Newsletter - AppWT Web & AI Solutions Google's June Spam Update Is Done Rolling -- Here's What Your Site Needs Right Now

**This Week in Web and AI**

The big news from Google last month was the June 2026 spam update, which took only two days to roll out and had a substantial impact across many sites. Google's Head of Search, Liz Reid, stated that great content is what earns visibility in Google Search, and Google's search team followed up with guidance on chunking, site signals, content, paywalls, and AI clicks. The update's speed and scope are a signal that Google is not slowing down its quality enforcement heading into the second half of 2026.

Google's E-E-A-T framework now rewards content attributed to authors with verifiable credentials and a consistent publishing history on the topic. Anonymous content, or content tied to generic author profiles with no verifiable track record, is losing ground regardless of its quality. AI-assisted content was not penalized across the board. What Google targeted was content produced at scale without meaningful human editorial oversight and with no genuine information gain -- whether written by AI or humans. If your site publishes content regularly, this week is the right time to audit authorship and add real credentials.

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**Tip You Can Use Today**

The fastest action you can take this week is to check your Google Search Console AI Performance report, which Google recently expanded. Google Search Console expanded access to its AI performance reports and posted a detailed help document on AI controls. This report shows how your pages appear inside Google's AI Overviews -- the AI-generated answer blocks that now appear on a growing share of search results -- so you can see which of your pages are being cited and which are being skipped.

Here are the steps to run this check right now:

- Go to search.google.com/search-console and log in with your property.
- In the left menu, select "Search Results" under "Performance."
- Click the "Search Type" filter at the top and select "AI Overviews" (if your account has been granted access).
- Sort results by impressions to see which pages Google's AI is pulling from.
- For any page with low AI visibility, add proof-based content: show your processes, results, and real-world experience with screenshots, data, and case studies.
- Refresh any outdated pages rather than publishing new ones. Updating existing content is often more effective, and improvements made now can be recognized at the next core update cycle.

Run this audit once a month. It takes under 15 minutes and gives you a direct view of how AI-driven search is treating your site.

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**Tool Worth Knowing**

Canva Grow 2.0 was announced June 25, 2026, at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The release fuses ad creation, cross-platform publishing to Meta, TikTok, and LinkedIn, and AI-driven optimization into a single workflow, and is rolling out now in North America, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Drop in your website URL and Canva Grow pulls in your business information, product visuals, brand colors, and audience signals to generate static and video ads in moments -- all ready to customize and launch. Canva Grow 2.0 replaces the old multi-tool publishing process with a unified workflow, letting you push ads directly from Canva across Meta, TikTok, and LinkedIn regardless of whether those ads were created in Canva Grow, designed in the Canva editor, or uploaded from another source. On pricing: the AI Ad Tagging analytics layer -- the feature that shows which ads are outperforming and why -- is only available on Canva Business and Enterprise plans. Free and Pro tiers get creation and publishing, but not the performance tagging. Canva Business is priced at $20 per person per month with no seat minimum, making it accessible for solo owners and small teams alike.

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**Talk to AppWT**

The Google June spam update and the expansion of AI Overviews in Search Console are both moving fast, and your website's content strategy needs to keep up. AppWT Web & AI Solutions has helped 9,536+ clients build sites and content that perform through every algorithm cycle -- and our CAIVO Certified team can show you exactly where your site stands with AI search engines right now. Schedule a free consultation this week and we will walk you through your Search Console AI report together.

- Schedule online: https://appwt.com/schedule
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- Email: sales@appwt.com

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