The Great Divorce: How Google’s February 2026 Update Decoupled Discovery from Search

At exactly 09:00 PST on February 5, 2026, the digital publishing landscape underwent a philosophical realignment. Across the United States, major publishers watched their analytics with a sense of vertigo—community reports confirmed that high-volume feeds were in freefall, with many seeing traffic drops between 90% and 95% in a single morning. This was not a […]