Find out how a benchmark can guide you in optimizing your site for better visibility and user experience in search results. The post AI Search Success: How To Benchmark Website Performance In Your Industry appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

In this 60-minute tell-all webinar, SEJ webinar experts show you how to make your B2B webinar program your best performing lead gen channel. The post How to Turn Webinars Into Your Best Lead Gen Channel in 5 Phases appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google is testing “Ask YouTube,” a conversational search feature that returns AI summaries with cited videos.

Microsoft previewed four new AI reporting features for Bing Webmaster Tools at SEO Week, including Citation Share and grounding query intent labels. The post Bing Previews AI Citation Share For Webmaster Tools appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

GoDaddy accidentally transferred someone’s domain name to someone else then refused to fix the problem.

A randomized field experiment found Google AI Overviews reduced organic clicks on triggered queries by 38%, while user experience ratings stayed unchanged. The post AI Overviews Cut Organic Clicks 38%, Field Study Finds appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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

Higher CPCs frequently align with improved lead quality and conversion rates, challenging the assumption that cheaper traffic performs better.

AI visibility now depends on crawl access, server-rendered content, semantic HTML, and machine-readable structure beyond Googlebot. The post The Technical SEO Audit Needs A New Layer appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google may be doing something right with improving the click-through rates from the organic search results page that contain AI Overviews. An update report shows the CTR is improving, after numerous times showing the CTR has been declining.