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28 August – 9 Septemberended

Changes to Google search rules in the EU

In August 2026, Google announced changes to its search rules in the European Union following complaints from publishers. In September, the company reported that these changes resulted in the most significant decline in search quality in 29 years.

  • 2 events
  • 9 sources
  • updated
Covered by 5 of 6 media groups
  • Budget 1 source
  • Public money 1 source
  • Media business 4 sources
  • Big capital not in the collected reports
  • Readers and grants 2 sources
  • Undisclosed 1 source

Chronology

8 September

28 August

2 of 2 events

Allow visit statistics? PostHog keeps them (EU servers) under a random browser id — no name, no account; kept for 12 months. Vercel Speed Insights measures page speed, with no id. The site works the same without. Details