Google is adding subscription labels, inline links, discussion previews, and desktop link previews to its AI Search experiences. The post Google Adds More Links & Link Context To AI Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
GEO vendors are selling the same SEO playbook with a new acronym. The academic paper they cite actually points the other way. The post The Whole Point Was The Mess appeared first on Search Engine Journal
AI search engines surface the same brands regardless of which sources they cite. PR and SEO professionals need to stop pretending those are different jobs. The post AI Just Handed PR Its Best Opportunity In SEO & Most Teams Are Missing It appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
WordPress is losing market share, with over 10% of sites abandoned. Astro is downloaded 2.5 million times a week
Google is showing the full author name and the source, like LinkedIn – and name or Medium – and name, for the citations. It makes sense for these social platforms to show the name, because anyone can write anything on these platforms, so knowing the name makes it more useful.
Google is testing an update to the citations, anchor links, and favicons within the AI Mode results. This new experience seems to make the citations more clickable because the embedded links have larger favicons and seem to appear more often, near the text it is referencing.
In February, Google announced that UCP, Universal Commerce Protocol, powered checkout is available in AI Mode. Well, now you can use UCP powered checkout in the main search results for some retailers like Wayfair.
Google is testing letting searchers select the Gemini 3 model they want to use directly in the Google Search bar. The options can include, Pro, Fast or Auto, from what I can see.
A few weeks ago, we uncovered the beta self-serve Ads Manager for ChatGPT Ads.
The Google Local Service Ads account access tab has not been loading and working for advertisers for the past several days. There are numerous reports of it failing throughout the day and it has become a huge frustration for a number of Google advertisers.