Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: August 26, 2025
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Perplexity’s new subscription plan pays publishers for webpage visits, AI search citations, and agent actions. The post Perplexity Launches Comet Plus, Shares Revenue With Publishers appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Perplexity Launches Comet Plus, Shares Revenue With Publishers via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Fresh data shows ChatGPT adoption accelerating while Google stalls, with major implications for user behavior and downstream SEO metrics. The post ChatGPT Vs. Google At Every Stage Of The User Journey appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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ChatGPT Vs. Google At Every Stage Of The User Journey via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig
The cultural and emotional dynamics shaping how consumers trust AI marketing, and the strategies brands can use to earn it. The post Consumer Trust And Perception Of AI In Marketing appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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Consumer Trust And Perception Of AI In Marketing
Google’s Robby Stein said that over the coming weeks, Google will be testing changes to AI Mode that will aim to encourage clicks to publishers. He said on X that Google has “been experimenting with how and where to show links in ways that are most helpful to users and sites.”
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Google: We’re Testing Changes To AI Mode To Encourage Clicks
Did you notice that one of the only reports in Google Search Console that does not have a “last updated” time stamp is the links report. I asked John Mueller from Google why and he said, “No particular reason.
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Google Search Console Link Report Doesn’t Have A Last Updated Date
I’ve covered the almost invisible and incredibly hard to see experiments with Microsoft Advertising placing hard to see search/sponsored ads in the Bing search results many times. Well, now that we have a Microsoft Advertising Ads Liaison, we finally got a response from Microsoft on the topic.
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Microsoft Responds To Hard To See Search Ad Labels
New research released by Rand Fishkin and friends at Sparktoro says that traditional search is not dipping in usage, even as searchers continue to adopt AI search features and tools. “95% of Americans continue to use them each month, and 86% are heavy users,” Rand wrote.
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Sparktoro Research: Traditional Search Is Not Declining
To those of you who run advertising campaigns with Microsoft Advertising to show ads on Bing and other Microsoft properties, here are the dos and don’ts of handling suspensions and appeals.
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Dos and Don’ts Of Microsoft Advertising Suspensions & Appeals
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Vulnerability in Perplexity’s Comet AI browser enables attackers to access open browser tabs and gain access to sensitive data The post Perplexity Comet Browser Vulnerable To Prompt Injection Exploit appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Perplexity Comet Browser Vulnerable To Prompt Injection Exploit via @sejournal, @martinibuster