Search Report • July 12, 2026
Search Console starts tracking social platforms, Cloudflare and Google clash over crawler control, Google breaks its all-time usage record during the World Cup, and the AI opt-out toggle spreads beyond the UK.
Search Console starts tracking social platforms, Cloudflare and Google clash over crawler control, Google breaks its all-time usage record during the World Cup, and the AI opt-out toggle spreads beyond the UK.
A 30-year Bing career ends, Google retires the AMP cache, ChatGPT’s Thinking mode cites a different web, and search demand is falling faster than Gartner predicted.
Google’s June spam update, the death of FAQ rich results, and the end of AI citation shortcuts.