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<p>Tom Capper of STAT walks through the biggest AI search measurement challenges and a tactical solution for each one: October 14 at 2 p.m. ET.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-are-enterprise-seo-pros-measuring-ai-overviews-llms-webinar/590971/">How Are Enterprise SEO Pros Measuring AI Overviews & LLMs? [Webinar]</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>AnswerShare reports more recommendations in a client test after publishing sourced brand context. Here is how its machine-layer works & what it cannot fix.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-crawlers-machine-layer-answershare-spa/590837/">Yes, You Can Change AI’s Opinion. Here’s How.</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Test whether honest expectations and money-back guarantees build trust in health marketing, then judge results beyond the first conversion.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/trust-as-a-conversion-lever-how-to-test-credibility-in-a-regulated-industry/589232/">Trust As A Conversion Lever: How To Test Credibility In A Regulated Industry</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Any website can write Amazon's block-page sentence into its own terms. Spotting an agent that looks like a shopper is the hard part.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/amazon-blocked-metas-muse-and-robots-txt-had-nothing-to-say/590494/">Amazon Blocked Meta’s Muse, And Robots.txt Had Nothing To Say</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Shopify has extended its WebMCP tools into checkout, letting browser agents update a shopper's checkout and place the order after the buyer confirms it.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/shopify-extends-webmcp-into-checkout-for-browser-agents/591478/">Shopify Extends WebMCP Into Checkout For Browser Agents</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Q2 data shows Google desktop CTR down and mobile up at top positions, in a comparison spanning the end of a Search Console logging error.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-desktop-mobile-ctr-q2-2026/591402/">Google Desktop CTR Fell In Q2 While Mobile Rose, Data Shows</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>EmDash 1.0 trades WordPress's freedom of choice for heavy reliance on Cloudflare's infrastructure.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/emdash-1-0-challenges-wordpress-freedom-with-cloudflare-lock-in/591378/">EmDash 1.0 Challenges WordPress Freedom With Cloudflare Lock-In</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>A report using Similarweb panel data breaks down ChatGPT ad click-through rates by market and tracks how often the top ChatGPT advertisers changed.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/chatgpt-ad-ctr-markets-report/591384/">ChatGPT Ad CTR Topped 1% In 4 Markets, Not In The U.S.: Report</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Better AI marketing starts with testing assumptions, aligning brand messaging, and building evidence into PR pitches before publishing.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-wont-kill-us-all-but-its-rewriting-how-marketers-have-to-work/590378/">AI Won’t Kill Us All, But It’s Rewriting How Marketers Have To Work</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google and Uberall explain how to improve local AI-search readiness through accurate Business Profiles, relevant content, review responses, and location-level measurement.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-on-whats-next-in-ai-search-5-local-marketing-strategy-fixes/590978/">Google On What’s Next In AI Search + 5 Local Marketing Strategy Fixes</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google is rolling out AI Mode’s information monitoring globally, with ongoing updates and suggested monitoring tasks in Search.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-ai-mode-info-monitoring-global-rollout/591312/">Google Rolls Out AI Mode Info Monitoring To All Users Globally</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 prompting guide asks developers to retest effort settings and reconsider chat prompt lines telling Claude to think carefully.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/anthropic-claude-opus-5-5-prompting-guidance/591278/">Anthropic Publishes Prompting Guidance For Claude Opus 5.5</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>A court brief quotes an OpenAI engineer saying users "won't click" links and cites Microsoft data on lower CTRs in Bing Chat than in search.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/openai-engineer-users-wont-click-links-court-filing/591303/">Court Filing Quotes OpenAI Engineer: Users “Won’t Click” Links</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>SEO and paid media managers can strengthen their promotion case by proving AI's net gains and building a reskilling plan for their teams.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/mit-harvard-data-show-how-seo-and-paid-media-managers-become-directors/590669/">MIT & Harvard Data Show How SEO And Paid Media Managers Become Directors</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>CallRail's ChatGPT ads integration lets SMBs and agencies attribute calls, texts, and forms to campaigns, send conversion data to OpenAI, and compare performance across channels.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/callrail-makes-chatgpt-ads-measurable-for-smbs-and-marketing-agencies-spn/589843/">CallRail Makes ChatGPT Ads Measurable For SMBs And Marketing Agencies</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's Generative AI report shows visibility and nothing else. Layer commercial data and traffic dependency on top and you get real exposure.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/the-generative-ai-report-sucks-lets-make-it-brilliant/590679/">The Generative AI Report Sucks – Let’s Make It Brilliant</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>UCP has published a draft hotel booking specification, Google says it will adopt the open standard for AI Mode hotel booking over the coming months.