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- Your Google ranking number may not mean what it used to
A Google staffer says the old position 1 to 10 idea is now hard to map to how your site shows up, so do not panic over shifting position numbers. Also: AI answers spotted on local searches, and a fix for copy-paste city pages.
- Almost all of Google's question boxes are now AI answers
Google's question boxes are now almost all AI answers, a scary Search Console warning turned out to be a bug, and a Google update may be underway.
- Google can lose faith in sites full of bulk pages
Google says sites that mass-produce pages can lose its trust for a long time, and a week of SEO argument landed on the same point: shortcuts are getting cheaper to buy and easier for Google to spot.
- Google says its own EU search results just got worse
Google reshuffled its European results to follow EU rules and admits quality dropped. Outside the EU, the story to act on is the one about canned replies to your Google reviews.
- Google may lose trust in sites over bulk-made pages
A Googler says Google can lose faith in a whole site built from piles of thin, template-made pages, and that recovery is slow. Plus, Google search now counts characters for you.