Last April 2024, Gary Illyes from Google said he was on a mission to make web crawling more efficient, he wanted to “figure out how to crawl even less, and have fewer bytes on wire.” Gary updated us saying “there’s lots more in works” for this but implies some improvements have already been made.
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Google: There Is A Lot More Work To Do To Make Crawling More Efficient
Microsoft is testing another user interface and experience for the links they show within its AI Answers, the Copilot responses. These links show with a hyperlink icon and the domain name spelled out, and then when you mouse over it, it has a carousel you can flip through for more links.
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Bing Tests New Links UI For Copilot AI Answers
Leverage AI to synchronize B2B marketing programs with buyer needs, delivering hyper-personalized experiences that drive engagement and impact.
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Leveraging AI For Buyer-Centric Strategies To Effectively Engage B2B Buyers via @sejournal, @alexanderkesler
Mullenweg questioned at WordCamp Asia about Automattic’s scaled-back contributions to WordPress core The post Mullenweg Rebuffs Plea To Restore Automattic’s WordPress Core Contributions appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Mullenweg Rebuffs Plea To Restore Automattic’s WordPress Core Contributions via @sejournal, @martinibuster
A pair of studies find that 73% of marketing teams use generative AI, and consumers largely accept AI in advertising. The post 73% Of Marketers Use Generative AI, Consumer Acceptance Up appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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73% Of Marketers Use Generative AI, Consumer Acceptance Up via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 25, 2025
AI chatbots – are they killing search or just changing the game? Kevin Indig analyzed 14 studies on their impact and how businesses can adapt. The post The State Of AI Chatbots And SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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The State Of AI Chatbots And SEO via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig
Microsoft seems to be testing a more fully AI-powered search engine, which may be named Copilot Search. Copilot is the name of Microsoft’s AI features, formerly known as Bing Chat.
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Microsoft Bing Testing Copilot Search
Some sites, hosted on some CDNs (content delivery networks), are experiencing a big spike in server response times for crawling, while seeing a drop in total crawl requests. So technically, the crawling has dropped but Google is taking much longer to crawl a lot less.
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Google Crawler Update Causing Spikes In Crawling For Some
18 year old, publicly traded education technology company, Chegg, has sued Google over its AI Overviews and how it has hurt their traffic and revenue.
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Google Sued Over AI Overviews For Hurting Traffic & Revenue