As AI assistants shape how information is retrieved, hybrid search becomes the key to ensuring your content remains part of the conversation. The post Measuring When AI Assistants And Search Engines Disagree appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
As AI Overviews reshape discovery, Dan Taylor challenges SEOs to move beyond revenue metrics and start quantifying user alignment and trust.
Google held the Search Central Live event in Dubai just a couple of days ago. It seems like the vast majority of what was presented at the event was presented at prior events. But I wanted to share that Google again said that links or site moves or technical SEO won’t fix your rankings if you have overall quality issues with your site.
Google has updated AI Mode for fantasy sports including adding in integration with FantasyPros. And OpenAI has improved the GPT-5 Instant model for signed-out users.
Google Business Profile performance reports seem to be missing a chunk of call data from last week.
The Google Search Console performance reports seem to be stuck and not updating since October 19/20th for all profiles and websites. The weird thing is that the 24 hour view does seem to have data but when you view it over the 7 day filter, it doesn’t show anything from October 19th and onwards (some see October 20th).
Google Ads is celebrating its 25th birthday/anniversary today. Yes, Google launched AdWords 25 years ago today in 2000. In 2018, Google renamed AdWords to Google Ads and the ad labels and technology have drastically changed over the years.
Google’s new BlockRank AI ranking method could make advanced semantic search accessible to everyone. The post Google’s New BlockRank Democratizes Advanced Semantic Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
A cross-market study of 2,709 AI-assistant responses found 45% had significant issues and 81% had some issue. Gemini had the most issues with sourcing. The post AI Assistants Show Significant Issues In 45% Of News Answers appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
YouTube is expanding its likeness detection tool to all monetized channels, allowing them to detect and request removal of AI videos using their face. The post YouTube Expands Likeness Detection To All Monetized Channels appeared first on Search Engine Journal .