{"id":12296,"date":"2026-10-11T14:57:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T14:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/google-ends-spam-update-shares-crawl-timing-ranges-seo-pulse\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T14:57:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T14:57:31","slug":"google-ends-spam-update-shares-crawl-timing-ranges-seo-pulse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/fr\/google-ends-spam-update-shares-crawl-timing-ranges-seo-pulse\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Ends Spam Update, Shares Crawl Timing Ranges \u2013 SEO Pulse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Pulse: This week\u2019s updates include tips on reading spam update data, understanding how long crawling and recovery might take, exploring how Search Console totals multiple countries, insights on how Google<\/a> handles fake author profiles, and an overview of how AI crawlers detect sitemaps<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what matters for you and your work<\/p>\n

Google\u2019s September Spam Update Finished After Nearly 14 Days<\/h2>\n

Google\u2019s September 2026 spam update finished rolling out on Oct. 8, according to the Google Search Status Dashboard<\/p>\n

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The rollout started on Sept. 24, with Google\u2019s ranking update history<\/a> noting it took about 13 days and 16 hours, close to the \u201cup to two weeks\u201d timeframe Google initially provided. This year\u2019s three previous spam updates were completed in less than three days each.\u00a0According to rank-tracking platform SEOmonitor<\/a>, from Sept. 26, industry-wide rank trackers observed sudden ranking changes that people searching Google didn\u2019t see, which it attributes to incomplete and inaccurate data returned by Google to automated search tools.<\/p>\n

Pourquoi c'est important<\/h3>\n

Now that the rollout is complete, you have a set window, Sept. 24 to Oct. 8, for comparing Search Console performance before, during, and after the update as more data comes in. According to SEOmonitor, real spam update changes usually stick around across consecutive days and are often visible in Search Console impressions and clicks. So, it\u2019s a good idea to check those before interpreting a late-September drop in your rank tracker as an update effect.<\/p>\n

Read our full coverage: Google Completes September 2026 Spam Update After Nearly 14 Days<\/em><\/p>\n

Gary Illyes Showed Timing Ranges For Crawling, Indexing, And Recovery<\/h2>\n

Google\u2019s Gary Illyes showed timing ranges for crawling, indexing, site moves, and core update recovery at Search Central Live Deep Dive Europe in Barcelona on Oct. 2<\/p>\n

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The figures come from a recap of the session<\/a> by John Campbell of ROAST, one of the event\u2019s community speakers<\/a>. His recap lists a site move at one to three months in the typical case and six months to more than a year at the slowest. For core update recovery, it lists about three to six months as typical, and in the slowest cases, six months to a year. However,\u00a0the recap doesn\u2019t specify the sample size, time period, or what exactly is meant by \u2018typical.\u2019<\/p>\n

Pourquoi c'est important<\/h3>\n

When a client asks if a site move is still in progress or feels stuck, the ranges in the attendee recap can be a helpful reference, as they provide a way to compare progress, though keep in mind, they\u2019re ranges rather than strict deadlines.\u00a0If a move is still unresolved at three months, it tends to be at the high end of the usual range listed in the recap<\/p>\n

Read our full coverage: Google Shows How Long Crawling, Indexing & Recovery Can Take<\/em><\/p>\n

Search Console Can Now Combine Traffic From Multiple Countries<\/h2>\n

Google has updated the filters in Search Console\u2019s Performance report, making it easier to see combined Google Search traffic across multiple countries at once<\/p>\n

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Google Search Central announced the change on LinkedIn on Oct. 6. Search Console\u2019s help page now says you can select multiple countries or devices to see their combined data. Its Compare option still shows two devices, countries, Search types, or Search appearances side by side, and the page says you can\u2019t filter by multiple Search appearances<\/p>\n

Pourquoi c'est important<\/h3>\n

Teams that report on a group of markets can pull one combined Search figure for the group in the Performance report instead of comparing countries two at a time<\/p>\n

Read our full coverage: Google Search Console Lets You Filter By Multiple Countries<\/em><\/p>\n

Google\u2019s People-First Guidance Now Warns Against Fake Author Profiles<\/h2>\n

Google\u2019s guidance on creating helpful, reliable, people-first content now warns against fabricated creator profiles<\/p>\n

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The new paragraph follows the page\u2019s advice to add accurate authorship information, such as bylines. It names AI-generated headshots, made-up names, and false credentials when they\u2019re used to make content appear as if it was written by human experts, and says any form of deception is \u201ca signal of a low-quality page.\u201d Google\u2019s Search Quality Rater Guidelines<\/a> already list deliberately misleading information about a site\u2019s content creators as a type of deception.<\/p>\n

Pourquoi c'est important<\/h3>\n

Bylines and author pages are where to check that a name, photo, or credential isn\u2019t creating a false impression of human expertise, which Google\u2019s guidance for site owners now calls deception<\/p>\n

Read our full coverage: Google Adds Fake Author Warning To Helpful Content Guidance<\/em><\/p>\n

Mueller On AI Crawlers, Sitemaps, And \u201cCouldn\u2019t Fetch\u201d Errors<\/h2>\n

AI training crawlers usually don\u2019t give sites a way to submit a sitemap, Google\u2019s John Mueller said in the Oct. 1 episode of Google\u2019s Search Off the Record podcast with Martin Splitt<\/p>\n

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He suggested a default name like sitemap.xml or an RSS feed for sites that want those crawlers to find their content, and said he has seen AI crawlers access his sitemap and RSS files in his own server logs. For valid sitemaps that show \u201cCouldn\u2019t fetch,\u201d he gave two causes, host load and crawl demand, which he said is very often based on a site\u2019s perceived quality. Search Console\u2019s Sitemaps report help page<\/a> also lists low crawl demand among the reasons a sitemap can\u2019t be fetched.<\/p>\n

Pourquoi c'est important<\/h3>\n

Read our full coverage: Google\u2019s Mueller Says AI Crawlers Access Sitemaps & RSS In His Logs and Google Explains The \u201cCouldn\u2019t Fetch\u201d Sitemap Errors<\/em><\/p>\n

Theme Of The Week: Reading Past The Label<\/h2>\n

Each story this week highlights how labels or numbers can say less than they appear to.\u00a0For example, a drop in rank tracker results in late September might reflect the way Google returned results to automated searches, according to SEOmonitor. The word\u00a0\u201cTypical\u201d in the timing ranges is the recap\u2019s label, without a specific definition, and \u201cCouldn\u2019t fetch\u201d might refer to a sitemap that Google skipped or didn\u2019t get a chance to fetch, rather than indicating a broken file, Mueller explained.\u00a0Additionally, a Search Console country figure can now represent a combined total for several markets.\u00a0Even a byline is a type of label, and Google\u2019s current guidance considers a fabricated one to be deceptive if it\u2019s used to make content appear as if written by human experts.\u00a0This means that before including such labels in a client report, you should check what lies behind them.<\/p>\n

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