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<p>Google says its Gemini app passed 1 billion monthly users and reports that 63% now use voice, alongside camera, uploads, and app automation data.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-gemini-passes-1b-monthly-users-63-now-use-voice/585624/">Google Gemini Passes 1B Monthly Users, 63% Now Use Voice</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google amended its DMCA complaint against SerpApi, adding licensing terms after a court dismissed the original claims over search scraping.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-amends-serpapi-suit-with-content-licensing-terms/585505/">Google Amends SerpApi Suit With Content Licensing Terms</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>OpenAI's ad rules now allow some health and finance advertisers in ChatGPT, while placement restrictions still apply to sensitive conversations.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/openai-allows-some-health-finance-ads-in-chatgpt/585516/">OpenAI Allows Some Health & Finance Ads In ChatGPT</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Cloudflare announced wallets and optional identity handles for AI agents on August 4, extending paid access past crawlers to any caller and any resource.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/cloudflare-gives-ai-agents-wallets-that-pay-for-what-they-access/584959/">Cloudflare Gives AI Agents Wallets That Pay For What They Access</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Automattic rebuts WP Engine, says Matt Mullenweg's "personal communications with romantic partners" has "nothing to do with this case."</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/automattic-fires-back-at-wp-engines-motion-for-sanctions/585472/">Automattic Fires Back At WP Engine’s Motion For Sanctions</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>New data finds no difference in how OpenAI's in-house search index served licensed and unlicensed sites.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/chatgpts-search-index-serves-small-sites-too-data-shows/585388/">ChatGPT’s Search Index Serves Small Sites Too, Data Shows</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Anthropic will embed invisible watermarks in Claude text and sign generated files.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/anthropic-claude-watermarks-eu-ai-act-code/585355/">Anthropic To Mark Claude Text & Files Under EU AI Act Code</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>YouTube announced Partner Program changes taking effect in 2027, including new Shorts earnings rules, activity checks, and a terms deadline.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtube-updates-partner-program-terms-shorts-payout-rules/585331/">YouTube Updates Partner Program Terms & Shorts Payout Rules</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>WPForms Lite WordPress plugin accused of adding a backdoor to new installs. I gave it and try and what happened was unexpected.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wpforms-lite-accused-of-adding-backdoor-i-tested-it-and-was-surprised/585273/">WPForms Lite Accused Of Adding Backdoor. I Tested It And Was Surprised</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google announced that its Ask Advisor AI agent will compare campaign performance in Google Analytics against anonymized averages from similar businesses.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-analytics-will-benchmark-campaigns-through-ask-advisor/585213/">Google Announces Campaign Benchmarking In Google Analytics</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Clarity now splits AI citation queries into branded and non-branded. The two mean different things, and only one counts as discovery.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/clarity-branded-non-branded-ai-citations/584654/">Microsoft Clarity Now Separates Branded And Non-Branded AI Citations</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's former Chief Scientist explains why AI models are less important and why context engineering increasingly matters more.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-ex-ai-chief-jeff-dean-explains-how-to-improve-context-engineering/584955/">Google’s Ex-AI Chief Jeff Dean Explains How To Improve Context Engineering</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>WordPress security update fixes 12 vulnerabilities. Security researcher: "nastiest one is a login screen XSS."</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wordpress-security-release-7-0-3-fixes-high-severity-xss-vulnerability/584927/">WordPress Security Release 7.0.3 Fixes High Severity XSS Vulnerability</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>A WordPress 7.1 accessibility improvement could impact some plugins that make changes in the admin screens.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wordpress-7-1-accessibility-change-may-break-some-plugins/584820/">WordPress 7.1 Accessibility Change May Break Some Plugins</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google loses Jeff Dean, who helped build Google Search and AI, replaced by DeepMind's Demis Hassabis as Chief Scientist.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-loses-the-engineer-who-helped-build-search-and-modern-ai/584785/">Google Chief Scientist Who Helped Build Modern Search And AI Steps Away</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Microsoft Advertising expands AI Visibility, Performance Max testing, and Ad Preview Hub with new reporting, experimentation, and creative review capabilities.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/microsoft-advertising-adds-ai-visibility-insights-pmax-testing-and-creative-preview-updates/584760/">Microsoft Advertising Adds AI Visibility Insights, PMax Testing, And Creative Preview Updates</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Reddit CEO Steve Huffman revealed intent to leverage the platform's vast amount of evergreen content on recommendations and reviews.