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Verified changes at Google, Bing and in AI search, each traced to a dated primary source.

Table of the three kinds of Google document involved in the change of 1 October 2026. One, the two guides: both stamped 2026-10-01 UTC, they say manual fact-checking is critical and that a fake author is deception, and they are guidance, since Google rarely uses the word critical in Search help. Two, the changelog: one October entry, dated 1 October, naming the generative AI guide only, and it credits the new text to guidelines Google says do not directly affect ranking. Three, the spam policies: still stamped 2026-08-28 UTC and carrying none of the new wording, and that is the enforceable document, the one a manual action is written against. Documentation edits are not rollout events. News Google Now Tells You to Fact-Check Every Line of AI Content Google changed two Search documentation pages on 1 October 2026: fact-check all AI content, and stop inventing authors. What changed, and what… 14 min read News Google is paying ~100 publishers for AI answers. Nobody can read the rules Google is paying about 100 publishers for content that feeds its AI answers. The rules of the programme live in one document… 12 min read News Google Pulled Back Spam Protection in Europe: What’s Documented and What Isn’t Nick Fox says Google pulled back spam protection in Europe. Four Google documents checked on 30 September 2026: only one records it,… 11 min read News Google AI Mode Now Monitors the Web for Everyone: What Changes for Your Site Google extended continuous AI Mode monitoring to every user. The feature appears in none of its help pages or crawler documentation, and… 12 min read News Search Console now reports multimodal search traffic Since 24 September 2026 Search Console splits the web search type into text-based and multimodal. What it measures, what it omits, and… 11 min read News Google Turns On Native AI Checkout by Default Eligible Shopify stores are already selling inside AI Mode and Gemini with nothing to set up. Google's help page calls it invitation-only;… 11 min read Bar chart: product carousels dropped by 90% to 100% across the measured EEA markets (Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden) on 15-16 September 2026, about 95% for Productrise EEA users, with no change in the non-EEA control markets. News Google Pulled Free Product Listings in the EEA and Only Documented the Replacement Product carousels in the European Economic Area went to near zero around 15-16 September 2026. Google updated the documentation for the units… 10 min read News Google Opens Search Profiles at 10,000 Followers and Ships the Badge Code Google cut the Search profiles follower requirement to 10,000 and published badge documentation. What the primary sources say, what changes in practice,… 9 min read