Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Catch the latest insights on website performance and SEO in April 2026’s edition of Google Search News! John Mueller shares updates from Google Search, including new Search Console features, guidance for vibe-coded, AI-created websites, crawling resources, and recent Search changes. The episode also highlights helpful Google Trends updates, upcoming Search Central events, and a playful robots.txt project that shows the creative side of the community.

John also shout outs several community posts, covering ecommerce SEO, generative information retrieval, SEO and AI, and the role of informational content in the age of LLMs.

It’s a great roundup for anyone who wants practical updates from Google, useful SEO advice, and a look at the vibrant community contributing ideas and insights across the web.

🔗 Search Console links:
Branded → linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7437477733468692480
AI Configuration → developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/12/ai-powered-configuration
Weekly/Monthly → linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7404446721218437120
Social profiles → linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7403783212935602177
Performance report insights → youtube.com/watch?v=5LF6SwB5jZ0

🔗 Vibe coded sites:
SEO Starter Guide → developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide
JavaScript SEO → developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/javascript/javascript-seo-basics
JavaScript SEO videos → youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKoqnv2vTMUPOalM1zuWDP9OQl851WMM9

🔗Crawling:
Crawler site → developers.google.com/crawling
Crawler user-agents →
developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/google-user-triggered-fetchers
Podcast episode → Google crawlers behind the scenes

🔗Search:
Shopping → https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/agentic-commerce-ai-tools-protocol-retailers-platforms/

🔗Community:
MJ Cachon → debugbear.com/blog/ecommerce-website-seo
Dawn Anderson → womenintechseo.com/knowledge/generative-information-retrieval-seo-misinformation
Lily Ray → lilyraynyc.substack.com/p/a-reflection-on-seo-and-ai-search
Aimee Jurenka → sitebulb.com/resources/guides/the-role-of-informational-content-in-the-age-of-llms

🔗Trends → https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/google-trends-explore-with-ai/
🔗Events → developers.google.com/search/events
🔗Robots.txt → https://doom.wunsch.dk/robots.txt

Watch more Google Search News → https://goo.gle/SearchNews
Subscribe to the Google Search Central YouTube Channel → https://goo.gle/SearchCentral

#GoogleSearch #SEO #SearchNews

Speaker: John Mueller
Products Mentioned: Search Console