Bill Hunt outlines how proactive digital integration prevents post-acquisition visibility loss and turns M&A into a driver of growth. The post Digital Equity Is Brand Equity: Don’t Lose Search Visibility In a Merger appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Semrush will be acquired by Adobe, the two companies announced today. “Adobe and Semrush announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Adobe will acquire Semrush, a leading brand visibility platform, in an all-cash transaction for $12.00 per share, representing a total equity value of approximately $1.9 billion,” the press release said.
AI has long driven PPC, yet success still depends on knowing where automation helps and where it hurts.
Google released Gemini 3, its latest AI model, and it is already powering AI Mode in Google Search today. Sundar Pichai wrote Google is shipping Gemini 3 and that includes “Gemini 3 in AI Mode in Search with more complex reasoning and new dynamic experiences.” “This is the first time we are shipping Gemini in Search on day one,” he added.
Google Ads is testing a share icon and button for hotel ads in the Google search results. When you click on the share icon, it lets you share the result with a friend.
Last month, we covered how we saw an “Incentivized” label on some product reviews within Google Search.
Microsoft announced a number of new Microsoft Advertising features including Asset-level editorial review, Conversion Delay insights, callouts for Hotel Price Ads expansion and Microsoft Curate updates.
Google Ads may be rolling out a new metric named “Original Conversion Value.” This shows the raw data before Google does anything with it.
Business Insider interviewed both SEOs and representatives from Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity on what it calls the “GEO rush.” The rush for SEO companies or other companies to sell GEO (AI SEO) related services. There are quotes from Danny Sullivan from Google, Krishna Madhavan from Microsoft and more.
Google’s Gemini 3 Pro powers AI Mode with deeper reasoning, upgraded query fan-out, and new generative layouts. The post Google Brings Gemini 3 To Search’s AI Mode appeared first on Search Engine Journal