Archive for August, 2026

Google Brings Gemini 3.7 Flash To AI Mode In Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/08/14

Google is rolling out Gemini 3.7 Flash in AI Mode for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, a day after the model’s initial release. The post Google Brings Gemini 3.7 Flash To AI Mode In Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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OpenAI Says Robots.txt May Not Apply To ChatGPT’s Fetch Bot via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/08/14

New data shows ChatGPT’s page-fetching bot is reaching sites that have disallowed it, and OpenAI’s own documentation explains why the file may not stop it. The post OpenAI Says Robots.txt May Not Apply To ChatGPT’s Fetch Bot appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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OpenAI Says Robots.txt May Not Apply To ChatGPT’s Fetch Bot via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/08/14

New data shows ChatGPT’s page-fetching bot is reaching sites that have disallowed it, and OpenAI’s own documentation explains why the file may not stop it. The post OpenAI Says Robots.txt May Not Apply To ChatGPT’s Fetch Bot appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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YouTube Measures Creator Video on Branded Search Lift, But The Attribution Gap Still Exists via @sejournal, @gregjarboe

2026/08/14

Google’s creator playbook proves creator campaigns lift branded search, but omits attribution windows, baselines, and controls. The post YouTube Measures Creator Video on Branded Search Lift, But The Attribution Gap Still Exists appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Cloudflare: Machine Traffic Could Hit 1,000x Human Traffic In 5 Years via @sejournal, @slobodanmanic

2026/08/14

One company measures the bot problem, frames it, and sells the fix. Cloudflare now owns both the meter and the valve. Check your own logs.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: August 14, 2026

2026/08/14

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.

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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google AI Home Page Test, AI Local Pack Slop, Google Poaching Advertisers & Meta Building A Search Engine

2026/08/14

This week, we of course had more Google search ranking volatility, this time on the 12th. Google is testing new AI buttons on its home page…

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ChatGPT Already Knows Who It’ll Recommend Before It Searches via @sejournal, @suganthan

2026/08/14

ChatGPT names brands in its own search queries before it fetches anything. Being in that query is worth 33 times more. The post ChatGPT Already Knows Who It’ll Recommend Before It Searches appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google Ads Language Targeting Update Coming In September

2026/08/14

Google Ads will roll out a change to language targeting that will remove the ability to manually adjust the language setting. This change is happening next month, in September 2026

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