Google’s Mueller On First Link Priority & Link Obfuscation
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."
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Where Search Attention Is Going & How To Measure It
Gain valuable insights on search attention and learn how to track performance beyond traditional click metrics in our new podcast episode.
Google’s Marvin Clarifies AI Search and Qualified Future Conversions
Google’s Ginny Marvin explains AI Search eligibility, Qualified Future Conversions, and Creator Partnerships, adding context to key Google Marketing Live announcements.
ChatGPT Access Tied To 9% Drop In Traditional Search
A new research paper compares how often ChatGPT and Google send people to websites, and what wider ChatGPT access did to search.
Google Ads Now Requires Disclosure Labels On AI-Generated Content
Google Ads adds AI disclosure labels for third-party creative. Learn how the new transparency requirements affect advertisers and campaign workflows.
Evergreen Content Is Over – The Individual Is The Only Strategy Left
Do individuals hold all the power in publishing now? Why the reverse halo effect is reshaping content strategy for every brand in search.
Only 28% Of Americans Trust AI Search – And That Gap Is Your SEO Opening
Want to win the AI citation game? Build for the click-through moment, not just the citation. Here’s where to start.
AI Agent Standards: What Do We Need To Know?
Overwhelmed by agentic web acronyms? Map each protocol to the problem it solves before deciding which ones deserve your attention.
The WebMCP Tools You Expose To Agents Can Be Used To Hijack Them
WebMCP gives AI agents named tools to call, and a clean route for prompt injection. Here’s what Chrome says to lock down first.
Google’s Marvin Clarifies AI Search and Qualified Future Conversions
Google’s Ginny Marvin explains AI Search eligibility, Qualified Future Conversions, and Creator Partnerships, adding context to key Google Marketing Live announcements.
ChatGPT Access Tied To 9% Drop In Traditional Search
A new research paper compares how often ChatGPT and Google send people to websites, and what wider ChatGPT access did to search.
Google Ads Now Requires Disclosure Labels On AI-Generated Content
Google Ads adds AI disclosure labels for third-party creative. Learn how the new transparency requirements affect advertisers and campaign workflows.
Google Says Canonical Re-Evaluation Can Take Up to Two Weeks
Google updated its canonicalization troubleshooting guide with new guidance on how long pages can stay in a duplicate cluster after you fix the content.
WordPress 7.0.1 Maintenance Release Contains 31 Bug Fixes
The WordPress 7.0.1 maintenance release improves PHP compatibility and contains a bug fix to a security-related function.
Google Business Profiles Showing Empty Review Dashboards
Some Google Business Profile dashboards show “no reviews yet” even though public review counts remain visible on the live listing.
Where Search Attention Is Going & How To Measure It
Gain valuable insights on search attention and learn how to track performance beyond traditional click metrics in our new podcast episode.
Evergreen Content Is Over – The Individual Is The Only Strategy Left
Do individuals hold all the power in publishing now? Why the reverse halo effect is reshaping content strategy for every brand in search.
Only 28% Of Americans Trust AI Search – And That Gap Is Your SEO Opening
Want to win the AI citation game? Build for the click-through moment, not just the citation. Here’s where to start.
AI Agent Standards: What Do We Need To Know?
Overwhelmed by agentic web acronyms? Map each protocol to the problem it solves before deciding which ones deserve your attention.
The WebMCP Tools You Expose To Agents Can Be Used To Hijack Them
WebMCP gives AI agents named tools to call, and a clean route for prompt injection. Here’s what Chrome says to lock down first.
AI Visibility Rankings Aren’t Stable – New Research Shows It’s Mostly Statistical Noise
AI visibility numbers move between runs, so a single reading can mislead. A new paper offers a stopping rule for when rankings are finally trustworthy.
Google’s Marvin Clarifies AI Search and Qualified Future Conversions
Google’s Ginny Marvin explains AI Search eligibility, Qualified Future Conversions, and Creator Partnerships, adding context to key Google Marketing Live announcements.
Google Ads Now Requires Disclosure Labels On AI-Generated Content
Google Ads adds AI disclosure labels for third-party creative. Learn how the new transparency requirements affect advertisers and campaign workflows.
How To Optimize PPC Accounts With Less Search Term Visibility – Ask A PPC
Losing search term visibility? Three technical signals still reveal how smart bidding is really performing, no query data required.
Google Ads Expands Travel Campaigns To Things To Do And Events
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.
Google Clarifies Smart Bidding Update After Advertiser Concerns
Google clarifies its Smart Bidding update, explaining how August 17 changes will affect Target CPA, Target ROAS, and budget-limited campaigns.
5 Ways To Make Your Marketing Channels Work Together
Turn disconnected marketing channels into a coordinated growth strategy with practical advice on attribution, AI, and measurement.
Evergreen Content Is Over – The Individual Is The Only Strategy Left
Do individuals hold all the power in publishing now? Why the reverse halo effect is reshaping content strategy for every brand in search.
AI Search: Is Your Content Strategy Accidentally Recommending Your Competitors?
Explore why listicles may recommend your competitors instead of your product, revealing new tactics in AI search strategy.
AI Content Didn’t Stop Working, Your Metrics Did
Declining organic traffic doesn’t always signal failing content. Here’s how to measure influence when AI search disrupts traditional SEO metrics.
Google Data Shows AI Search Users Moved Past Keywords, Your Content Hasn’t
Google’s AI Mode data puts hard numbers on a behavioral shift that has already made most 2025 keyword strategies obsolete.
Habitual Publisher Traffic Is Collapsing
Examine the decline of traditional publisher traffic as AI gains prominence. What does this mean for the future of content creators?
Your Brand Message Is Costing You Half Your Views – What 2 Reports Can Tell Us
New data from IAB and Billion Dollar Boy explains the performance gap between creator content and brand-led ads, with specific fixes for both.
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6 Ways To Prepare Your Business For AI In 2026
This checklist, created from CallRail’s October 2025 survey of 600 small-to-midsize businesses, walks you through six areas to implement AI that can:
- Personalize prospect experience.
- Deliver more targeted ads and identify top performing channels.
- Turn that data into stronger, more accurate campaigns that generate more qualified leads.
YouTube Moves Ahead of Spotify As UK’s Top Podcast Service
By Matt G. Southern
YouTube edged past Spotify as the podcast service UK listeners use most, the first time it has led on record, according to new data.
Buying Reddit To Win AI Citations Is The New Link Farm
By Slobodan Manic
Bought Reddit citations will be filtered the way Penguin filtered bought links. The only strategy that compounds on the agentic web is being real.
The Content Framework That Worked In 2019 Is Now Working Against You
By Greg Jarboe
Why the best content frameworks become outdated and how to stay ahead by embracing new data instead of defending old models.
TikTok Shows 3x More AI Slop Than YouTube, Report Finds
By Matt G. Southern
In a fresh-account test, Kapwing found 59% of TikTok For You videos were AI slop, roughly three times the rate on YouTube.
YouTube Brings In-App Sharing & Messaging To The U.S.
By Matt G. Southern
YouTube is expanding in-app video sharing and messaging to eligible adults in more markets, reviving a version of its messaging feature removed in 2019.
YouTube Adds Auto-Detection For AI-Generated Content
By Matt G. Southern
YouTube is moving AI disclosure labels to more visible spots and adding automatic detection for undisclosed photorealistic AI content on videos.