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Blueprint-style technical diagram showing a Search Console Discover line chart with a sharp two-day cliff at May 7-8, 2026 and a data anomaly annotation banner

Google's Discover Reporting Broke 10 Days After the 50-Week Bug Closed

Google confirmed a logging bug knocked clicks and impressions out of the Discover performance report in Search Console between May 7 and May 8, 2026. The fix has no public ETA, and John Mueller already confirmed historical data from these bugs does not get backfilled. Annotate the two-day gap in

Technical blueprint dashboard showing multiple SEO ranking volatility tracker line charts spiking on April 23, 2026, with Semrush, Mozcast, and Sistrix labels visible on the grid.

Google's SERP Trackers Spiked Again 15 Days After the March Core Update Closed

Google's March 2026 core update ended on April 8. Fifteen days later, on April 23, Semrush, Mozcast, Sistrix, and the Wireboard aggregator all lit up again, with several tools recalibrating their default scales to handle the new range. Google's own guidance says to wait a full

Technical blueprint illustration of Google spam report form connecting to a manual action enforcement pipeline in Search Console

Google Reversed Its Spam Report Policy After Six Years of Saying Otherwise

Google updated its spam report documentation on April 15, 2026 to state that spam reports "may be used to take manual action against violations." This reverses a policy Google explicitly set in July 2020, when it removed all language connecting spam reports to manual actions. The update also