Ranking & Algorithms recap: September 2026

The stories about Ranking & Algorithms from this period, ranked by likely impact on a single site.

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Medium Marie Haynes

How I Built an MCP Server for agents to use my Algo Update list

I turned my 15-year archive of Google algorithm updates into an official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server at algo.mariehaynes.com. Here is how it was built, the architecture behind it, and how you…

Ranking & Algorithms

Medium Lumar

The GEO Analytics Stack: What We Should Be Measuring (But Aren’t)

Traditional ranking metrics can only tell us so much about GEO performance. In this article, we explore what a GEO analytics stack could look like, with layers covering candidate page selection to…

Ranking & Algorithms Measurement AI Search & Visibility

Medium Seer Interactive

Google Is Not Going to Stop Ranking Your Claude-Assisted Content

TL;DR Claude’s watermark only flags that Claude was “likely involved,” so it can’t tell a fully AI-drafted piece from a human draft Claude lightly edited It’s an EU compliance requirement (Code of…

Ranking & Algorithms

Sterling Sky

The #1 Checklist to Optimize Your Google Business Profile

One of the ways to improve your local SEO ranking is by optimizing your Google Business Profile (GBP). While it might seem like a simple task, small oversights—like selecting the wrong category—can…

Ranking & Algorithms Local SEO

Backlinko

How to Audit Any Page in Under 3 Minutes with SEOquake

You’re looking at a page that should be performing better, and you want answers fast. Maybe it’s a product page that slipped in rankings, a competitor’s post outranking yours, or a client page that…

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