Search Engine Marketing

Google’s ‘People also consider’ sponsored format raises concerns

Search industry experts are sounding the alarm over a growing Google experiment that’s creating a kind of “SERP Inception” — search results inside search results, with increasingly prominent Sponsored labels that don’t appear to be paid ad placements in the traditional sense. Driving the news. SEO consultant Glenn Gabe posted a screenshot on X showing […]

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Claude Sonnet 3.7 is the leading LLM for AI SEO: Report

Claude Sonnet 3.7 is the top-performing large language model (LLM) – it outperforms competitors like Google’s Gemini, Meta’s Llama, and X’s Grok. That’s according to SEO agency Previsible’s new AI SEO Benchmark report. By the numbers. Claude Sonnet 3.7 “performed the best across the board,” earning an 83% score. But that score fell short against human

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Google disables Discover performance report hack to get desktop data

Earlier this month, we reported that Google will be bringing Discover to the desktop version of Google’s home page. We don’t know exactly when that will roll out but Google has been testing it. Google Search Console has Discover performance reports that let you track how well your site is performing within Google Discover. And

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Search, answer, and assistive engine optimization: A 3-part approach

SEO is all about optimizing for, well, search. In 2018, I defined SEO as: “The art and science of persuading search engines such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo, to recommend your content to their users as the best solution to their problem.” In 2025 (and beyond), we can define search, answer, and assistive engine optimization

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Yelp launches 15 AI-powered updates for service brands and restaurants

Yelp announced 15 new features and updates to make it faster and easier for users to hire service professionals and for restaurants to manage their front-of-house operations. Many of these upgrades are powered by AI. Details. Yelp Assistant, launched in 2024, now uses AI-powered photo recognition to identify project needs. Users can simply upload a

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The Data Behind Google’s AI Overviews: What Sundar Pichai Won’t Tell You via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig

Google says AI Overviews are changing search. The data? Not so fast. See what 5 billion queries reveal about user behavior. The post The Data Behind Google’s AI Overviews: What Sundar Pichai Won’t Tell You appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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