# Sandesh Karkare


## Posts

- [How to get cited in Google AI Mode and AI Overviews: a practical GEO guide for 2026](https://sandeshkarkare.com/get-cited-google-ai-mode-ai-overviews/): If your brand isn't cited in the AI answer, you can be invisible even on page one. Here's how AI search picks its sources and 8 steps to get cited.
- [Google's AI Max auto-upgrade: what changed in September 2026 and what to check in your account](https://sandeshkarkare.com/google-ai-max-auto-upgrade-2026/): Google upgraded eligible Search campaigns to AI Max during September 2026. Here's what AI Max does, what carried over, and the 7 things I'd check in your account.
- [Google's September 2026 spam update: what it means for your site, plus a practical audit checklist](https://sandeshkarkare.com/google-september-2026-spam-update/): Google's third spam update of 2026 started rolling out on 24 September. Here's what it targets, how to tell if it hit you, and the 8-step audit I'd run.

## Pages

- [Contact](https://sandeshkarkare.com/contact/)
- [Blog](https://sandeshkarkare.com/blog/)
- [Portfolio](https://sandeshkarkare.com/portfolio/): Selected work Real businesses. Measurable growth. A selection of businesses I’ve worked with across India, the US and Canada — […]
- [Services](https://sandeshkarkare.com/services/)
- [About](https://sandeshkarkare.com/about/): About I’m Sandesh — a growth marketer who’s spent 20 years helping businesses grow through search, social and paid media. […]
- [Home](https://sandeshkarkare.com/): Growth Marketing Consultant · Mumbai Grow Your Business With a Senior Marketing Brain I’m Sandesh Karkare — a growth marketing […]

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