A new study from Ruhr University Bochum and Max Planck Institute shows generative AI search tools draw heavily from less-popular…
Gannett and Publishers Beat Back Google in Fresh Anti-trust Ruling
A federal judge recently ruled in favor of publishers in a key antitrust action against Google LLC. Judge P. Kevin…
PayPal Signs deal with OpenAI to Embed Paypal Payments into ChatGPT
PayPal has signed a deal with OpenAI to embed its digital wallet into the ChatGPT experience. Thus making it possible…
Microsoft and OpenAI Seal New Deal Around Structural Shift
OpenAI and Microsoft have announced a major restructuring and partnership update. At its core, OpenAI’s for-profit arm will operate under…
Google Adds “Query Groups” to Search Console Insights
Google recently announced the rollout of a new card inside Search Console Insights called Query Groups. According to Google: by…
Google Unveils “Vibe Coding” in AI Studio
In a recent announcement by Google, they have introduced “Vibe Coding in AI Studio”. The system turns a plain-language prompt…
Google Launches Unified Studio: Seamless AI Creation in One Playground
In recent months Google AI Studio has received a string of updates that raise its relevance beyond developers – making it a…
Influential Nielsen Norman Group Tees Off on Google AI UX
It’s been awhile since we’ve heard from the famous Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g) in the search space. NN/g is a…
The Google Privacy Sandbox is Dead
Google has officially retired most of its Privacy Sandbox technologies, ending its 4yr push to replace third-party cookies. The decision…
How to Track Traffic from AI Overviews and Featured Snippets in GA4
The search landscape has fundamentally changed through Google’s AI Overviews, Featured Snippets, and “People also ask” results. As we know…
Blocking Robots : Which Ones to Allow and Which to Block?
AI is obviously advancing rapidly, forcing website owners to face a big question: which AI crawlers should you exclude from…
Microsoft Launches MAI-Image-1, Its First In-House AI Image Model
Microsoft has unveiled MAI-Image-1, its first fully in-house text-to-image model. This marks a shift from relying solely on OpenAI. The…
Firefox Adds Perplexity AI as a Desktop Search Engine Option
Mozilla has officially added Perplexity AI as a built-in search engine option in the desktop version of Firefox, marking…
Bing Adds data-nosnippet Support for Search and AI Answers
Bing has officially added support for the data-nosnippet HTML attribute, giving webmasters fine-grained control over what content appears in both…
Google’s “Sponsored Results” Label: Making Ads Look More Like Search Results (Again)
Google has announced another round of so called “clarity updates” (ya, that’s the ticket) for search ads. This time, the…
UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Designate Google as having Strategic Market Status
UK targets Google Search Power Today the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) formally designated Google with Strategic Market Status…
Microsoft Shares Exact Signals AI Uses to Choose Content for Search Answers Optimization
Microsoft posted new recommendations to help website owners and marketers make their content more eligible for inclusion in AI-generated answers…
Google Adsense Death of “Ad Networks” and Birth of “Authorized Buyers”
Google announces a significant change to its AdSense “Brand Safety > Blocking controls” interface: the “Ad networks” blocking control will…