Rajan Patel, VP of Engineering for Google Search, has confirmed that the Google Search team is still well-resourced in its fight against search spam.

Google is now showing shopping ads in a carousel format inline within AI Mode results. Plus, Google is also showing a similar ad unit at the bottom of the AI Mode results. We got a lot of ads in AI Mode now, and I guess Google is looking for more and more ways to monetize those ads.

Google’s John Mueller shares what happened when he checked whether AI crawlers were actually asking his sites for markdown. The post Google’s Mueller Shares Their Experience With Markdown For AI SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s John Mueller shares what happened when he checked whether AI crawlers were actually asking his sites for markdown. The post Google’s Mueller Shares Their Experience With Markdown For AI SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal

The Universal Commerce Protocol’s first spec release since April adds grocery readiness, lays groundwork for food and lodging, and brings schema changes. The post UCP Releases Spec Update With Schema Changes appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

New data finds Claude and Claude Code search at different rates, mention different brands, and send their agents to different types of pages. The post Claude Searches Web Differently From Claude Code, Data Shows appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Ahrefs data shows public Facebook Group posts appear in 38% of Google’s Discussions and forums results, passing Quora and trailing only Reddit. The post Facebook Groups Are Google’s No. 2 Forum Source appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Anthropic warns that infostealer malware is stealing Claude login sessions to drain account usage. The post Anthropic Warns Hackers Are Stealing Claude Sessions To Hijack Accounts appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

New allegations surfaced that Rank Math has introduced a functionality that silently gives the company administrator-level permissions over WordPress sites. The access is triggered when a user installs Rank Math and opens the plugin’s Help & Support area.

This week’s SEO Pulse covers Google’s AI publisher dispute, spam update fallout, the GEO debate, AI citation gaps, and ChatGPT’s Reddit behavior in search.