Google Now Forced to Tell You About Ranking Changes

+ 22 more SEO news you missed from Q2 2026

June 25, 2026

Here are 3 major local SEO developments you missed from the last 3 months 👇️

  1. Google gave us the ultimate shortcut to “rank” number 1 in AI Mode and AI Overviews with preferred sources.

  2. You can now just prompt Gemini to update your Google Business Profile.

  3. Google is being forced to tell you before they make any changes to their ranking algorithm (thank you UK regulators).

Read more about these and 20 more local search developments in Miriam Ellis’s Q2 2026 Roundup 👇️

🙏 Special shoutout to everyone who contributed to this edition:

  • Mike Blumenthal

  • Greg Sterling

  • Claudia Tomina

  • Adam Dorfman

  • Lisa Landsman

  • Craig Burton

  • Muhammad Hussain

  • Ben Fisher

  • Hiroko Imai

  • Claire Carlile

  • Mark Williams-Cook

  • Garrett Sussman

  • Cyrus Shepard

  • Jake Hundley

  • Amy Toman

  • Michel van Luijtelaar

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