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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
This week’s SEO Pulse covers the signals that matter most as AI search moves from experimentation to core infrastructure. The post SEO Pulse: AI Mode Hits 75M Users, Gemini 3…
This week, we have a status update on the ongoing Google December 2025 core update. Google also said it does not pre-announce core updates or quality updates. Gemini 3 Flash…
Search and social now operate as a single ecosystem where shared signals, audience insights, and unified workflows drive stronger visibility and trust. The post Search & Social: How To Engineer…
Google reportedly has a bug that displays incorrect product reviews in Google Search for a retailer. It is now pulling from text on the page that includes the Google Business…
Google is testing a number of new sports-related search features within Google Search. These include a “What’s new” section, “Discover more” section, a Play-by-play section, What people are saying and…
Google Ads recently added a beta to bring in videos from your social campaigns into your ad campaigns. And now, Google is testing bringing in videos in Merchant Center.
Google has updated the Google Business Profiles verification issues support form. This makes it easier to pick a specific issue you had when trying to verify a business within Google…
Google updated its JavaScript SEO documentation for the third time this week, this time to say that “while pages with a 200 HTTP status code are sent to rendering, this…
Core Web Vitals measurements reveal a significant difference between open source and proprietary CMS platforms. The post Core Web Vitals Champ: Open Source Versus Proprietary Platforms appeared first on Search…
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Google’s Danny Sullivan says all of their ranking systems reward content that is made for humans The post Google Says Ranking Systems Reward Content Made For Humans appeared first on…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
SEO still matters, but Duane Forrester explains how answer-driven systems change the work, the metrics, and the path to influence. The post Who Benefits When The Line Between SEO And…
Learn about the future of search AI and trust in information in an evolving digital landscape focused on transparency and authenticity. The post The Future Of Content In An AI…
Google’s Robby Stein explains how AI Mode judges content quality and names five quality signals useful for SEO The post Google’s Robby Stein Names 5 SEO Factors For AI Mode…
John Mueller from Google had Danny Sullivan from Google on the Search Off the Record podcast to talk about “Thoughts on SEO & SEO for AI.” In short, they both…
Google updated its JavaScript SEO best practices document with a new section on how to set the canonial URL when using JavaScript. Google wrote, “The best way to set the…
Google is bringing Gemini 3 Flash to AI Mode, bringing much of Gemini 3’s power without waiting too long – hence the “Flash” part of the name. Robby Stein from…
Back in October, many businesses reported that reviews left on their Google Business Profiles were disappearing. It wasn’t happening to every business, but it was widespread. Last night, I was…
Microsoft is also testing underlining the text of the Bing Ads search snippets and descriptions. I am not sure if those underlined words are links or not but I assume…
It’s time to reset how we think about links and link building for SEO and AI search. The post Let’s Be Honest About The Ranking Power Of Links appeared first…
Google’s shift to AI Mode reshapes local SEO by elevating entity authority, verified data, and structured facts as the defining drivers of visibility. The post How Will AI Mode Impact…
Google’s Danny Sullivan provided advice on how SEOs can address client expectations around AI. The post Google Says What To Tell Clients Who Want SEO For AI appeared first on…
Google offers direct guidance on what matters for ranking in AI-driven search experiences. The post Google Explains How To Rank In AI Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
After almost a month delay with the page indexing report within Google Search Console, the report is now back to its normal timeframe. This morning it was reading that the…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google updated its JavaScript SEO docs with new guidance on canonical URLs for JavaScript-rendered pages. Keep canonicals consistent before and after rendering. The post Google Updates JavaScript SEO Docs With…
Creating an official brand subreddit is one of the hardest marketing spaces to get right. Why? Because it’s hostile ground for traditional brand messaging, with some of the internet’s snarkiest…
Don’t build links without first understanding these facts about trust and authority. The post The Facts About Trust Change Everything About Link Building appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Uncover the insights from the 2026 AI Search Benchmark report and see how your brand measures up in AI search performance. The post Benchmarking The Future OOf AI Search: 2026…
Google Discover is testing and maybe rolling out an option to “Tailor your feed.” This allows you to tailor the feed with “Say in your own words what you want…
