Google’s Old Search Era Is Over – Here’s What 2026 SEO Will Really Look Like

During the era of massive top‑of‑funnel traffic and generously ranked low‑quality content, many marketers don’t realize it, but they mistook timing and loopholes for talent. Google unintentionally fueled this overconfidence by rewarding keyword stuffing, shallow articles, and formulaic playbooks that had little to do with real…