Daily Search Forum Recap: July 6, 2026

Did you notice that one of the only reports in Google Search Console that does not have a “last updated” time stamp is the links report. I asked John Mueller from Google why and he said, “No particular reason. Different reports are different.”

In May, we reported that Google Search algorithms lowered the rankings of deepfake sites. Now, Google has gone into more detail on how this algorithm works and how you can manually remove deepfakes from Google Search.

Google is testing letting searchers select the Gemini 3 model they want to use directly in the Google Search bar. The options can include, Pro, Fast or Auto, from what I can see.