A Reddit thread about a sharp crawl drop prompted guidance from Google’s John Mueller. Here’s how to diagnose the cause. The post Googlebot Crawl Slump
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Googlebot Crawl Slump? Mueller Points To Server Errors via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
The Google search ranking volatility has not calmed down since the June core update and we are in mid-August and expecting another core update soon. Google launched the preferred sources feature for Top Stories…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Volatility Continues, Preferred Sources, Site Hack Demolishes Traffic & Google On AI
Ranking today takes more than keywords. Here’s how to create AI-friendly, user-focused content that keeps your brand visible in today’s evolving search ecosystem. The post AI-Powered Search: Adapting Your SEO Strategy appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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AI-Powered Search: Adapting Your SEO Strategy via @sejournal, @wburton27
The studies we have thus seen from third parties have all said traffic from Google Search to websites has declined a lot since AI Overviews came out. But we have a new study from Chartbeat that says traffic to news publishers from Google (including Discover) has been stable over the past few years.
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Chartbeat: Traffic From Google To Publishers Stable Over Years
Google’s John Mueller replied to a lot of the hype around all GEO, AIO, AEO, etc topics floating around the SEO space.
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Google’s John Mueller Suggests AI SEO Acronyms May Lead To Scams & Spam
Google’s John Mueller replied to a lot of the hype around all GEO, AIO, AEO, etc topics floating around the SEO space. John said on Bluesky, “The higher the urgency, and the stronger the push of new acronyms, the more likely they’re just making spam and scamming.”
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Google’s John Mueller Suggests AI SEO Acronyms May Lead To Scams & Spam
Google Search started to roll out the age verification that it said it would begin doing a couple of weeks ago. Yes, it is not just YouTube, it goes across Google Search ads too, as we reported back a couple of weeks ago.
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Google Search Age Verification: Asking To Confirm You’re An Adult
Google recently launched the preferred sources for top stories within Google Search. But there is no way for publishers to know how many of their readers selected their website as a preferred source. But Google said they are “looking into this” and may provide such data to publishers.
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Google Looking Into Adding Analytics For Preferred Sources
Google is testing adding a “loyalty benefits” section to the merchant/retailer knowledge panels. This would show on the right side of the page, under the description of the retailer.
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Google Tests Loyalty Benefits Section In Merchant Knowledge Panels
It looks like Microsoft Copilot, formerly Bing Chat, is using Google Maps reviews for its local AI results. It also links directly to the Google Maps business profile listing when you click on the review stars and ratings from Copilot.
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Microsoft Copilot Links Local Reviews To Bing Competitor Google Maps