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/reddit-ceo-intends-to-show-more-reviews-and-recommendations/584731/">Reddit CEO Intends To Show More Reviews And Recommendations</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Anecdotal report that blocking AI training bots with Cloudflare blocks Googlebot from indexing websites.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/report-that-cloudflare-ai-bot-blocking-prevents-googlebot-from-indexing-sites/584673/">Report That Cloudflare AI Bot Blocking Prevents Googlebot From Indexing Sites</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>WooCommerce Social Login vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to gain full control of ecommerce sites.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/woocommerce-social-login-wordpress-plugin-enables-full-site-takeover/584601/">WooCommerce Social Login WordPress Plugin Enables Full Site Takeover</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Snap announced that it is removing wholly AI-generated videos from Snapchat's Spotlight recommendations in favor of promoting authentic human-authored experiences.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/snapchat-clamps-down-on-ai-generated-spotlight-videos/584594/">Snapchat Clamps Down On AI-Generated Videos</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>One of the most advanced SEOs of all time, Bill Hartzer, is giving away free advanced link training lessons. </p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/free-advanced-link-training-lessons/584551/">Free Advanced Link Training Lessons</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's updated crawl budget documentation recommends serving a 304 response code to Googlebot for pages that haven't changed.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-recommends-using-304-status-code-to-conserve-crawl-budget/584543/">Google Recommends Using 304 Status Code To Conserve Crawl Budget</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google Earth's AI image generator was rolled back after the internet used it to create realistic scenes of destruction.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-ai-image-generation-in-google-earth-literally-became-disastrous/584536/">Google’s AI Image Generation In Google Earth Literally Became Disastrous</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>The European Commission's AI transparency law that has taken effect contains four exemptions from its AI labeling requirements.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/eu-commission-article-50-ai-transparency-law-has-four-exemptions/584528/">EU Commission Article 50 AI Transparency Law Has Four Exemptions</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's updated documentation refresh shows where to focus on when updating your own content for SEO.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-documentation-refresh-offers-seo-lessons-on-content-updates/584464/">Google’s Documentation Refresh Offers Ideas For SEO Content Updates</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's AI search opt-out is rolling out as Top Stories appear inside AI Overviews. What the control covers and what businesses can measure before deciding.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/what-opting-out-of-googles-ai-search-features-means-now/584321/">What Opting Out Of Google’s AI Search Features Means Now</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google said that spammed search box pages may become a site quality issue and dealt with as if they were hacked.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-may-treat-search-box-pages-as-a-site-quality-issue/584419/">Google May Treat Search Box Pages As A Site Quality Issue</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>WP Engine announced Commerce Connect, a safe way for fast-growth brands to modernize and scale while preserving design, SEO, and user experience.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-engine-bigcommerce-wordpress-stores/584343/">WP Engine Partners With BigCommerce To Scale WordPress Stores</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Anthropic's Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code, explains how to become one of the top 1% of users who get things done.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/head-of-anthropics-claude-code-says-prompt-engineering-not-that-important/584286/">Head Of Anthropic’s Claude Code Says Prompt Engineering Not That Important</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Search Console platform properties are now open to everyone worldwide, and Google has published a guide to reading your social and video search data.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-opens-search-console-social-reporting-to-everyone/584144/">Google Opens Search Console Social Reporting To Everyone</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google announced version 0.2 of the Open Knowledge Format, introducing five new trust signals.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-open-knowledge-format-adds-five-trust-signals/584120/">Google’s Open Knowledge Format Adds Five Trust Signals</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's John Mueller says if sites are serving conflicting metadata, they should fix the conflict, not test which source wins.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-mueller-fix-conflicting-metadata-dont-test-it/584055/">Google’s Mueller: Fix Conflicting Metadata, Don’t Test It</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Metricool data shows views per long-form YouTube post increased while estimated ad revenue and average view duration fell.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtube-views-rose-while-long-form-ad-revenue-fell-data-shows/584040/">YouTube Views Rose While Long-Form Ad Revenue Fell, Data Shows</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's Gary Illyes said he would need to check whether pushing an unavailable_after date forward on every renewal causes problems. He gave a first read.