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-plans-to-adopt-ucp-draft-spec-for-ai-mode-hotel-booking/591235/">Google Plans To Adopt UCP Draft Spec For AI Mode Hotel Booking</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Stop evaluating "Chinese LLMs" as a category. A 774-output localization benchmark shows why model choice beats post-editing, and what to test yourself.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/humans-lost-4-of-6-content-types-in-our-localization-benchmark/589294/">AI Workflows Outscored Human Translators In 4 Of 6 Content Types – China Benchmark Study</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>WP Engine is gratified by the judge's antitrust ruling, but Automattic also scores seven victories.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/automattic-matt-mullenweg-fail-to-dismiss-wp-engine-antitrust-claims/591210/">Automattic & Matt Mullenweg Fail To Dismiss WP Engine Antitrust Claims</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's September spam update may take up to two weeks, Search Console adds image-based search data, reports look at traffic from Search and AI Mode.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-pulse-google-spam-update-image-search-data/590882/">Google Spam Update, Image Search Data In GSC – SEO Pulse</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Strip the visual layer and a machine can still use a website. Strip the structure, as markdown does, and it can only read about it.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/the-text-only-version-of-your-website-strips-out-the-wrong-layer/590088/">The Text-Only Version Of Your Website Strips Out The Wrong Layer</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>AI models are everywhere. The data you feed them isn't. Mallory Gray of Skydeo explains why audience signals, not mention counts, decide who buys.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-agents-wont-fix-bad-audience-data-theyll-amplify-it/589792/">AI Agents Won’t Fix Bad Audience Data, They’ll Amplify It</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's new system for catching AI content spam has already been deployed. This is why it may be a part of Google's Spam Update.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-has-deployed-a-new-ai-spam-detector-called-safe/590918/">Google Has Deployed A New AI Spam Detector Called SAFE</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's AI Overview links can lead to websites or AI Mode, and Search Console measures those interactions differently.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-ai-overviews-have-more-links-but-not-all-reach-the-web/590762/">Google AI Overviews Have More Links, But Not All Reach The Web</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>AI answers strip out the signals people once used to judge them. Here's why your content stack now misses in both directions.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/llms-are-time-machines-that-dont-tell-you-how-far-you-went/590090/">LLMs Are Time Machines That Don’t Tell You How Far You Went</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google’s September 2026 spam update is rolling out worldwide and may take up to two weeks to complete.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-september-2026-spam-update/590828/">Google Rolls Out September 2026 Spam Update Globally</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Search Console’s new multimodal filter shows which pages receive traffic from image-based searches, without query data.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-search-console-multimodal-filter/590781/">Google Search Console Adds Multimodal Filter For Image-Based Searches</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Most client churn happens in the first 90 days, not month six. This phase-by-phase onboarding framework shows agencies how to keep clients engaged and retained.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/why-agencies-lose-clients-in-the-first-90-days-and-how-to-stop-it/582895/">Why Agencies Lose Clients In The First 90 Days (And How To Stop It)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Block flattening can make weak AI Overview visibility look like a top ranking, so measure visits and conversions to assess search performance.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/search-console-uses-block-flattening-for-aios-forget-position-focus-on-outcomes/589582/">Search Console Uses Block Flattening For AIOs, Forget Position & Focus On Outcomes</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google announced a new query fan-out framework that is described as ready for production-scale search.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-announces-new-query-fan-out-framework-r4t-diffusion/590700/">Google Announces New Query Fan-Out Framework: R4T-Diffusion</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>A report finds Google Search and Discover declines got steeper for publishers, while direct, internal, and dark social grew.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-search-decline-publishers-chartbeat/590681/">Google Search Decline Steepened To 40% YoY For Publishers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>YouTube is adding shopping features to Ask YouTube, which may organize product review videos into a comparison table and answer questions on watch pages.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtube-shopping-ask-youtube-ai-search/590662/">YouTube Adds Shopping Features To Ask YouTube AI Search</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>OpenAI and Go Fish Digital unpack ChatGPT ads, earned AI visibility, practical GEO measurement, and what marketers can test next.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/chatgpt-ads-and-geo-where-paid-and-earned-ai-visibility-fit-together/590537/">ChatGPT Ads And GEO: Where Paid And Earned AI Visibility Fit Together</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Use Amazon Marketing Cloud's extended purchase history to set acquisition budgets, identify valuable customers, and retarget shoppers beyond the old 13-month limit.