05.04.2026

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Season 4 Episode 65

The biggest SEO news from March 2026

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Jack Chambers-Ward hosts a solo episode of Search With Candour, recapping the last 6 weeks of SEO news from the Core Updates newsletter.

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Show overview

He covers Google’s February 2026 Discover update, a fast March spam update, and the ongoing March 2026 core update.

He then highlights Bing Webmaster Tools, adding AI Performance reporting, Google’s WebMCP new UCP features.

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Resources

Google updates

  1. https://status.search.google.com/incidents/mYbNTqV1ytDc2fA8hUz4

  2. https://status.search.google.com/incidents/VbnSXAH4SmEcxPtx4YSD

  3. https://status.search.google.com/incidents/7eTbAa2jWdToLkraZj5y

Bing’s AI performance report

  1. https://blogs.bing.com/webmaster/February-2026/Introducing-AI-Performance-in-Bing-Webmaster-Tools-Public-Preview

  2. https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en/blog/post/march-2026/the-ai-performance-dashboard-your-view-into-where-your-brand-appears-across-the-ai-web

UCP and MCP

  1. https://developer.chrome.com/blog/webmcp-epp

  2. https://block.github.io/goose/blog/2026/03/17/webmcp-for-beginners/

  3. https://ppcnewsfeed.com/ppc-news/2026-03/google-publishes-help-page-universal-commerce-protocol/

  4. https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/shopping/ucp-updates/

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