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-illyes-unsure-on-shifting-unavailable_after-dates/584064/">Google’s Illyes Unsure On Shifting unavailable_after Dates</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's John Mueller explains the SEO impact of random URLs injected into web pages by CMS platforms.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-on-seo-impact-of-urls-injected-into-html-by-cms-platforms/584037/">Google On SEO Impact Of URLs Injected By CMS Platforms</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google is putting Top Stories carousels inside AI Overviews, raising the stakes on its new AI opt-out setting in Search Console.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-opt-out-may-cost-publishers-a-top-stories-spot/584016/">AI Opt-Out May Cost Sites A Google Top Stories Spot</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Data ties higher AI detector scores to lower positions and to fewer pages in Google's index, though heavily flagged pages still rank in top 10.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/heavily-ai-flagged-pages-still-rank-across-googles-top-10/583983/">Google Search Results Still Rank Heavily AI-Flagged Pages</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>A new SEO test shows what happens when Google's Web Rendering Service continues past five seconds: Google pauses time with a virtual clock.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-seo-test-shows-what-happens-in-5-second-rendering-window/583878/">Google SEO Test Shows What Happens In 5-Second Rendering Window</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Shared Claude chats showed up in Google. We checked the pages and found a noindex header sitting behind a robots.txt block that keeps Google out.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/indexed-claude-chats-show-why-disallow-is-not-noindex/583852/">Indexed Claude Chats Show Why Disallow Is Not Noindex</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>A new report finds ChatGPT citation rates vary sharply by topic, with travel answers citing sources far more often than education answers.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/chatgpt-links-out-most-on-travel-questions/583824/">ChatGPT Links Out Most On Travel Questions</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google may be penalizing AI-generated content under an expanded definition of thin content.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-may-be-penalizing-ai-generated-content-as-thin-content/583773/">Google May Be Penalizing AI-Generated Content As Thin Content</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google expanded its review snippet documentation with new ways content can trigger a manual action.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-expands-review-guidelines-and-warns-of-manual-actions/583674/">Google Expands Review Guidelines And Warns Of Manual Actions</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>X publicly documented its anti-chatbot campaign over 24 hours, showing how quickly AI-generated spam evolves and how X responds.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/x-live-tweets-its-fight-against-chatbot-spam-in-real-time/583572/">X Live-Tweets Its Fight Against Chatbot Spam In Real-Time</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's new AI & Economy report compares Gemini and AI Mode conversations against how Americans spend their days.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-data-compares-gemini-ai-mode-use-against-daily-life/583533/">Google Data Compares Gemini & AI Mode Use Against Daily Life</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's John Mueller explains a robots.txt quirk that can cause Googlebot to ignore robots.txt rules.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-says-why-it-may-ignore-robots-txt-and-negatively-impact-seo/583475/">Google Says Why It May Ignore Robots.txt And Negatively Impact SEO</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>YouTube spelled out three kinds of content that can stop a channel from getting paid, and says it's clarifying existing rules, not changing them.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtube-explains-what-can-stop-a-channel-getting-paid/583096/">YouTube Explains What Can Stop A Channel Getting Paid</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Alphabet's Q2 release shows Google's infrastructure spending caused it to report a negative free cash flow of $5.85 billion dollars.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-q2-earnings-show-5-85-billion-negative-free-cash-flow/583259/">Alphabet Q2 Earnings Show $5.85 Billion Negative Free Cash Flow</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>On Alphabet's Q2 call, Pichai named coding an area to improve, saying Google needs Gemini 4 for the next frontier, as 3.5 Pro stays delayed.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/pichai-says-google-needs-gemini-4-to-compete-at-the-frontier/583214/">Pichai Says Google Needs Gemini 4 To Compete At The Frontier</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Alphabet's Q2 Search revenue rose 17% to $63.27 billion, its first easing after four quarters of acceleration. Google credited retail and Gemini integration.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-search-revenue-growth-eases-after-a-year-of-acceleration/583181/">Google Search Revenue Growth Eases After A Year Of Acceleration</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Anthropic's Claude Cowork can turn a video of a person doing a task into a skill so that it can do it too.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/anthropics-claude-can-now-watch-a-video-and-learn-your-job/583053/">Anthropic’s Claude Can Now Watch A Video And Learn Your Job</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>A federal court dismissed Google's DMCA claims against SerpApi, ruling that blocking scrapers from public search results is not copyright circumvention on its own.