Yesterday, Google announced it was “renaming and updating the Default Ads Treatment policy to improve the clarity and transparency of the policy.” But it did one more thing, it removed “shocking content” from the list of categories of ads that would not be shown while Google was determining the user’s age.

Search visibility has fragmented beyond Google into AI assistants, social platforms, and navigation apps, requiring new strategies for multi-location brands.

Still treating AI search like traditional SEO?

Google’s Liz Reid argues personalization and preferred sources can help small publishers get found in AI search, though she shared no supporting data. The post Google’s Liz Reid: Personalization Can Help Small Publishers appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Google’s Liz Reid argues personalization and preferred sources can help small publishers get found in AI search, though she shared no supporting data. The post Google’s Liz Reid: Personalization Can Help Small Publishers appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s AI governance paper argues public-web training should remain fair use while pointing to opt-out controls, takedowns, and paid deals for specialized content. The post Google Defends AI Training As Fair Use In Governance Paper appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s AI governance paper argues public-web training should remain fair use while pointing to opt-out controls, takedowns, and paid deals for specialized content. The post Google Defends AI Training As Fair Use In Governance Paper appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Bought Reddit citations will be filtered the way Penguin filtered bought links. The only strategy that compounds on the agentic web is being real.

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

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