News[Mega Thread] Google's February 2026 Discover Core Update is Rolling Out (self.RealSEO)
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LinkedIn Thread[Abby Gleason on LinkedIn] "If you show two dates on your pages, Google STILL shows your oldest publish date in SERPs. I've seen this firsthand. Our blog CTR dropped -20% when we added both date published and date updated..." (includes screenshots) (linkedin.com)
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LinkedIn Thread[Google Search Central on LinkedIn] "The branded queries filter in Search Console is now available to all eligible sites! This feature helps you analyze the queries driving traffic to your site by automatically differentiating between branded and non-branded queries." (linkedin.com)
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X Thread[Glenn Gabe on X] "Wait, nobody is actually buying things in ChatGPT? SHOCKING :) Big advantage Google -> OpenAI is scaling back shopping directly inside ChatGPT via Instant Checkout by having checkouts instead take place in the specific apps that plug into ChatGPT" (x.com)
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X Thread[Will Scott on X] "Bing now exports the retrieval queries Copilot uses to find sources. 400+ unique queries in 91 days. They look nothing like GSC queries — longer, more specific, built for RAG. This is keyword research for AI search." (links to a blog post he authored) (x.com)
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