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/court-dismisses-googles-dmca-claims-against-serpapi/583033/">Court Dismisses Google’s DMCA Claims Against SerpApi</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's Liz Reid discussed persistent search, a profound change to how users interact with search. A patent describes six triggers.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-liz-reid-discusses-persistent-autonomous-search/582948/">Google’s Liz Reid Discusses Persistent Autonomous Search</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>In a new analysis of AI Mode text ads, ads appeared on nearly a third of commercial keywords, and advertisers were rarely among the sources.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-ai-mode-shows-ads-on-1-in-3-commercial-keywords/582976/">Google AI Mode Ads Rarely Match The Sources It Cites</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>New data shows Google is now AI Mode's second most-cited domain, driven by Google-hosted Business Profile and Product Knowledge Panel cards.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-is-ai-modes-no-2-cited-domain-data-shows/582941/">Google Is AI Mode’s No. 2 Cited Domain, Data Shows</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>EU binding rules require Google to share anonymized Search data with eligible rival engines and search-enabled AI chatbots.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-must-share-anonymized-search-data-with-rivals/582922/">Google Must Share Anonymized Search Data With Rivals</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google is moving Local Services Ads into Google Ads as Performance Max pay-per-lead campaigns, with bidding, reporting, and management changes beginning August 2026.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-is-bringing-local-services-ads-into-google-ads/582816/">Google Is Bringing Local Services Ads Into Google Ads</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google downplays many Search Console "error" reports, saying the tool was never meant to be a checklist of things to fix.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-downplays-search-console-error-reports-says-many-arent-real-problems/582890/">Google Downplays Search Console “Error” Reports. Says Many Aren’t Real Problems</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's Mueller explained how an "are you a bot" screen can push a site's pages out of Google, and get another site picked as canonical.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/are-you-a-bot-screens-can-get-your-pages-dropped-by-google/582801/">“Are You A Bot” Screens Can Get Your Pages Dropped By Google</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's John Mueller explained what happens when you click Validate Fix in Search Console, and when the button is worth using. </p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/when-to-use-search-consoles-validate-fix-according-to-google/582791/">When To Use Search Console’s ‘Validate Fix,’ According To Google</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's NotebookLM rebrand may expose websites to more AI scraping with zero attribution unless site owners take action right now.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-notebooklm-rebrand-may-expose-your-site-to-more-ai-scraping/582775/">Google NotebookLM Rebrand May Expose Your Site To More AI Scraping</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's Nick Fox said AI features in Search send billions of clicks to websites weekly, alongside Google's daily count. Neither figure can be checked.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-puts-a-number-on-ai-search-clicks-without-the-data/582755/">Google Puts A Number On AI Search Clicks, Without The Data</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Publishers allege works supplied to Google Books, Play Books and Scholar were used to train Gemini without permission. No court has ruled on the claims.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-faces-class-action-over-books-used-to-train-gemini/582708/">Google Faces Class Action Over Books Used To Train Gemini</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Apple Maps ads ban home services, crypto ATMs, and bail bonds. Learn which businesses qualify and how advertisers can prepare for the rollout.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/apple-maps-ads-ban-home-services/582542/">Apple Maps Ads Ban Home Services, Crypto ATMs, Bail Bonds</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's John Mueller says that overall site quality is more than just text. How users experience the page can define quality, too.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-explains-seo-connection-of-site-quality-to-non-indexed-pages/582683/">Google Explains SEO Connection Of Site Quality To Non-Indexed Pages</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google said it expected Gemini 3.5 Pro to roll out by now. It hasn't shipped, and Bloomberg reports coding is part the delay.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/gemini-3-5-pro-delayed-over-coding-bloomberg-reports/582660/">Gemini 3.5 Pro Delayed Over Coding, Bloomberg Reports</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google is starting to roll out connected apps in AI Mode, so you can send tasks to services like Canva from a search.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-starts-rolling-out-connected-apps-in-ai-mode-search/582545/">Google Starts Rolling Out Connected Apps In AI Mode Search</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>AI SEO that prioritizes content that is specific may be a key to getting cited by AI search engines.