Survey reveals trends in local reviews: trust in word-of-mouth, growing focus on recent feedback, and the importance of owner responses in shaping customer trust. The post Surprising Review Stats To Feed Your Local Strategy [Study] appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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YouTube now dominates U.S. TV streaming, surpassing mobile, offering marketers new ad formats and longer viewer engagement opportunities

The big Google review count bug, that we first reported on Friday and that later Google confirmed on Monday afternoon, is now being fixed. We can now see review counts climbing again and many small business owners and local SEOs are reporting improvements.

An apparent bug in Google’s Sitelinks algorithm is showing links to unhelpful pages. The post Google Sitelinks Algorithm Bug Shows Wrong Links appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

BBC study finds leading AI chatbots consistently distort news content, raising concerns about information accuracy and trust. The post AI Chatbots Fail News Accuracy Test, BBC Study Reveals appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

A study shows AI chatbot referrals outperform search in engagement and conversions. Here’s what 7 million sessions reveal about the future of transactional traffic.

Did you ever want to validate to see if Google or other search engines can see your tabbed (hidden in a tab) navigation or content? Well, John Mueller from Google listed some ideas on how to do so.

There are a number of advertisers in the local space who are complaining that the lead quality has been worse than ever in the past few months. They blame the new automated ad credits system, which removed the method for advertisers to manually request lead credits for poor quality leads.