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/amazon-marketing-clouds-5-year-dataset-6-use-cases-worth-building-now/589137/">Amazon Marketing Cloud’s 5-Year Dataset: 6 Use Cases Worth Building Now</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>AI agents find the cheapest route to any target you set. Research from MIT and Stanford shows why SEO teams need metrics agents can't fake.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-agents-will-game-your-seo-metrics-mit-stanford-research-points-to-the-risk/589948/">AI Agents Will Game Your SEO Metrics, MIT & Stanford Research Points To The Risk</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Baidu's new AI CTR divides clicks by citations, not impressions. Here's why that matters and what else the AI Traffic Analysis report will show.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/baidu-now-measures-ai-citations-heres-what-seos-should-and-shouldnt-read-into-it/590276/">Baidu Now Measures AI Citations: Here’s What SEOs Should (And Shouldn’t) Read Into It</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Data shows ChatGPT ads becoming more common in retail conversations among US users on desktop.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/chatgpt-ads-appeared-in-47-of-video-gaming-chats-data-shows/590481/">ChatGPT Ads Appeared In 47% Of Video Gaming Chats, Data Shows</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>AI search pulls from more sources than most SEOs track. Here's a tiered view of which data sources deserve your attention first.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/which-data-sources-should-you-care-about-for-ai-search/590086/">Which Data Sources Should You Care About For AI Search?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Decide whether Google Ads Customer Lifecycle Goals fit your business, and avoid settings that inflate ROAS or exclude valuable prospects.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/customer-lifecycle-goals-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/588192/">Customer Lifecycle Goals: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Fiverr's holiday survey finds more of its search freelancers reporting rising GEO requests than Google-ranking requests, though most still back SEO long term.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/fiverr-survey-search-freelancers-geo-demand/590403/">GEO Requests Rise Among More Search Freelancers Than Google SEO</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Buying groups arrive with vendors already chosen. AEO cannot fix a shortlist formed months earlier. Three steps to build brand consideration before research begins.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/b2b-brand-consideration-day-zero-decides-the-shortlist/588593/">3 Steps To Win B2B Brand Consideration, Day Zero Decides The Shortlist</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google Analytics supports Include data filters for hostnames, so a property can keep event data from approved domains instead of excluding spam one by one.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-analytics-include-hostname-filters/590336/">Google Analytics Adds Include Filters For Hostnames</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Job site operators report months-long waits for Google Indexing API approval, with no stated review timeframe in Google’s documentation.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-indexing-api-approval-job-sites/590316/">Job Boards Say Google Indexing API Requests Get No Response</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>A single .com works for The Guardian because of brand power. For most news publishers, separate country-code domains are the strategy that holds up.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/international-seo-for-publishers-how-to-succeed-across-borders/589631/">International SEO For Publishers: How To Succeed Across Borders</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Trendos' Gintare Rimolaityte explains how to map AI citation sources by industry and engine, identify competitor gaps, and turn an audit into content and outreach priorities.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-find-the-sources-shaping-ai-answers-in-your-industry/589756/">How To Find The Sources Shaping AI Answers In Your Industry</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke says unreviewed AI output is landing on coworkers. Freelance marketplace data shows demand for AI cleanup work rising elsewhere too.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/shopify-ceo-ai-slop-grenades-coworkers/590292/">Shopify CEO Warns AI ‘Slop Grenades’ Shift Work To Coworkers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Lighthouse 13.5 adds an audit for AI agent resource discovery, but its checks differ from the latest ARD proposal.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-lighthouse-ai-agent-resource-discovery-audit/590274/">Google Lighthouse Adds Audit For AI Agent Resource Discovery</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and Stripe name no live merchant. Google names three. Here is what the agentic commerce documentation still refuses to say.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/agentic-commerce-is-not-the-next-voice-shopping-but-it-is-still-unproven/589439/">Agentic Commerce Is Not The Next Voice Shopping, But It Is Still Unproven</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>AI ranks passages, reads alt text, and cites whatever numbers you publish. Practical rules for local service pages from SEJ Live.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-build-local-pages-ai-systems-can-find-and-trust/588097/">How To Build Local Pages AI Systems Can Find And Trust</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Is Google lying about AI Search? New research shows AI Mode decreases clicks and it gives a poor user experience.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/research-shows-google-ai-mode-sends-less-clicks-is-a-poor-user-experience/590221/">Research Shows Google AI Mode Sends Less Clicks & Is A Poor User Experience</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google is testing payments for content contributing to AI answers, Mueller says AI position data is hard to report, and Cloudflare splits training from search.