According to several, reports, Google is testing replacing the traditional Serp with a 100% AI take over. While the Verge…
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Google Responds on DOJ’s Monopoly Breakup Proposal
Google is pushing back against the US Department of Justice, which wants to break up the company by forcing it…
ChatGPT Search Engine Now Free For Everyone
In a move that reflects a shifting digital landscape, OpenAI’s ChatGPT search engine is now free to access for all…
WP Engine Wins Injunction
A federal judge granted WP Engine a preliminary injunction against Automattic—parent of WordPress.com—after WP Engine accused Automattic of sabotaging its…
SEO Meme of the Week
Reminder that all SEO is technical.
7 SEO Predictions for 2025
Google goes all in on Java Script Serps with encrypted obfuscated source. Scrapers and web services that rely on Serp…
Former Googlers to Build new AI Agents Operating System at /dev/agents
In a LinkedIn Post, former Stripe CTO David Singleton announced his new firm is building a next-gen operating system for…
SEO Meme of the Week
As seen on the interwebs – dig_mark_memes
Google to Site Owners : Your Website – Our Choice
We’ve seen alot of questionable behavior out of Google the last couple years, from trying to CoOpt the entire web…
The Proposed Final Judgment – DOJ Wants Google to Effectively Publish the Algo
While the main stream tech press has put the focus on Google divesting of Chrome, there was much more in…
Stopping Google AI – The Great Google Cleaner! ?udm=14 and -AI = So Nice
(added: also try swearing at Google to turn off AI Overviews) -AI Lets start with the easy one, by simply…
Gemini Gets a Memory
Gemini plus subscribers can tell Gemini to remember this and it will. This should help with having to copy prompts…
DOJ Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome
According to Bloomberg, the DOJ is set to ask Google to sell off Chrome. The department will ask the judge,…
Google Gemini Freaks Out and Goes Full On Sky Net – Telling User to Die Human!
CBS news is reporting that a 29 year old received threatening messages from Google Gemini. “This is for you, human.…
SEO Meme of the Month
In an otherwise slow Search Engine News week (from Chaz Hutton) h/t Tracy Ingram
Bluesky Social Network Skyrockets to 15m In Users – Umm Bye-Bye Twitter X
Since the death of the “site” command that showed number of indexed pages, an accurate indexing figure is not possible on Google. That said, it is clear that BlueSky has a very deep indexing within Google. We tried over two dozen user names that we follow, and not only were they all indexed, all of their posts were indexed as well. Clearly, Google likes ’em! There is little doubt that links from Bluesky are having an impact in the Google Index.