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-seo-writing-thats-specific-may-get-cited-more/582531/">AI SEO: Writing That’s Specific May Get Cited More</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google is connecting Calendar to Personal Intelligence in AI Mode, allowing it to add events and factor your schedule into responses.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-brings-calendar-to-personal-intelligence-in-ai-mode/582409/">Google Brings Calendar To Personal Intelligence In AI Mode</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Phone call data breaks out AI referrals for the first time. Calls from ChatGPT become leads more often than any other channel, but convert average.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/chatgpt-calls-turn-into-leads-more-often-invoca-report/582400/">ChatGPT Calls Turn Into Leads More Often: Invoca Report</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's Mueller says long A/B tests won't result in SEO demotions, contradicting official guidance that says they may be considered deceptive.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-says-no-seo-penalty-for-year-long-a-b-tests/582349/">Google Says No SEO Penalty For Year-Long A/B Tests?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>John Mueller responded to a plan to hide homepage links from Google in hopes only one internal anchor text would count, known as "first-link priority."</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-mueller-on-first-link-priority-link-obfuscation/582316/">Google’s Mueller On First Link Priority & Link Obfuscation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>TikTok will test detection for accounts posting AI-generated spam in politics, financial advice, and medical content, and has joined C2PA's steering committee.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/tiktok-targets-ai-generated-spam-accounts-in-high-risk-topics/582256/">TikTok Targets AI-Generated Spam Accounts In High-Risk Topics</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google is adding AI image generation to AI Overviews and rolling out a redesigned Google Images homepage. Both start rolling out over the coming weeks.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-adds-image-generation-to-ai-overviews-revamps-images/582242/">Google Revamps Image Search, Adds Generation To AI Overviews</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's Ginny Marvin explains AI Search eligibility, Qualified Future Conversions, and Creator Partnerships, adding context to key Google Marketing Live announcements.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-marvin-clarifies-ai-search-and-qualified-future-conversions/582185/">Google’s Marvin Clarifies AI Search and Qualified Future Conversions</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>A new research paper compares how often ChatGPT and Google send people to websites, and what wider ChatGPT access did to search.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/chatgpt-access-tied-to-9-drop-in-traditional-search/582167/">ChatGPT Access Tied To 9% Drop In Traditional Search</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google Ads adds AI disclosure labels for third-party creative. Learn how the new transparency requirements affect advertisers and campaign workflows.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-ads-requires-disclosure-for-ai-generated-content/581925/">Google Ads Requires Disclosure For AI-Generated Content</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google updated its canonicalization troubleshooting guide with new guidance on how long pages can stay in a duplicate cluster after you fix the content.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-says-canonical-re-evaluation-can-take-up-to-two-weeks/582053/">Google Says Canonical Re-Evaluation Can Take Up to Two Weeks</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>The WordPress 7.0.1 maintenance release improves PHP compatibility and contains a bug fix to a security-related function.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wordpress-7-0-1-maintenance-release-contains-31-bug-fixes/582045/">WordPress 7.0.1 Maintenance Release Contains 31 Bug Fixes</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p> Some Google Business Profile dashboards show “no reviews yet” even though public review counts remain visible on the live listing.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-business-profiles-showing-empty-review-dashboards/582015/">Google Business Profiles Showing Empty Review Dashboards</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's new Category and Sale Duration structured data properties give merchants a way to rank more precise product data.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-new-merchant-listing-structured-data-improves-seo/581879/">Google’s New Merchant Listing Structured Data Improves SEO</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>YouTube edged past Spotify as the podcast service UK listeners use most, the first time it has led on record, according to new data.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtube-moves-ahead-of-spotify-as-uks-top-podcast-service/581832/">YouTube Moves Ahead of Spotify As UK’s Top Podcast Service</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's Nick Fox said Search saw its highest usage on record during Argentina's comeback win over Egypt at the World Cup.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-says-search-hit-all-time-usage-high-during-world-cup/581796/">Google Says Search Hit All-Time Usage High During World Cup</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google Ads expands its Travel campaign beta to Things to Do and Events, giving eligible advertisers a new campaign type for attractions and ticket sales.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-search-campaigns-travel-things-to-do-events-beta/581816/">Google Ads Expands Search Campaigns for Travel Beta to Things to Do and Events</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Search marketer Tom Critchlow says AI Search is exposing the question of whether SEO still owns GEO outcomes.