June 2026 SEO News: Google is in legal trouble for AI Overviews, AI traffic reports in Google and Bing
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Jack Chambers-Ward recaps the biggest SEO news from June 2026, focusing on Google's legal troubles and advancements in AI reporting.
Jack Chambers-Ward recaps the biggest SEO news from June 2026 on Search With Candour. Jack covers Google’s “Preferred Sources” expanding from Discover into AI Mode and AI Overviews, the new Search Console generative AI performance reporting and contrasts it with Bing Webmaster Tools’ expanded AI visibility reporting. He also highlights the new ability to connect Google Business Profile to GA4 for richer local reporting and a landmark German court ruling that Google can be held liable for false claims in AI Overviews, treating them as Google’s own content. Links to news stories https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/original-high-quality-content-search/ https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/a-new-profile-to-help-publishers-and-creators-highlight-their-work-on-search/ https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/06/gen-ai-performance-reports https://blogs.bing.com/search/June-2026/New-AI-Visibility-Insights-in-Bing-Webmaster-Tools-Intents-Topics-Citation-Share-Compare https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/16930347…
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