A Search Engine World take on the MediaPost report, what it says about AI Overviews, and why site owners should…
Opt-Out, Still Tracked: The Audit That Puts Google, Microsoft, and Meta Back Under the Microscope
A new independent privacy audit claims that opting out of tracking still does not reliably stop ad tech from doing…
Shocking: Meta Is Set to Pass Google in Digital Ads
Meta is projected to overtake Google in worldwide net digital ad revenue in 2026. EMARKETER pegs Meta at $243.46 billion…
Google’s New Back Button Hijacking Policy Comes With a Very Convenient Blind Spot
Google has published a new spam policy targeting back button hijacking, calling it an explicit violation under its malicious practices…
Google Expands Personal Intelligence in Search
Google has expanded “Personal Intelligence” in the U.S. across AI Mode in Search, the Gemini app, and Gemini in Chrome.…
Google Expands Stitch Into a Full AI UI Design Workspace
They’re calling the new paradigm “vibe design” – which sounds more like marketing fluff (and it is) until you realize…
Google Introduces “Ask Maps” and Immersive Navigation
Google releases major update to its mapping platform that pushes the app further into AI navigation. The update introduces the…
Post Google “…it’s just Not a Meaningful Driver of our Traffic”
We’ve been saying since 2023 that Google will eventually get to a point where they no longer consider sending traffic…
SerpAPI Responds to Google with Motion to Dismiss
SerpAPI argues that its service simply retrieves publicly available search result data on behalf of users. In its filing, the…
OpenAI Starts Showing Ads in ChatGPT, a New Frontier for Paid Search
For the first time, OpenAI has begun live testing of ads in ChatGPT for logged-in users on the Free and…
Apple and Google Agree to UK App Store Changes After CMA Action
Apple and Google have agreed to adjust their app stores in the UK following heavy pressure from the Competition and Markets Authority.
Google Expands “Results About You” to Cover Government ID Numbers
Google has expanded its Results About You tool, adding support for monitoring and removing search results that expose government issued…
February 2026 Google Update
Here we go – Google just dropped the February 2026 Discover Core Update – the first core update focused exclusively…
Google Ads Introduces Multi-Party Approval To Address Mass Adwords Hacking
Google is rolling out a new account option in Google Ads called multi-party approval that requires a second admin to sign off on higher-risk act changes.
The Trust Stack: LLM Inputs – What Can We Push?
The current situation we are in was artfully describe by the hero robot from the 80’s classic Short Circuit. Johnny…
Updated 2026 – Googles Full List of Googlebot IP Addresses Spider IP Addresses
Google provides a list of four JSON files for the the IP address it’s crawlers use. This post explores that and how to track GoogleBot.
Grounding in Truth – What are The Surfaces that Matter to LLMs?
We are witnessing a fundamental shift in how information “surfaces” are valued. While a “website” defined the first 30 years…
Google Talks About AI Search Controls, but it is Really Talking-Point Positioning
Google published a fresh post about “controls” for AI-powered Search features, but nothing new was announced. No tools shipped. No…
Google Says 99% of the Web is Spam and Duplicates
I can’t think of a more important chart I have seen in SEO history. In a recent filing by Google,…
Google’s Personal Intelligence AI Mode
Remember when Google Gmail caught so much grief for reading your inbox? Well, here we go again for the AI…
AI Visibility and Citation Monitoring Tools, What SEOs Can Get
Part of SearchEngineWorlds ongoing tools reviews and coverage: Traffic and logging tools beyond GA ChatGPT referral and usage signals AI…
The Frenemies Club – Apple Pays Google to Fix Siri… Again
In a move that’s being hailed as innovative by some but viewed with side eye by others, Apple announces a…
Google’s Sunday Bombshell: Unveiling Agentic Commerce Tools
In a move that’s already sparking some buzz across the retail and digital marketing worlds, Google has rolled out a…
Content Pruning Measuring Success
Measurement How to measure success after the click stops being the goal This is where most pruning initiatives quietly fail,…
Pruning for AI Systems Using Content
…is where the argument for pruning stops being about rankings and starts being about retrieval. Modern AI systems do not behave like a classic SERP. They do not reward “lots of pages”. They reward being the cleanest, most decisive source when a system has to summarize an answer fast.
Content Pruning Consolidation: How to consolidate without losing authority
This is the fourth part of our series on content pruning. see links to previous installments at bottom of page.…
Why Content Pruning Broke Every SEO Rule You Were Taught, And Why It Works Now
Most “Underperforming” Pages Aren’t Bad Content, They’re a Structural Problem. This section looks specifically at id’ing pages ripe for pruning.
Triage -What “underperforming” really means in 2026
… where teams fall back on familiar metrics and start defending pages that look successful in isolation. Rankings and sessions still matter, but they no longer explain visibility, suppression, or disappearance in modern search systems.
Gmail Gets AI Treatment with Gemini Inbox Features
Gmail update Argh, AI in Gmail too. Google says Gmail is entering the “Gemini era.” Last updated: Jan 8, 2026…