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-pulse-google-ai-payment-pilot-search-profiles-at-10000/589849/">Google AI Payment Pilot, Search Profiles At 10,000 – SEO Pulse</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google is testing a "Dive deeper" button in Discover, starting with videos.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-discover-test-adds-topic-overviews-starting-with-videos/589963/">Google Discover Test Adds Topic Overviews, Starting With Videos</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>No GSC for ChatGPT? Paste a distinctive snippet into a chatbot and ask for exact matches. If your URL comes back, retrieval isn't your problem.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/checking-a-page-is-part-of-a-retrieval-pipeline-for-ai/589284/">Checking A Page Is Part Of A Retrieval Pipeline For AI</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google updated its Search documentation to add local business queries to the two result units rolled out in the EEA for directories and direct providers.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-adds-local-businesses-to-eea-search-result-units/589955/">Google Adds Local Businesses To EEA Search Result Units</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Turn AI guardrails into search assets with a school district's template for published policies, named reviewers, and clear data protections.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/your-brand-needs-an-ai-accountability-document-a-school-district-beat-big-tech-to-it/589240/">Your Brand Needs An AI Accountability Document, A School District Beat Big Tech To It</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Bot Preference Sync sets AI crawler policy per category, not per crawler. Allow GPTBot and block Bytespider, and no setting describes what you do.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/cloudflare-will-write-your-robots-txt-and-it-has-a-point/589262/">Cloudflare Will Write Your Robots.txt, And It Has A Point</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Is a traffic decline actually hurting your business? Our State of Search 2027 shows how to tell and where to invest next.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/state-of-search-2027-what-to-stop-measure-fund/589617/">State Of Search 2027: What To Stop, Measure & Fund</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google, Cloudflare, and Microsoft are testing different models for paying publishers when AI systems access or use their content.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-ai-payment-pilot-vs-cloudflare-and-microsoft-models/589636/">Google’s AI Payment Pilot Vs. Cloudflare & Microsoft Models</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's John Mueller explains how publishers can catch site problems before they become an indexing crisis.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-responds-to-cross-domain-canonical-de-indexing-report/589917/">Google Responds To Cross-Domain Canonical De-Indexing Report</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Pew's 37-country survey finds more people expect AI to reduce jobs than add them, a view more common in high-income countries than middle-income ones.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/pew-ai-job-loss-expectations-survey/589836/">More People Expect AI To Cut Jobs Than Add Them, Pew Finds</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google expanded their Mediapartners-Google guidance to make it about more than just AdSense.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-updates-mediapartners-google-crawler-guidance-less-about-adsense/589821/">Google Updates Mediapartners-Google Crawler Guidance: Less About AdSense</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and Googlebot won't pay your price yet. Charge now and you lose citations. Here's what to decide before the dashboard toggle arrives.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/i-made-my-website-charge-ai-agents-a-penny-per-page-then-i-watched-claude-pay-it/589447/">I Made My Website Charge AI Agents A Penny Per Page, Then I Watched Claude Pay It</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>A controlled AI citation test found source order mattered less than raw data suggested, while structured rewrites shifted how citation credit was distributed.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-citation-test-finds-source-order-matters-less-than-it-looks/589806/">AI Citation Test Finds Source Order Matters Less Than It Looks</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>An audit of Reddit AI search found formal, highly upvoted comments were selected more often, while experiential language appeared less often.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/reddit-ai-search-picks-already-popular-comments-audit-finds/589771/">Reddit AI Search Picks Already-Popular Comments, Audit Finds</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Product page copy builds shopper trust and fills gaps in AI feeds, giving customers the details they need to buy.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ask-an-seo-does-product-page-copy-matter-since-agents-read-feeds/585090/">Does My Product Page Copy Still Matter If Agents Read Feeds And Schema? – Ask An SEO</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>The surface that ranks and the surface that earns are decoupling. Three predictions for Google in 2027, plus one about whether you'll know.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/3-predictions-for-2027-and-why-you-wont-be-able-to-check-them/589263/">3 Predictions For 2027, And Why You Won’t Be Able To Check Them</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google published guidance for adding a Search profile badge as Search becomes a destination for following creators and publisher.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-search-profile-badges-expose-the-publisher-traffic-crisis/589724/">Google Search Profile Badges Expose The Publisher Traffic Crisis</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google is rolling out cart transfer and checkout testing in the Merchant Center UCP hub, plus a YouTube ads beta and wider AI insights.