Google Lighthouse Adds Audit For AI Agent Resource Discovery
Lighthouse 13.5 adds an audit for AI agent resource discovery, but its checks differ from the latest ARD proposal.
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Google Discover Test Adds Topic Overviews, Starting With Videos
Google is testing a “Dive deeper” button in Discover, starting with videos.
Checking A Page Is Part Of A Retrieval Pipeline For AI
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.
Google Adds Local Businesses To EEA Search Result Units
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.
Your Brand Needs An AI Accountability Document, A School District Beat Big Tech To It
Turn AI guardrails into search assets with a school district’s template for published policies, named reviewers, and clear data protections.
Cloudflare Will Write Your Robots.txt, And It Has A Point
Bot Preference Sync sets AI crawler policy per category, not per crawler. Allow GPTBot and block Bytespider, and no setting describes what you do.
The State Of Search In An AI World: What Marketing Leaders Need To Know Now
Is a traffic decline actually hurting your business? Our State of Search 2027 shows how to tell and where to invest next.
Google’s AI Payment Pilot Vs. Cloudflare & Microsoft Models
Google, Cloudflare, and Microsoft are testing different models for paying publishers when AI systems access or use their content.
Google Responds To Cross-Domain Canonical De-Indexing Report
Google’s John Mueller explains how publishers can catch site problems before they become an indexing crisis.
Google Discover Test Adds Topic Overviews, Starting With Videos
Google is testing a “Dive deeper” button in Discover, starting with videos.
Google Adds Local Businesses To EEA Search Result Units
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.
Google Responds To Cross-Domain Canonical De-Indexing Report
Google’s John Mueller explains how publishers can catch site problems before they become an indexing crisis.
More People Expect AI To Cut Jobs Than Add Them, Pew Finds
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.
Google Updates Mediapartners-Google Crawler Guidance: Less About AdSense
Google expanded their Mediapartners-Google guidance to make it about more than just AdSense.
AI Citation Test Finds Source Order Matters Less Than It Looks
A controlled AI citation test found source order mattered less than raw data suggested, while structured rewrites shifted how citation credit was distributed.
Checking A Page Is Part Of A Retrieval Pipeline For AI
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.
Google Adds Local Businesses To EEA Search Result Units
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.
Your Brand Needs An AI Accountability Document, A School District Beat Big Tech To It
Turn AI guardrails into search assets with a school district’s template for published policies, named reviewers, and clear data protections.
Cloudflare Will Write Your Robots.txt, And It Has A Point
Bot Preference Sync sets AI crawler policy per category, not per crawler. Allow GPTBot and block Bytespider, and no setting describes what you do.
The State Of Search In An AI World: What Marketing Leaders Need To Know Now
Is a traffic decline actually hurting your business? Our State of Search 2027 shows how to tell and where to invest next.
Google Responds To Cross-Domain Canonical De-Indexing Report
Google’s John Mueller explains how publishers can catch site problems before they become an indexing crisis.
ChatGPT Ads Aren’t Paid Search – 5 Questions To Answer Before You Shift Budget
Give ChatGPT Ads a clear role, budget source, and success criteria before pulling money from paid search campaigns that already perform.
Local Services Ads To Performance Max: What To Audit Before Migration
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.
How Do I Keep Control As Platforms Automate My Account? – Ask A PPC
Keep AI-driven PPC accountable with transparent reporting, brand-safe creative guardrails, and campaign structures that preserve performance without surrendering control.
Google Launches Meridian GeoX Globally
Google launches Meridian GeoX globally, giving marketers new ways to run geo experiments and bring incrementality results into marketing mix modeling.
Google Expands Data Manager And Adds Uplift Measurement
Google expands Data Manager across GA and DV360 and introduces a Data Strength Uplift Metric to measure the impact of first-party data.
Google Ads Introduces Local Customer Optimization
Google Ads brings Local Customer Optimization to Performance Max and easier Store Sales measurement to help retailers drive and measure in-store purchases.
Does My Product Page Copy Still Matter If Agents Read Feeds And Schema? – Ask An SEO
Product page copy builds shopper trust and fills gaps in AI feeds, giving customers the details they need to buy.
MIT, Anthropic & OpenAI Sent The Same Warning, Get Your Evidence House In Order Now
Three AI warnings landed in five days. Nicholas Carr described the pattern in 2008, and it changes how you plan next quarter.
Beyond Content Parity: Building A Validated Content Workflow For AI Search
Build a validated content workflow for AI search by identifying decision gaps, acquiring original knowledge, and proving claims before publishing.
Your Biggest AI Search Risk Is Conflicting Information About Your Brand
Publishing more content won’t fix what AI gets wrong about your brand. Too many versions of the truth is the real problem.
Product Pages Get 24% Of AI Citations, Reddit & YouTube 4%
Ten Speed’s citation study shows product pages beating Reddit nearly six to one for B2B buyers, verified only after six pointed fact-check questions.
AI Slop Cleanup Job Listings Up 87%, Report Says
The Guardian reports AI cleanup listings are up 87%, while freelancers say clients lowball the work.
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State Of Search 2027: What To Stop, Measure & Fund
See where search leaders are moving their 2027 budgets and how SEO, GEO, and AEO teams are measuring AI visibility.
- Make the case for SEO investment with KPIs that show business value.
- Benchmark your results against experienced search professionals.
- Decide what to fund, measure, and stop chasing in your 2027 search strategy.
Reddit AI Search Picks Already-Popular Comments, Audit Finds
By Matt G. Southern
An audit of Reddit AI search found formal, highly upvoted comments were selected more often, while experiential language appeared less often.
YouTube Gives You Feedback On Shorts Before Publishing
By Matt G. Southern
YouTube is expanding Get Feedback, a tool that reviews a Shorts before publishing, to U.S. users
Google To Bring New Video Understanding Tech To Ask YouTube
By Matt G. Southern
Google says a new Gemini system that inspects frames, audio, and transcripts on demand will power Ask YouTube on video watch pages.
YouTube Says Bigger Thumbnails Drove More Long-Form Views
By Matt G. Southern
YouTube’s Todd Beaupré says the desktop homepage redesign with larger thumbnails drove more long-form engagement despite showing fewer videos at once.
Facebook Groups Are Google’s No. 2 Forum Source
By Matt G. Southern
Ahrefs data shows public Facebook Group posts appear in 38% of Google’s Discussions and forums results, passing Quora and trailing only Reddit.
ChatGPT Searches Individual Subreddits By Name
By Suganthan Mohanadasan
Reddit still wins ChatGPT citations where a forum is the best source. Two captures, four days apart, show what actually decides the credit.