Google is pushing even more ways directly into AI Mode from the main Google home page’s search bar. Now when you select to upload an image or file, it will take you into AI Mode by default.

Google has been saying that no one uses the LLMs.txt file, that Google won’t use it, that it can be useless, and you probably should noindex it if you do use it.

Microsoft Advertising reportedly made two updates to its ad platform recently. One on how ad disapprovals work and the other on the time it takes to see a conversion be recorded in the ad reporting interfaces.

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YouTube launched its first annual Recap feature showing viewing stats, top channels, and personality types.

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

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has declared a “code red” to prioritize ChatGPT improvements, delaying advertising and AI agent initiatives as Google’s Gemini gains ground. The post OpenAI Declares ‘Code Red’ To Improve ChatGPT Amid Google Competition appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Today marks the 22nd anniversary of when I started this site, the Search Engine Roundtable. I was 23 years old when I started this site, compiling what the search community and search industry was talking about and…

It is already December, can you believe it and even crazier, I’ve been doing this for 22 years! Where does the time ago. In any event, we had some serious Google ranking volatility this month, especially over the Thanksgiving week/end.