SEO GUIDE • SEPTEMBER 2026 Google Image SEO in 2026: 15 Ways to Get More Traffic From Visual Search Google Search is becoming more visual. Here's how bloggers can optimize images for Google Images, Lens, visual search and modern AI-powered discovery. Image SEO is becoming more important. Google announced new Search Console reporting for web multimodal search in September 2026. The data includes searches involving Google Lens, Circle to Search on Android, image uploads to Google Search and Chrome's "Search this image" feature. For years, bloggers mainly thought about keywords, titles, backlinks and written content when optimizing for Google. But search is changing. People can now search using an image, a camera, a screenshot or a visual object instead of typing a traditional keyword. That creates a new opportunity for websites that publish useful, original...
GOOGLE SEO UPDATE • SEPTEMBER 2026 Google September 2026 Spam Update: 12 Things Bloggers Should Check Now Google's latest spam update is rolling out globally. Here's what bloggers and website owners should check while the rollout is underway. Latest update: Google began rolling out the September 2026 spam update on September 24, 2026. Google says the update applies globally and to all languages, and the rollout may take up to two weeks. Google Search Status Dashboard If your website's traffic suddenly changes during a Google update, the first reaction is often to panic. But a temporary movement in rankings does not automatically mean your website has received a spam action. Google Search rankings can change for many reasons, and a spam update is specifically related to Google's systems for detecting and combating...