SEO Recap covering August 23, 2026: Google fixes favicon and crawl stats bugs

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Google Fixed Favicon Bug and Crawl Stats Missing Data
Source: Search Engine Roundtable

  • Google fixed a favicon bug that had replaced many sites' defined favicons with the default globe icon in search snippets for about a week. Rajan Patel said on August 22 the fix would land within ~12 hours.
  • A second bug that left a 2-day gap in Search Console crawl stats data (starting around August 14-15) was fixed on August 23 at ~5 pm ET.
  • Both issues appear mostly or fully resolved.
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