Heads Up! Attackers are at it again – purchasing Google Ads targeting keywords related to SEMrush (they also did this…
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WSJ Article on Search : Even Big Media Gets A Clue – The Massive Change In Search
There was a search related story on WSJ that had some eyebrow raising quotes in it. The Wall Street Journal…
Fun Fact Friday – Did you know?
Did you know? That the original purpose of YouTube was to be a video dating (ugh, hookup) site? That there…
Alibaba’s “ZeroSearch” Teaches AI to “Google Itself”
A new research paper from Alibaba has introduced ZeroSearch – a new approach to training AI models to search without using real search engines. And for SEOs and the web economy at large, it signals yet another fracture in the traditional web-to-search-to-click model.
AI and Search News Run Down
Another Publisher Inks Content Deal with OpenAI. Washington post has signed a content deal with OpenAI. “According to OpenAI, it…
Webinar: SEO is Changing Fast – Is Your Agency Ready? Top Experts Weigh In!
Search is changing fast—AI, evolving algorithms, and shifting client expectations are redefining what it means to run a successful SEO…
Nearly 30% of Workers Don’t Know What ChatGPT is
AI Chatbot Usage: Who’s Adopting and Why? A recent Pew Research Center study found that 55% of workers rarely or…
Genspark Secures $100M in Series A for AI Search Engine
The search engine landscape is heating up, with AI-powered startups racing to try to disrupt Google’s long-standing dominance. Reuters is…
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…
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…
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…
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…
SEO Playbook : Tailoring Content for AI-Driven Search Results
By Zack Kadish AI Overviews are here to stay. Whether you love them, hate them, click on them, scroll past…
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…
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.
12 Essential Files SEOs Should Run Through ChatGPT for an SEO Tune-Up
LLM’s like Claude and ChatGPT are very good at SEO related information – it is like the new SEO super…
SearchEngineWorld – We’re Back! Outta Mothballs and Into-The-Fire!
After a decade on ice, I am excited to announce that we are actively rebooting SearchEngineWorld.com. It will feature daily…