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Views: 71Ahrefs has released a new study that challenges one of the most debated topics in SEO: whether AI-generated content negatively impacts Google rankings. While the story is billed as ‘AI Content Doesn’t Hurt You’, we felt the bigger results here are that they found most of the top ranking pages include AI generated content. Ahrefs created two separate websites, each…
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Views: 40(post edit) I knew it was too good to be true. OpenAI is using Common Crawl db – we knew this. What we didn’t know, is that Common Crawl uses some Google at times. There are still some mysteries to be solved. Read more here. Translation here. (/edit) It was just in May that we learned that OpenAI had…
Views: 14It started simple enough. I was just watching your average AI generated video staring Big foot. Then things took a slow turn. At first he was just insulting bambi, or joining ICE, but then it was something much darker. It started on TikTok and then it cross posted to many other social video platforms racking up millions of views…
Views: 153This is not an obituary – this is your last and final call. VC sharks are circling. They are putting together roll-up teams to acquire websites as they die. So as we are doing some consulting and we were making lists of sites we thought were are circling the drain. This article is a reflection of that process. Lets…
Views: 54Google has officially released the June 2025 core updatee, as confirmed on its Search Status Dashboard. The rollout began on June 30, 2025, and is expected to take up to 3 weeks to complete. As with all core updates, rankings may shift significantly during this period. Site owners and SEOs should monitor performance but avoid reactive changes until the…
Views: 10Just as many schools are banning cell phones, Google releases Gemini for it’s school program. Google has announced that its Gemini AI is available to all education users through Google Workspace for Education. This includes access for students. Full blog here: Gemini is now available for all education users 1. A New Generation of AI-Native Users Students as young…
Views: 24Law360 is reporting that A northern California federal judge has tossed LookSmart Groups lawsuit against Google of infringing its search engine patent. They find the claim describes only unprotectable abstract ideas while allowing the company to amend the complaint. LookSmart Group, a search-engine technology company, had sued Google in the Northern District of California alleging infringement of U.S. Patent…
Views: 52As AdSense and Affiliate sites bleed out due to crashing click through rates from SOT (Slop On Top), Google launches Offerwall that gives users the option to unlock paywalled content not with cash, but by completing branded actions – like surveys, videos, or product quizzes. It’s friction-heavy, but Google spins it as “more choice” for users. The real story?…
Views: 8Google has officially integrated Imagen 4 text-to-image model into the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. Why It Matters: Fast Visual Production Multi-modal SEO: Pair with Gemini’s text + image inputs to generate richer metadata, captions, or alt text. Interesting no? At Scale, Programmatic Image Generation: Use API to generate SEO-focused images at scale. Think about eCommerce, travel, forum…
Views: 1306Just when you thought Google couldn’t wedge any more AI into your browser, here comes the latest Canary option: the @aimode command. Now, in Chrome’s address bar (aka. The Omnibox, because why use normal words), you can summon the monopoly’s AI overlord Gemini 2.5 just by typing @aimode and prompting it. That’s right – just typing a query into…
Views: 352Recently at Pubcon Austin a group of SEO’s sat around at lunch and compared AI stories. Things like how we were using it to do new things, reinvent old things, and generally enhance our services and products. Many were amazed at how others were using AI it their day-to-day work flow. Below is what I took away from those…
Views: 38 ChatGPT’s auto‑suggestion feature, introduced in April 2025 for plus users, offers real‑time prompt ideas as you type, drawing on conversation context, trending topics, and your previous queries. It recently (not sure when) was updated to be closer in line with “search queries” and rolled out for broader adaption. It was often rare to see suggestions, but now you…
Views: 51While SEOs obsess over AI Overviews, disappearing clicks, SOT (Slop on Top) and SGE’s erratic hallucinations, something bigger is brewing: ChatGPT is eating Google’s lunch in AI search adoption almost everywhere – except in one place. According to a recent StatCounter release, ChatGPT is surging ahead as the go-to AI search tool in regions like the U.S., Europe, India,…
Views: 11 The BBC is very upset that an AI startup might be using its content to train a model. So upset, in fact, that it’s threatening legal action. According to The Guardian, Auntie Beeb sent a formal letter to Perplexity AI for allegedly downloading freely available on-the-web BBC articles. Hmm, it is something that’s been happening on the web…
Views: 284Google’s newly introduced AI Mode was another reminder that organic finability is quickly changing. The ability of search engines to generate detailed answers to search queries often results in no clicks because users don’t need to research further, and most brand mentions in those answers are not even linked (prompting users to search brand names in Google before converting).…
Views: 12Bing has updated its logo – again. The “Microsoft” prefix is gone, and it’s back to just “Bing”. This marks a shift from the 2020 rebrand that bundled it as “Microsoft Bing.” Logo tweaks aren’t new for Bing. In 2016, it pivoted to green. Earlier versions played with yellow and blue. But the 2020 change drew criticism, especially from…