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-ucp-update-lets-merchants-enable-cart-transfer-to-site/589713/">Google UCP Update Lets Merchants Enable Cart Transfer To Site</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>A model can know the right answer and still defer to a wrong tool result. What does that mean for your visibility report?</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/it-was-there-a-minute-ago/589500/">It Was There A Minute Ago</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google lowers Search profile eligibility to 10,000 followers for U.S. websites and creators, with new account tools and updated article displays.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-search-profiles-10000-followers/589635/">Google Search Profiles Now Available At 10,000 Followers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Three AI warnings landed in five days. Nicholas Carr described the pattern in 2008, and it changes how you plan next quarter.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/mit-anthropic-openai-sent-the-same-warning-get-your-evidence-house-in-order-now/589249/">MIT, Anthropic & OpenAI Sent The Same Warning, Get Your Evidence House In Order Now</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Strong affiliate numbers can hide brand bidding. Learn how to define violations, build a search test list, capture ad evidence, and match it to partners.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-detect-affiliate-brand-bidding-and-hidden-revenue-leakage-spa/589274/">How To Detect Affiliate Brand Bidding And Hidden Revenue Leakage</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Build a validated content workflow for AI search by identifying decision gaps, acquiring original knowledge, and proving claims before publishing.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/beyond-content-parity-building-a-validated-content-workflow-for-ai-search/586184/">Beyond Content Parity: Building A Validated Content Workflow For AI Search</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Ex-Googler Jeff Dean shares insights from Gemini's development and the approach he uses to discover promising new ideas.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ex-googler-jeff-dean-explains-what-users-should-understand-about-gemini/589593/">Ex-Googler Jeff Dean Explains Design Choices Behind Gemini</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google is turning publisher advertising into user experience metric that adds four more numbers that publishers need to track.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-adds-new-ad-experience-metrics-to-crux-report/589569/">Google Adds New Ad Experience Metrics To CrUX Report</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Cloudflare's Disallow AI Training keeps mixed-use crawlers available for search. Google and Apple honor training opt-outs; Bing robots.txt support is pending.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/cloudflare-lets-sites-disallow-ai-training-without-blocking-googlebot/589559/">Cloudflare Lets Sites Disallow AI Training Without Blocking Googlebot</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Spot false claims and impersonators in AI search, then match each brand protection problem to the right correction, report, or preventive action.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/brand-protection-in-ai-search-how-to-audit-and-defend-your-brands-identity/587581/">Brand Protection In AI Search: How To Audit And Defend Your Brand’s Identity</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Meta published two Muse documents on the same day. One never mentions risk, attack, or prompt injection. The other uses them 39 times.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/meta-published-2-documents-about-muse-and-only-one-mentions-attacks/589071/">Meta Published 2 Documents About Muse And Only One Mentions Attacks</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>We go live with OpenAI (ChatGPT) on Sept 22, to help you understand how your business can sell products or drive leads on ChatGPT. </p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/selling-on-chatgpt-how-brands-are-driving-revenue-through-ads-geo-webinar/589430/">Selling On ChatGPT: How Brands Are Driving Revenue Through Ads & GEO [Webinar]</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Give ChatGPT Ads a clear role, budget source, and success criteria before pulling money from paid search campaigns that already perform.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/chatgpt-ads-arent-paid-search-5-questions-to-answer-before-you-shift-budget/589256/">ChatGPT Ads Aren’t Paid Search – 5 Questions To Answer Before You Shift Budget</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Anthropic shares prompting upgrades that save tokens, improve how AI writes, code more efficiently, and handle longer tasks.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/anthropic-shares-power-prompts-that-improve-ai-results/589448/">Anthropic Shares Power Prompts That Improve AI Results</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>CallRail’s Meagan McLoughlin explains what to audit before/after Local Services Ads migrate into Google Ads, from historical reports to tracking numbers and lead quality.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/local-services-ads-to-performance-max-what-to-audit-before-migration-recap/588906/">Local Services Ads To Performance Max: What To Audit Before Migration</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google is testing a Search Console pilot that pays publishers when their content contributes to Gemini, AI Overviews, and AI Mode answers.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-tests-paying-publishers-for-ai-answers-via-search-console/589414/">Google Tests Paying Publishers For AI Answers Via Search Console</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Count AI marketing's hidden rework and maintenance costs before claiming efficiency gains, or risk repeating programmatic's mistake and starving long-term strategy.