squished Knowledge Panel Images
Google is working on fixing an issue where some searchers are seeing squished images within the Google Search knowledge panels. I personally cannot replicate this but it seems to be happening for a number of searchers.
Google Search Console Links Report Missing Data?
Google Search Console's link report seems to be either missing data or is now showing fewer links. I suspect it is a bug but I also don't think Google spends too much time monitoring this report within Search Console.
Google Ads Change History Adds Go To Button
Google added a new button to the Google Ads Change history report that lets advertisers quickly jump to different campaigns and ad groups in this report. It should be a big time saver for some advertisers.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 2, 2026
Jan 2, 2026Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google December Core Update Done, News Publishers Hit Hard, Frankenstein AI Recipe Horror & Happy New Year
Jan 2, 2026(John) Mueller Report Of SEO Memes (2025 Edition)
Jan 2, 2026Google Search Tests Blue Send Button In Query Box
Jan 2, 2026Google: Why 404s Don't Matter For SEO
Jan 2, 2026John Mueller (Personally) On If Schema Helps With LLMs & Google
Jan 2, 2026Google's John Mueller & Other Googlers Working On New Year's Day 2026
Jan 1, 2026Google Displays New Year's Eve Doodle On New Year's Day
Jan 1, 2026Daily Search Forum Recap: December 31, 2025
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