SEO recap: week of 23 Feb 2026

A summary of what actually happened in search during this period, ranked by likely impact on a single site rather than by publication time. Built from our own archive of 1,439 stories.

5 Stories archived
1 High impact
1 Update-flagged
2 Technical areas

Biggest stories

Ranked by estimated impact on a single site, not by publication time.

Yandex Webmaster (RU)

Обновили алгоритм расчёта ИКС сайта — смотрите результаты в Яндекс Вебмастере

Мы внесли изменения в расчёт Индекса качества сайта (ИКС) — показателя, который помогает оценить, насколько ресурс полезен для пользователей. Рассказываем, что поменялось и где теперь смотреть…

Screaming Frog

Design Trends That Are Shaping 2026

2025 was a big year for technology, and we’re all gearing up for the same rapid developments to emerge in 2026. But as tech has evolved, design has evolved alongside it – distilling large-scale…

Matt Diggity (YouTube)

Your Hidden Advantage as an Introvert

In this video, learn what your secret superpower is as an introvert. Subscribe here ►► https://www.youtube.com/MattDiggity?sub_confirmation=1 Download the 3 SEO Case Studies for FREE ►►…

What the period was about

Busiest technical areas

  • Ranking & Algorithms 2
  • Local SEO 1

Most active sources

  • Sterling Sky 2
  • Matt Diggity (YouTube) 1
  • Screaming Frog 1
  • Yandex Webmaster (RU) 1

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About these recaps

Assembled from our own archive of 1,439 stories, which currently runs from 19 October 2022. Ranking is by the impact score described on the front page — an estimate of how much a story is likely to affect one website, not a measure of how much attention it got.

The archive only holds what it has seen. Periods before it started are empty rather than quiet, and it gets more complete every week it runs.