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OpenAI Rolls Out Update To ChatGPT Search
OpenAI quietly updated ChatGPT search to improve its ability to understand user queries and to answer increasingly complex questions.
Recipe Intent Keywords Are Triggering Google AI Overviews
Google AI Overviews is surfacing AI-generated search results for queries with recipe intent.
Google Retires 7 Structured Data Features To Streamline Search Results
Google retires seven structured data features including Book Actions, Course Info, and Claim Review to streamline search results. Rankings unaffected.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai Discusses Fate Of The Human-Created Web
Google’s CEO addressed concerns about AI search replacing traditional web links in its ongoing evolution of Search
Google Outage Disrupts Lens, Discover, & Voice Search Results
Google confirms Lens, Discover, and Voice Search are experiencing disruptions, potentially affecting traffic for many sites.
Google Search Team Explains The “It Depends” Response
Why Google’s SEO advice often sounds vague: Search Relations team explains the reasons behind “it depends” answers.
Google Removes Robots.txt Guidance For Blocking Auto-Translated Pages
Google removes robots.txt guidance for blocking auto-translated pages. This change aligns Google’s technical documents with its spam policies.
Google AI Mode: First Thoughts & Survival Strategies
Learn more about Google AI Mode through Barry Adam’s perspective and its impact on search results and user interaction.
Google Offers Voluntary Buyouts To Core U.S. Teams Amid AI Push
Google voluntary buyouts target U.S. Search and Ads staff amid AI restructuring. What does this mean for future layoffs and team priorities?
Google Shows Why Rankings Collapsed After Domain Migration
Google’s John Mueller showed how to diagnose a search visibility issue that was apparently triggered by a domain migration.
Google Launches Loyalty Program Structured Data Support
Google rolls out support for loyalty program structured data, which allows businesses to display member benefits in search results.
3 Examples Of Product-Led SEO
Not all SEO scales the same. This piece breaks down when product-led strategies work – and when they don’t.
Ask An SEO: Why Is GA Reporting Higher Organic Traffic Than GSC?
What’s behind those sudden traffic surges in GA4 that GSC doesn’t show? This breakdown explains the key technical differences.
Google Responds To Site That Lost Ranks After Googlebot DDoS Crawl
Google responds to a publisher’s concern about crawl budget and rankings due to Googlebot’s requests for non-existent pages
Google Local Search Research Paper On Business Type Extraction
A Google research paper confirms that a local search indexing system has been in use for over a year in Search and Maps
Google’s Update To Recipe Structured Data Confirms A Ranking Criteria
Google confirms that Recipe Rich Results and text search results select images using different criteria.
Newly Released Data Shows Desktop AI Search Referrals Dominate
New data shows that AI search traffic overwhelmingly comes from desktop devices rather than mobile.
Respected SEO Rockstar Deconstructs SEO For Google’s AI Search
A respected SEO expert calls out marketers who overstate the complexity of Google’s AI search
Effective Marketplace SEO Is More Like Product Growth
Marketplaces win when SEO is baked into the product. Kevin Indig breaks down what’s working, and what AI will eat next.
WordPress Performance Team Releases New Plugin
WordPress has released a plugin that achieves smooth transitions between pages without the tradeoffs of Single Page Applications
Google Publishes Guidance For Sites Incorrectly Caught By SafeSearch Filter
Google has published official guidance on how to recover a website that is incorrectly filtered by the SafeSearch filter
Custom Vs. Template Website Design: Making The Right Choice
Weigh the pros and cons of custom-designed vs. template websites so you can match your site to your growth stage, goals, and budget.
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Google Patent On Using Contextual Signals Beyond Query Semantics
Recent Google patent shows how five kinds of real-world context can influence AI-generated answers
Ask An SEO: How Can I Improve The Visibility Of My Category Pages?
In this Ask An SEO, Kevin Gibbons outlines where ecommerce category pages tend to fall short and how to align them with user intent.
SEO Professional’s Tests Suggest Google Search Console Misses Search Queries
An SEO expert’s experiments indicate that Google Search Console might not report a significant portion of search queries. More comprehensive research is needed.
How To Create An SEO Roadmap That Actually Drives Results
Too many teams chase SEO wins without direction. Learn how to create a roadmap grounded in strategy, aligned goals, and realistic execution timelines.
How To Use LLMs For 301 Redirects At Scale
Discover strategies for implementing 301 redirects at scale LLMs to maintain site integrity and optimize crawl budget.
Google: Database Speed Beats Page Count For Crawl Budget
Google confirms 1M page crawl budget threshold stands after 5 years, but database efficiency matters more than page count for SEO performance.
Google’s Gary Illyes Warns AI Agents Will Create Web Congestion
Google’s Gary Illyes suggests that AI-driven bots could overwhelm websites, offering a unique perspective that crawling isn’t the primary issue.