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.

Add Google’s Preferred Sources button with the standard embed, a configurable WordPress widget, or a deeplink. The post How To Add Google’s Preferred Sources Button To Your Website appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google Search is testing pushing searchers into AI Mode from the AI Overview by default, without having to click the “Show more” button. The new AI Overview experience that Google is testing shows a much fuller AI answer, like you’d get in AI Mode, and loads the follow up “Ask anything” box by default.

When Meta’s ad AI altered approved creative without warning, it exposed a deeper problem: marketing teams rarely define who owns AI mistakes after sign-off. The post AI Isn’t Killing Marketing Accountability, It’s Exposing Who Never Had It appeared first on Search Engine Journal .