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-search-is-exposing-seos-risk-of-losing-geo-outcomes/581805/">AI Search Is Exposing SEO’s Risk Of Losing Ownership Of GEO Outcomes</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google clarifies its Smart Bidding update, explaining how August 17 changes will affect Target CPA, Target ROAS, and budget-limited campaigns.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-clarifies-smart-bidding-update-after-advertiser-concerns/581804/">Google Clarifies Smart Bidding Update After Advertiser Concerns</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>OpenAI has begun rolling out GPT-Live, new voice models for ChatGPT that can run a web search and show visual answers while you talk.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/openai-gpt-live-brings-search-into-chatgpt-voice/581773/">OpenAI GPT-Live Brings Search Into ChatGPT Voice</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Marketing a brand online for AI Search can be easier than you think. Here's a strategy to get you started.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/an-easy-digital-pr-strategy-for-ai-seo/581710/">An Easy Digital PR Strategy For AI SEO</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google is adding platform properties to Search Console, letting creators track how their Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube posts perform in Search and Discover.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-search-console-adds-social-video-platform-properties/581634/">Google Search Console Adds Social & Video Platform Properties</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's John Mueller responds to the trend of creating a set of markdown pages to mirror HTML content for AI SEO.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-on-using-markdown-for-ai-seo/581606/">Google On Using Markdown For AI SEO</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's John Mueller responded to an SEO using LLMs-Author.txt to separate themself from others with the same name.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-answers-question-about-llms-author-txt-for-seo/581547/">Google Answers Question About LLMs-Author.txt For SEO</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Apple's WebKit announced a new MCP server for Safari that enables AI-based website debugging for SEO and Core Web Vitals.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/safaris-mcp-server/581487/">Safari’s New MCP Server Enables AI Debugging For SEO And CWV</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>John Mueller points to a Google case study showing how customizable layouts can skew which element the browser measures as LCP, plus the fixes.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-mueller-flags-a-case-on-why-lcp-fixes-miss-the-target/581413/">Google’s Mueller Flags A Case On Why LCP Fixes Miss the Target</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google Search now takes searchers directly to a domain's AMP host pages, ending the viewer/cache serving path. AMP still ranks as normal. </p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-ends-cache-served-amp-pages-in-search/581405/">Google Ends Cache-Served AMP Pages In Search</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Cloudflare now lets all sites manage AI crawlers as Search, Agent, or Training, with Sept. 15 defaults that can block Googlebot for sites blocking training.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/cloudflares-ai-crawler-rules-can-block-googlebot/581385/">Cloudflare’s AI Crawler Rules Can Block Googlebot</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's DMCA Crisis is turning a copyright protection system into a tool that bad actors can use against publishers.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-dmca-crisis-is-disrupting-the-web-it-will-only-get-worse/581340/">Google’s DMCA Crisis Is Disrupting The Web. It Will Only Get Worse.</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>An updated AI Overviews experiment finds no measurable difference in bounce rates, time on site, or returns to search between clicks with and without summaries.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-ai-overviews-study-finds-lost-clicks-werent-lower-quality/581298/">Google AI Overviews Study Finds Lost Clicks Weren’t Lower Quality</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>OpenAI job listings and its advertising plans point to image, video, native and conversational ad formats for ChatGPT.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/openai-hiring-points-to-image-video-ads-coming-to-chatgpt/581289/">OpenAI Hiring Points To Image & Video Ads Coming To ChatGPT</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Fabrice Canel, the Principal Product Manager who led Bing's crawling and indexing team and championed IndexNow, has announced his retirement from Microsoft. </p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/fabrice-canel-longtime-bing-search-leader-retires-from-microsoft/581247/">Fabrice Canel, Longtime Bing Search Leader, Retires From Microsoft</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 returns with 50% usage limits and a new classifier that may result in false positives.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/anthropics-claude-fable-5-is-back-with-new-usage-limits-and-safeguards/581231/">Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 Is Back With New Usage Limits And Safeguards</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>WPVibe WordPress plugin makes it easy to connect virtually any AI to your WordPress site and safely edit virtually anything.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/new-wordpress-plugin-safely-and-easily-connects-ai-to-your-website/581219/">New WordPress Plugin Safely And Easily Connects AI To Your Website</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>