AI and search news for Canadian businesses: November 2026
Google finished a spam update, AI answers are adding links, and ads are spreading. Here is what matters to a small business and what to check.
News and tips
Once a month we read what Google, Bing, ChatGPT and the other AI tools have announced, pick the few things that matter to a Canadian small business, and say what each one means for you. Every item links to where it came from.
Google finished a spam update, AI answers are adding links, and ads are spreading. Here is what matters to a small business and what to check.
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Type your web address and see in about ten seconds whether Google can read your site, how it looks on a phone and whether AI assistants are being turned away. The full report is C$12, paid once, with no subscription.
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