Google’s August 2026 spam update has caused considerable confusion across the industry. Google has confirmed that the update is complete, but a number of publishers have seen their search visibility drop considerably, including sites that had been performing well in Google Search for years. The timing was unfortunate. The update came during the summer vacation […]
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Google Ads’ push to automate as many campaigns as possible isn’t news to anyone with recent paid search experience. Yet, at least as of this writing, advertisers still have options to set up manual campaigns when it makes sense for the business. Rather than get wistful about the good old days of helpful account reps
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AI visibility tools track brand mentions and citations, but marketers need outcome data to know what those movements mean and what to do next. The post Brands Are Tracking AI Visibility, But Are They Measuring The Right Things? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Your marketing team has never spent more hours working in, on, and with AI. I (Kevin) think every marketer, especially every SEO, has this backlog of tools or shortcuts that they always wanted to build, unrestricted by engineering. But in the process, we end up building things that we could often pay (little money) for.
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Learn how to build an AI SEO agent from scratch to automate important tasks like keyword research and topic clustering.
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Page-one rankings don’t earn AI citations. Learn which sources ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini trust in your industry, and how to get published by them. The post The AI Citation Mistake: Optimizing For Google, Not For Sources appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Explore the significance of AI visibility for local businesses. Learn what makes some businesses stand out in AI searches. The post AI Visibility For Local Businesses: How To Get Recommended By ChatGPT & AI Overviews In 90 Days appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Ads brings Local Customer Optimization to Performance Max and easier Store Sales measurement to help retailers drive and measure in-store purchases. The post Google Ads Introduces Local Customer Optimization appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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Google rolled out redesigned Search results in the EEA, reworking aggregator units and adding supplier units for hotel, flight, transport, and product queries. The post Google Rolls Out Redesigned Search Results Across The EEA appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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A UK news site’s trending-query visibility collapsed after moving from .co.uk to .com, and the new domain didn’t pick up what the old one lost. The post UK Publisher Loses 98% Of News Search Visibility After .com Move appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
