Control AI visibility and server strain with a log-validated index of bots, complete with user-agent strings, official IP ranges, crawl rates, and allowlist/block best practices.
This week’s SEO Pulse examines new data what drives AI citations, plus ChatGPT launches shopping research.
Breaking news: Cloudflare is experiencing another major service disruption, causing widespread 5xx errors and connectivity issues for websites and services globally. The post Cloudflare Outage Returns, Triggering Fresh Wave Of 5xx Errors appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
When GenAI engines rank chunks instead of pages, your long-term visibility depends on how well you balance foundational SEO with new retrieval and trust signals.
CMOs must design 2026 SEO budgets that balance defensive stability with offensive growth across AI and GEO channels. The post How CMOs Should Prioritize SEO Budgets In 2026 Q1 And H1 appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
I am seeing some signs of a Google Search ranking update and intense volatility that kicked in late yesterday. The SEO community started chattering about it over the past several hours and some of the tools are showing a spike in volatility with the Google search rankings.
The Internet Archive’s new WordPress plugin provides an easy way to bring the Archive into the SEO workflow The post 5 Reasons To Use The Internet Archive’s New WordPress Plugin appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Google’s Year in Search shows AI tools led trending queries globally. Gemini ranked first worldwide, with DeepSeek appearing in both US and global lists. The post Google Year In Search 2025: Gemini, DeepSeek Top Trending Lists appeared first on Search Engine Journal
Kevin Indig’s 2026 predictions reveal the end of AI dashboards, the rise of agentic SEO, and a web divided between bots and verified humans.
Bill Hunt outlines how leading brands close the search equity gap by linking discoverability, governance, and measurable financial impact.