Structured data helps, but semantic HTML does the heavy lifting. Here’s a practical guide for making your markup meaningful again
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Why Semantic HTML Matters For SEO And AI
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Brave Search announced an AI Grounding API that enables users to connect AI systems to Brave Search’s authoritative search index. The post Brave Announces AI Grounding API With Plans Starting At Free appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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Brave Announces AI Grounding API With Plans Starting At Free via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google is testing an AI-powered finance destination for answering questions, generating advanced charts, and news.
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Google Is Testing An AI-Powered Finance Page via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. OpenAI announced GPT-5 and Microsoft Copilot is using it already…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: August 8, 2025
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Set clearer Instagram goals, streamline planning, and create a consistent visual tone with this practical content calendar guide and free downloadable template. The post How To Create Your Instagram Content Plan (With Free Template) appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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How To Create Your Instagram Content Plan (With Free Template) via @sejournal, @donutcaramel13
This week, we covered the ongoing Google search volatility, which cooled for a bit and then got heated again. Google’s Liz Reid said that website clicks from Google are relatively stable since launching AI Overviews, but no one believes them. Google did not…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Clicks To Sites Stable, Volatility Cooled & Heated, AI Mode Ads, GPT-5 & Sullivan Drops Liaison
Google announced a number of new Google Ads Performance Max controls and reporting features. They include new controls such as campaign-level negative keyword lists, more search theme limits, more demographic targeting, and new reporting for customer’¬’ acquisition, goal diagnostics, final URL assets, and creative recommendations.
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Google Ads For Performance Max Gains New Controls & Reporting
Bing not only added new filters by device and country, but also Bing added several more months of historical data – from 16 months to 24 months of data to the Bing Webmaster Tools search performance reports. Plus, Bing also added Keyword trendlines at a glance.
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Bing Webmaster Tools Performance Report Gains 24 Months Of Data & More
Google is testing adding the “people also search for” section within the Google AI Mode results. This shows below the link cards on the right, and shows other queries people use related to the search query you entered into AI Mode.
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Google AI Mode With People Also Search For
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What content marketing strategies are working today? Here are eight CMO-level trends worth paying attention to.
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8 Emerging Trends CMOs Need To Watch: What’s Next In Content Marketing via @sejournal, @rio_seo