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Google’s Q3 Earnings Call Casts Shadow Over Classic Search
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Check whether search engines can find and understand your images, and spot technical issues that limit their visibility in multimodal search.
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HubSpot Lost 80% Of Its Traffic – CMO Kipp Bodnar Explains Why Revenue Kept Growing
HubSpot’s traffic collapse shows why SEOs need to measure revenue per visit, track AI referral conversions, and build audiences beyond Google.
Google Recommends Using Custom 404 Error Pages
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Google Privacy Update Lets Connected Apps Shape AI Mode Ads
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A New Place To Look: Where Your Next AI Citations & Clicks Come From
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AI Search Tracking Checklist: How to Attribute Calls From ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity
Calls from ChatGPT and Perplexity often land under direct or other in your call report, so you can't prove where they came from. This checklist is based on CallRail's analysis of nearly 30 million inbound calls since November 2025. It gives you six steps to track AI search as its own call source and the H1 2026 data to report on it.
- Add AI search as a distinct call source so calls from ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity stop getting filed under direct or other in your call report.
- See H1 2026 call data, including 58% growth in AI-driven calls and the share of calls by AI platform.
- Keep your name, address, phone, and hours consistent across the directories AI platforms pull from.
- Report AI-driven leads alongside paid search, organic, and social so you can prove and defend your AI visibility work.
79% Of Consumers Quit Social Links That Land On A Homepage – Bitly Data
By Greg Jarboe
Bitly’s survey shows why SEOs should look beyond short links to fix mismatched landing pages and rethink what click-through rates reveal.
Meta Pushes Its Updated Business Terms Back To Nov. 20
By Matt G. Southern
Meta delayed its updated business terms amid complaints to EU and UK regulators. The permission to crawl sites tied to its business users hasn’t changed.
At Mod World, Reddit’s CEO Just Gave Brands More Reasons To Build Their Own Communities
By Brent Csutoras
Reddit’s community-first plans strengthen the case for brand subreddits built around useful answers and relationships that bring people back.
Why Reddit Belongs In Your PR Strategy
By Brent Csutoras
Reddit conversations can become news stories. Brands that listen and respond gain a chance to address problems before coverage follows.
Meta Drops Training From Its Crawl Clause And Keeps The Crawl
By Matt G. Southern
Meta removed training from the crawling clause in its upcoming Commercial Terms. The permission to crawl sites tied to business users is still in place.
Meta’s New Terms Expand Crawling Rights Beyond Advertisers
By Matt G. Southern
New terms let Meta crawl sites tied to business users and use the content to train its products, widening rights ad buyers had already granted.