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-isnt-delivering-marketing-efficiency-its-repeating-programmatics-broken-promise/588722/">AI Isn’t Delivering Marketing Efficiency, It’s Repeating Programmatic’s Broken Promise</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Sean McCrohan and Steve Wiideman explain how citation clicks, calls, prompt libraries, and customer language can connect AI discovery to local leads.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-connect-ai-search-visibility-to-local-leads/588096/">How To Connect AI Search Visibility To Local Leads</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Automattic says Matt Mullenweg has returned with the board's full support. But its official announcement raises additional questions.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/matt-mullenweg-apparently-back-in-charge-at-automattic/589251/">Matt Mullenweg Apparently Back In Charge At Automattic</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google admits that Search Console's AI search reporting does not adequately reflect AI search positioning data for SEO.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-admits-search-console-reporting-for-ai-search-is-inadequate/589236/">Google Admits Search Console Reporting For AI Search Is Inadequate</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google redesigned Search results across the EEA, Business Profile posts get view counts again, and ChatGPT Shopping now leans harder on product feeds.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-search-redesign-business-profile-post-views-seo-pulse/589151/">Google Search Redesign, Business Profile Post Views – SEO Pulse</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>SEO For Paws is back with Barry Schwartz, Glenn Gabe, and a lineup of search experts talking about search in the AI era.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-for-paws-live-stream-conference-free-tickets-big-names-for-a-good-cause/588889/">SEO For Paws Live Stream Conference: Free Tickets & Big Names For A Good Cause</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google's developer docs for the Web Search Service API show a partner-only path to full-web search results.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-documents-partner-only-api-for-full-web-search-results/589194/">Google Documents Partner-Only API For Full-Web Search Results</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Use nested phrases and timely publishing to reach new Google searches and the longer queries AI systems generate.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/the-2003-framework-that-was-already-doing-query-fan-out/588595/">The 2003 Framework That Was Already Doing Query Fan-Out</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>A University of Washington paper estimates AI Overviews reduced search referrals to Wikipedia by about 5%, a metric Google disputes.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/what-wikipedia-reveals-about-ai-overviews-and-web-traffic/589042/">What Wikipedia Reveals About AI Overviews And Web Traffic</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Stas Levitan of LightSite AI explains four first-party signals marketers can use to connect AI bot attention with human traffic and better SEO decisions.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/new-ai-search-seo-kpis-4-signals-that-guide-real-decisions/588605/">New AI Search & SEO KPIs: 4 Signals That Guide Real Decisions [Watch Now]</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google says Business Profile post view counts are rolling out globally for posts published in the past 18 months, combining views from Search and Maps.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-business-profile-post-view-counts/589128/">Google Adds Post View Counts To Business Profiles</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google & Uberall go live on Sept 24, sharing what comes next in Google Search and five local marketing strategy fixes that get locations recommended.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/is-your-local-seo-strategy-ready-for-googles-next-ai-updates/589119/">Is Your Local SEO Strategy Ready For Google’s Next AI Updates? [Webinar]</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Publishers are blocking AI crawlers on a metric whose denominator is missing an unknown share of referrals.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/everyone-is-quoting-the-same-number-and-getting-different-answers/588659/">Everyone Is Quoting The Same Number And Getting Different Answers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Keep AI-driven PPC accountable with transparent reporting, brand-safe creative guardrails, and campaign structures that preserve performance without surrendering control.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ask-a-ppc-how-do-i-keep-control-as-platforms-automate-my-account/587340/">How Do I Keep Control As Platforms Automate My Account? – Ask A PPC</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>YouTube is expanding Get Feedback, a tool that reviews a Shorts before publishing, to U.S. users</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtube-gives-you-feedback-on-shorts-before-publishing/589088/">YouTube Gives You Feedback On Shorts Before Publishing</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google launches Meridian GeoX globally, giving marketers new ways to run geo experiments and bring incrementality results into marketing mix modeling.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-launches-meridian-geox-globally/589030/">Google Launches Meridian GeoX Globally</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>
<p>Google expands Data Manager across GA and DV360 and introduces a Data Strength Uplift Metric to measure the impact of first-party data.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-expands-data-manager-and-adds-uplift-measurement/589025/">Google Expands Data Manager And Adds Uplift Measurement</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com">Search Engine Journal</a>.</p>