If you submitted a review appeal within Google Business Profiles it will likely take longer than normal to hear back. Google’s review appeals are delayed and Google cannot provide a…
Google is testing extremely long and expandable search result snippet descriptions in the search results. These are also AI-generated snippets, which we’ve seen before, but not this long. This goes…
Bill Hunt reveals why CEOs must manage their websites like factories for digital value creation, not expenses buried in marketing budgets. The post Questions The CEO Should Be Asking About…
Google has updated its Manage customer reviews help documentation to expand and clarify the “Understand what happens to your replies” section. It now specifies why a business reply to a…
How you answer skeptical questions matters more than the questions themselves when links are at stake. The post Improve Any Link Building Strategy With One Small Change appeared first on…
Microsoft is testing the ability to upload an image directly within the Bing search bar. You click on a plus sign and Bing shows you “search with an image” and…
Five expert strategies for increasing visitors to informational sites and outperforming competitors. The post Five Ways To Boost Traffic To Informational Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Apple’s updated Safari browser enables site owners to more accurately track critical Core Web Vitals metrics. The post Apple Safari Update Enables Tracking Two Core Web Vitals Metrics appeared first…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…
Why Google’s focus on AI products is weakening traditional spam enforcement and reshaping risk for legitimate publishers and SEOs. The post Why Google’s Spam Problem Is Getting Worse appeared first…
User-behavior insights from GA4 help prioritize the improvements that drive measurable gains instead of surface-level traffic wins. The post How To Track User Journey In GA4 To Make SEO Wins…
Nick Fox is the SVP of Knowledge and Information at Google was interviewed again on the AI Inside channel by Jason Howel and Jeff Jarvin. He said a lot of…
Google updated its JavaScript SEO documentation to warn against using a noindex tag in the original page code on JavaScript pages. Google wrote, “if you do want the page indexed,…
Google can not show ads in AI Overviews with the exact match type. This is a change from back in May, where Google said otherwise. Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads…
Earlier this month, we documented that the average position sharply increased for many sites when Google made that num 100 change blocking a lot of automated queries. Well, for some…
Google Search Console’s performance report seems to finally be all caught up and up-to-date as of last night and this morning. I am seeing the normal two-hour or so delay,…
After several months of testing, Google seems to be rolling out the “Read more” links at the end of some of the search results listings. We saw Google test variations…
Google’s core updates can trigger issues that standard SEO audits fail to catch. Here are eight factors to check. The post Eight Overlooked Reasons Why Sites Lose Rankings In Core…
Google’s John Mueller explains that staggered site migrations may impact how the site is understood The post Google Explains Why Staggered Site Migrations Impact SEO Outcome appeared first on Search…
Google updated its JavaScript SEO documentation to clarify that noindex tags may prevent rendering and JavaScript execution, blocking changes. The post Google Warns Noindex Can Block JavaScript From Running appeared…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. We are starting…
But after analyzing 730,000 response pairs, we found something unexpected: AI Mode and AI Overviews reach very similar conclusions (86% semantic similarity) while citing different sources (only 13.7% citation overlap)….
Cloudflare’s sixth annual Year in Review reveals how AI crawlers, security threats, and traffic patterns changed in 2025. The post Cloudflare Report: Googlebot Tops AI Crawler Traffic appeared first on…
These expert insights show SEO marketers and decision-makers exactly where to focus in 2026 to protect organic visibility and turn discovery into real business impact. The post 20 SEO Experts…
On Friday, Google announced a number of updates around translation, language, audio, voice interactions and thus Search Live. Google said it released a more “fluid and expressive conversations when you…
Google’s John Mueller said that it is impossible for Google to pre-announce quality improvements to Google Search, including core updates. He said, “having quality changes ready for a specific date/time…
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Microsoft is testing a “see more” button in the Bing Search results, which, when you click on it, loads more search results in the middle section.
Most “AI hallucinations” trace back to broken data hygiene. This guide shows how to clean, test, and own your data before it derails ROI. The post Why Your AI Agent…
Google is testing showing full detailed property sale listings within the Google Search results. This is getting a lot of interest from those in the real estate business.
