Google updates spam guide on shareable pages and gives restaurants ordering control
Google added a section to its spam guide on October 26 advising platforms to apply noindex or block crawling by default on pages created for direct sharing rather than public search discovery. The guide recommends confirming sites in Search Console and monitoring Page Indexing reports for unexpected spikes, though it does not mention enforcement changes.
What you can do with it
AI at Work →Remove unused delivery apps with Google Business Profile
What you get You can fix incorrect ordering links and update profile in real time.
Lets restaurants disable specific pickup and delivery providers directly in the dashboard.
- Who for
- founders, operations and marketers
- Cost
- free
- Effort
- minutes
- Already included in
- Google Business Profile
Use it for
- Remove unused delivery apps
- Fix incorrect ordering links
- Update profile in real time
How to set it up · From the article
- Open Google Business Profile dashboard
- Find 'Show provider to customers' section
- Toggle off unwanted pickup or delivery providers
Watch out All partner connections are enabled by default; check each profile you manage
Google Business Profile in the tool directory · 2 changes covered
Key points from the news
- Google spam guide now recommends noindex or robots.txt block for shareable pages by default
- Restaurants can directly disable ordering providers in Google Business Profile worldwide
- Alphabet Q3 Search revenue $63.35B, up 12%; AI Mode monetization cited as growth drag
Separately, Google Business Profile now lets restaurants turn off specific third-party ordering providers directly from their dashboard, effective in all countries. Previously, restaurants had to submit removal requests that providers had up to five business days to complete. On Search Console indexing reports, John Mueller told a Reddit user to check the report's date stamp, noting indexing does not change quickly and performance reports reflect changes first. SEJ's own property showed a last update of October 22 as of October 29.
Agency TJ Digital analyzed 193,507 AI answers and found cited pages opened with a direct answer 23% of the time versus 14% for uncited pages appearing for the same queries. Alphabet reported Q3 Google Search & other revenue of $63.35 billion, up 12% year over year. Philipp Schindler said lower monetization in AI Mode queries weighed on growth, though no specific figures were given. Google also expanded ads in AI Mode to 10 more countries and launched multiturn ads in the U.S.
Spam Guide Update, Restaurant Controls & AI Mode Revenue – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Search Engine Journal · 31 October 2026
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