AI visibility tools count citations. Citations aren’t recommendations. Here’s what to measure instead, and why the gap keeps widening.

Google’s Mueller explained how an “are you a bot” screen can push a site’s pages out of Google, and get another site picked as canonical. The post “Are You A Bot” Screens Can Get Your Pages Dropped By Google appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s John Mueller explained what happens when you click Validate Fix in Search Console, and when the button is worth using. The post When To Use Search Console’s ‘Validate Fix,’ According To Google appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Google’s NotebookLM rebrand may expose websites to more AI scraping with zero attribution unless site owners take action right now. The post Google NotebookLM Rebrand May Expose Your Site To More AI Scraping appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s Nick Fox said AI features in Search send billions of clicks to websites weekly, alongside Google’s daily count.

Publishers allege works supplied to Google Books, Play Books and Scholar were used to train Gemini without permission.

Apple Maps ads ban home services, crypto ATMs, and bail bonds. Learn which businesses qualify and how advertisers can prepare for the rollout. The post Apple Maps Ads Ban Home Services, Crypto ATMs, Bail Bonds appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

Google rolls out Search Console reports for social posts, updates product markup guidance, and warns against building separate markdown pages for AI.

This week, we saw some Google Search ranking volatility around July 11th, so I called it the 7-Eleven update. Bing said it does not do one-off search penalties because it is not scalable. Google Images celebrated its 25th anniversary…