09.08.2026

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Season 4 Episode 83

July 2026 SEO news roundup

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Jack Chambers-Ward hosts a solo episode to recap the biggest SEO news from July 2026.

This episode covers everything from new Google Trends features and social media data tracking in Google Search Console to research about ads in Google AI Mode and if Google punishes AI-generated content.

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News stories

  1. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/analyzing-search-interest-just-got-more-powerful-share-7478017577340968960-qsi3/

  2. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7480247562084638720/

  3. https://seranking.com/blog/google-ai-mode-ads/

  4. https://www.tryprofound.com/blog/google-com-is-now-ai-mode-s-2-cited-domain

  5. https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-doesnt-punish-ai-content/

  6. https://www.similarweb.com/corp/reports/2026-generative-ai-landscape/ 

  7. https://www.axios.com/2026/07/23/yelp-reviews-chatgpt-geo-partnership⁠

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Mark Williams-Cook (holding Snoop the dog) and Jack Chambers-Ward standing together, smiling. Jack is wearing an Opeth t-shirt. They are a cool Scandinavian metal band, apparently.