See whether AI search reaches buyers and creates qualified opportunities with five measures covering brand presence, answer accuracy, and attribution. The post The AI Search Metrics I Use To Track Client Pipelines appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google Maps now requires you to sign in to a Google account to see all the reviews on a Google Business Profile listing.

As you know, Google has a small pilot named the AI contribution pilot, where they are paying some publishers for using their content in AI features like AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini. Well, according to The Information, it is about 100 publishers and those publishers are getting about “one-tenth of 1% of their advertising revenue.”

Google is testing making the sponsored products search results block or grid look more like the organic products/shopping grid. Instead of showing a long carousel of products across the top or on the right, this shows a product grid format we are more accustomed to for the free product listings.

Microsoft Bing is testing adding product feature labels to product listings in the search results. This can add labels like “great for…,” “effective,” “performs well,” “lightweight”, and so on.

Tom Capper of STAT walks through the biggest AI search measurement challenges and a tactical solution for each one: October 14 at 2 p.m. ET. The post How Are Enterprise SEO Pros Measuring AI Overviews & LLMs?

Google has confirmed there are issues with Google Analytics loading the platform.

Google has confirmed there are issues with Google Analytics loading the platform. Google updated its status report to say that it has “restored for some users” and Google expects “a resolution for all users in the near future.”

AnswerShare reports more recommendations in a client test after publishing sourced brand context. Here is how its machine-layer works & what it cannot fix.

AnswerShare reports more recommendations in a client test after publishing sourced brand context. Here is how its machine-layer works & what it cannot fix. The post Yes, You Can Change AI’s Opinion.