Marketing leaders need to stop funding SEO for clicks and start designing budgets around brand authority in AI-first search.

Expert Mordy Oberstein shares insights on whether you need to rethink your content strategy for LLMs and enhance your SEO efforts and what to consider. The post Ask An SEO: Do I Need To Rethink My Content Strategy For LLMs? appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Microsoft is now requiring all third-party publishers to have Microsoft Clarity in order to be paid out for impressions and clicks from Microsoft Advertising.

A month ago, we reported Google added a new form to report negative review extortion scams on your Google Business Profiles and local listings. Google also listed some tips on how to handle these extortion attempts.

Google’s John Mueller confirmed that Google is not killing off all forms of schema and structured data support for Google Search.

There are reports that Google is showing more free product listings from Google Merchant Center in the Google AI Overview responses. I am told there are two variations of this AI Overview response: one where the favicon and price appear as an overlay, and another where the free listings look more like a map pack.

Google Ads is now showing summaries of your budget settings in the budget and bidding optimization setting. This will summarize what your settings are configured for, at a glance.

A Google blog post triggered a misunderstanding that structured data use will be diminished in 2026. The post Google Is Not Diminishing The Use Of Structured Data In 2026 appeared first on Search Engine Journal

AI search results tend to recommend sites that are recommended by other sites, which makes cultivating brand mentions a key SEO strategy. The post How To Cultivate Brand Mentions For Higher AI Search Rankings appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

New Ahrefs analysis shows where AI Overviews show up in Google: more often on questions and longer queries, less on time-sensitive news and local searches. The post Google AI Overviews Appear On 21% Of Searches: New Data appeared first on Search Engine Journal .