Google’s John Mueller says if sites are serving conflicting metadata, they should fix the conflict, not test which source wins.

Metricool data shows views per long-form YouTube post increased while estimated ad revenue and average view duration fell. The post YouTube Views Rose While Long-Form Ad Revenue Fell, Data Shows appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s Gary Illyes said he would need to check whether pushing an unavailable_after date forward on every renewal causes problems. He gave a first read. The post Google’s Illyes Unsure On Shifting unavailable_after Dates appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Find out how AI accurately describes brands but struggles with visibility.

Google’s John Mueller explains the SEO impact of random URLs injected into web pages by CMS platforms.

Google is putting Top Stories carousels inside AI Overviews, raising the stakes on its new AI opt-out setting in Search Console. The post AI Opt-Out May Cost Sites A Google Top Stories Spot appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Is Google still a search engine? Its Q2 2026 earnings call suggests the answer is changing, and website owners should plan accordingly. The post The Future Of Search & AI: What I Learned From Google’s Latest Earnings Call appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Data ties higher AI detector scores to lower positions and to fewer pages in Google’s index, though heavily flagged pages still rank in top 10.

Google’s DMCA case against scraper SerpApi collapsed because SearchGuard protects ad revenue, not copyright. The same reasoning weakens every site’s anti-bot defense against AI crawlers. The post Google Lost Its Scraping Case – Now You Have To Pick A Side On The Open Web appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Agentic protocols are multiplying with no consensus standard in sight. Own the layers underneath instead of chasing a winner. The post Why Data Integrity Is The New Technical SEO: From Crawling To Trust appeared first on Search Engine Journal .