Eduard Blacquière

Google's February 2026 Discover Core Update  |  Google Search Central Blog  |  Google for Developers

That's a first: a Google Discover Core algorithm update. It aims for:

- Showing users more locally relevant content

- Reducing sensational content and clickbait in Discover

- Showing more in-depth, original, and timely content from websites with expertise

developers.google.com/search/blog/...

SEO in 2026 volgens 7 topexperts Spotify video

[Dutch] Vorige week ging ik in gesprek met 6 andere topexperts over SEO in 2026.

AI, LLM's, goede copy, online PR & meer kwam langs.

Luister en kijk het toffe gesprek terug op Spotify 🎧
open.spotify.com/episode/3RJw...

of op YouTube 📺
youtu.be/uSdUgLc-HjU

Our approach to advertising and expanding access to ChatGPT OpenAI plans to test advertising in the U.S. for ChatGPT’s free and Go tiers to expand affordable access to AI worldwide, while protecting privacy, trust, and answer quality.

ChatGPT is starting with Ads: openai.com/index/our-ap...

It's finished, so we can start analyzing the impact status.search.google.com/incidents/Ds...

Here we go: December 2025 core update status.search.google.com/incidents/Ds...

Asked Gemini to create an animation on how PageRank works in their new Veo 3 model.

It came up with this name.

You're SEO legacy is huge, @randfish.bsky.social

Google is still working on the next core update - it should be soon but when is soon is the big question www.seroundtable.com/google-core-... via @johnmu.com

Saved half a day not typing things this year

Me too, really curious if OpenAI is able to pull off some sort of quality update or spam demotion next year.

Do Self-Promotional “Best” Lists Boost ChatGPT Visibility? Study of 26,283 Source URLs Just last month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that more than 800 million people use the platform each week. But what does it take to get mentioned and

No surprises here:

Self promotional blog listicles work for AI Visibility in ChatGPT

But as @lilyray.nyc often says: "It works until it doesn't"

ahrefs.com/blog/best-li...

Zou Google willen dat we AI Mode gaan gebruiken? #popup

Love this communication style 👌

Congrats Duane!

FYI - Page indexing report delays We're currently experiencing longer than usual delays in the Search Console Index Coverage report. This only affects reporting, not crawling, indexing, or rankin... FYI - Page indexing report delays We're currently experiencing longer than usual delays in the Search Console Index Coverage report. This only affects reporting, not crawling, indexing, or ranking of...

No stress regarding the Google Search Console Indexing report. It's just a reporting delay.

Google will update here once it's fixed: www.linkedin.com/posts/fyi-pa...

8 verschillen tussen traditionele- en AI-zoekmachines - SEO Pro Academy

AI Search verandert wat mensen te zien krijgen, hoe zoekmachines werken en hoe wij SEO doen.

Ik werk aan een video masterclass over AI Search (GEO/AEO): strategie, techniek en content die werkt in dit nieuwe landschap.

👉 𝗪𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹 𝗷𝗶𝗷 𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻?
Laat het weten hieronder of via DM.

Adding context to your Search Console data with custom annotations  |  Google Search Central Blog  |  Google for Developers

A lot of people have been asking for this and now it's here: annotations in Google Search Console developers.google.com/search/blog/...

AI search strategy session

It's amazing!

Even more spectacular!

Aurora borealis ✨

Good night ✨

AI Mode is now available in more languages and locations around the world. Starting today, we’re bringing AI Mode in Google Search to more people around the world, launching in more than 35 new languages and over 40 new countries and territorie…

Google rolls out AI-mode in Europe now #braceforimpact blog.google/products/sea...

Golden hour ✨

Eduard Blacquière, SEO-specialist en medeoprichter van SEO Pro Academy, tijdens de opname van videolessen.

🎬 Take 12… en actie!
We doen de laatste opnames en video edits voor de lancering van SEO Pro Academy op woensdag 1 oktober: de eerste online basislessen en masterclasses gaan dan live 🚀

En dat is pas het begin.

Stay tuned: www.seopro.academy

Example impact of Google's num=100 change (Ahrefs) #dontpanic

So it seems yes. Of course the main question is when - not if - it's coming. I think they still need to figure out the (ad) monetization first ;)

Google To Make AI Mode Default Search Soon Logan Kilpatrick, lead product manager for Google DeepMind, Gemini, and all AI products at Google, said Google AI Mode will be the default for Google Search "soon." He said this after Google made…

Google To Make AI Mode Default Search Soon www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-mo...

Ditcherville by Jonathan Stark Ditcherville: Why shouldn’t we replace you with AI?

Why shouldn’t we replace you with AI?

jonathanstark.com/ditcherville...

Still seeing the big avg. position drop in GSC accounts (when filtering for a country)

Front yard ✨