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The European Commission's 16 July 2026 DMA decision forces Google to hand rivals the ranking, query, click and view data behind its 90%-plus European search share. The eligibility bar, the anonymisation rules and
Google announced information agents at I/O on 19 May 2026: background agents that scan blogs, news and social posts 24/7 and send users a synthesized update instead of a link. Here is the publisher response, including
Search Profiles launched on 4 June 2026 for US creators with 100,000 followers, and Google says they do not affect ranking. The 3 June website-owner release matters far more for B2B.
A widely repeated claim says Google made AI Mode the default search experience in 2026. Google's own I/O post and a direct statement to Press Gazette say otherwise. Here is what changed, what did not, and the numbers