Google confirmed it is essentially removing the Q&A feature within Google Maps, and instead, searchers can use the new AI-powered Ask button on a Google Business Profile to get the…
Check out our new AI Mode study to see which factors truly drive AI citations, and why traffic and backlinks often matter far more than content.
Google announced the Google December 2025 core update on Thursday afternoon, December 11th, and it already has a significant impact on Google Search results. The most noticeable day of the…
Google continues evolution beyond text-first interactions with upgrades to Search Live Gemini model, possibly complicating SEO. The post Google Updates Search Live With Gemini Model Upgrade appeared first on Search…
Modern SEO teams aren’t just optimizing for rankings in traditional search anymore. They’re also optimizing for visibility in AI-powered search and answer engines. And that shift is showing up in…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Explore the latest AI search trends with fresh, fact-checked stats on AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, and more.
Google’s December 2025 core update leads this week’s SEO Pulse, alongside Preferred Sources expansion and social insights in Search Console. The post SEO Pulse: December Core Update, Preferred Sources &…
In this week’s recap, we covered that the Google December 2025 core update was unleashed. Google also said more core updates are definitely on their way and one should be…
Google announced that Gemini can now respond to your local questions with local results in a “rich, visual format.” Google will visually lay out the local results to include photos,…
Brad Geddes dug into how he felt “AI Max can trump your existing exact and phrase match keywords and then claim credit for the conversions and revenue.” And then Google’s…
Google Maps is updating its share buttons by removing the options to share on X and adding the options to share on Reddit and Facebook.
On Wednesday, Google announced a number of new AI features, which we covered (links below) but one other feature Google spoke about was “AI-powered article overviews.” This is an experiment…
Google is now sending email notifications for when Google Business Profiles has removed the restrictions on your reviews and ratings. The email says, “Restrictions on your reviews and ratings have…
Let’s get into it. We studied two new factors in our research this time around: “YouTube mentions” and “YouTube mention impressions”—using newly available data in Ahrefs Brand Radar. Both correlated…
Google has released the December 2025 core update, its third of the year. The rollout began December 11 and may take up to three weeks. The post Google Releases December…
Google officially announced the rollout of the December 2025 core update on Thursday at around 12:25 pm ET. This core update is expected to take about 3 weeks to roll…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
The next phase of search belongs to companies that treat AI systems as decision engines and redesign their content for retrieval, reliability, and trust. The post 14 Things Executives And…
This IMHO interview explores Marie Haynes’ view of an agent-led future, and why the SEOs who master agentic systems early will hold a critical advantage. The post Well-Known SEO Explains…
Google announced it has updated the links in AI Mode to encourage searchers to click more. Google also introduced contextual introductions to embedded links in AI Mode responses.
Google announced that Preferred Sources is now rolling out globally, after launching just in the US and India in August, following its beta period in June. Plus, Google announced Spotlighting…
In June, Google moved Offerwall out of its AdSense beta, making it available to all. Now, if you are using Offerwall, Google will opt you into Offerwall optimization.
Microsoft is testing out the new Google Ads sponsored results label, ad grouping and hide button with its own Bing Search results ads. Microsoft Advertising search ads in Bing are…
Google has officially expanded the Web Guide to the “All” tab. Originally when it launched as a Search Labs beta, it was under the “Web” tab but as we saw,…
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Find out how WordPress & vibe coding can come together for rapid client website creation, under your agency’s brand. The post WordPress Meets Vibe Coding: White-Labeled Platform & API For…
Google expands Preferred Sources to English users worldwide and launches pilot AI partnerships with publishers. The post Google Expands Preferred Sources & Publisher AI Partnerships appeared first on Search Engine…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google updated its…
Kevin Indig reflects on his 2025 predictions, scoring the wins, misses, and lessons from AI’s first year of true deployment. The post Scoring My 2025 Predictions appeared first on Search…
Google has told us that core updates impact visibility within Google Discover, but that may have changed at some point. Andy Almeida from the Google Trust and Safety spoke about…
Google is testing incorporating Ads Advisor into the contact us page for Google Ads support. Google was doing this for policy disapproval support requests as well.
14 months ago, Google updated its documentation around its shopping related structured data warning not to generate your structured data dynamically through JavaScript. Yesterday, at the Search Central Live event…