Greg Gifford, a veteran automotive and local SEO, published a hard warning to vendors suggesting that they tell automotive dealerships to set up separate Google Business Profile department listings for separate services. He said, do not, do not, do this and that it can lead to your Google Business Profiles being suspended and removed from Google Search and Google Maps.
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PSA: Don’t Create Separate Google Business Profile For Department Listings
John Mueller, a Google Search Analyst, responded to a question on Reddit named Is SEO still enough, or do we need to start thinking about GEO too? In short, John said you should look at the “full picture, and prioritize accordingly.”
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Google’s John Mueller Answers If You Should Invest In GEO
Adam Wathan the creator of Tailwind CSS posted that he had to let go of 75% of his engineering team because of AI. He said traffic to the Tailwind help documentation is down 40% and that is where most people learn about his solution and then buy commercial products. He added his revenue is down 80%.
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Tailwind CSS Lets Go 75% Of Engineers After 40% Traffic Drop From AI
Google seems to be testing showing call assets on Vehicle Ads within Google Search. So on the Vehicle Ads there is a way to call the dealer or seller, like you see on some other ads.
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Google Vehicle Ads Gains Call Assets
Discover what visibility on Google means for small businesses as AI assistants control which options customers see and choose. The post Why Your Small Business’s Google Visibility in 2026 Depends on AEO [Webinar] appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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BuzzStream analyzed robots.txt files for 100 top news sites. 79% block training bots, but 71% also block retrieval bots that affect AI citations. The post Most Major News Publishers Block AI Training & Retrieval Bots appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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Most Major News Publishers Block AI Training & Retrieval Bots via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google’s John Mueller says businesses relying on referral traffic should consider the ‘full picture’ of AI and prioritize based on actual usage data. The post Google’s Mueller Weighs In On SEO vs GEO Debate appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google’s Mueller Weighs In On SEO vs GEO Debate via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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Google’s John Mueller says “Page Indexed without content” errors typically indicate server or CDN blocking of Googlebot, not JavaScript issues. Here’s what to check
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Google’s Mueller Explains ‘Page Indexed Without Content’ Error via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 7, 2026
This analysis explains why AI-driven search surfaces out-of-market sources and how organizations can align semantic authority with commercial usability. The post Why Global Search Misalignment Is An Engineering Feature And A Business Bug appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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Why Global Search Misalignment Is An Engineering Feature And A Business Bug via @sejournal, @billhunt