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NEW Google Search Gains Personal Intelligence In AI Mode
As expected, but sooner than I thought, Google has brought Personal Intelligence to Google Search within AI Mode.
This first launched last week in the Gemini app and is now rolling out to Google AI [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated Again January 21
Last week,I reported on January 15th of a Google Search ranking update with a lot of heated volatility. Truth is, it went through the weekend, but now it is spiking back up again as of yesterday and [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 22, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Apple to have two different releases of Siri and [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Shopify Shares More Details On Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Shopify's Harvey Finkelstein said agentic shopping surfaces products because they fit the user, not because brands can buy visibility.
Search Engine Journal
How Recommender Systems Like Google Discover May Work via @sejournal, @martinibuster
An explainer of how recommender systems like Google Discover may work according to a classic research paper.
Search Engine Journal
NEW Google adds cross-campaign testing with new Mix Experiments beta
Google’s Campaign Mix Experiments beta lets advertisers test multiple campaign types and budgets together to find what works best.
Search Engine Land
Why Demand Gen works best alongside Performance Max for ecommerce
Demand Gen offers more creative and audience control than PMax. Learn when to use it and how to combine both for ecommerce growth.
Search Engine Land
SEO in 2026: What will stay the same
Hype cycles come and go. But real SEO gains still depend on trust, crawlable data, and meeting user needs — not chasing the latest novelty.
Search Engine Land
NEW Secure Your Google Ads Account Against The Rise In Hijackings
For the past year or so, I've seen a growing number of complaints about Google Ads accounts being hijacked. It seems to be getting worse, even after we covered the Google Ads account hijacks last [...]
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Nick LeRoy turns SEO consulting into fundraiser for Minnesota immigrant support
Consulting hours become donations as a well-known SEO turns outrage over ICE raids into rapid financial support for impacted families.
Search Engine Land
Inside SearchGuard: How Google detects bots and what the SerpAPI lawsuit reveals
We fully decrypted SearchGuard, the anti-bot system protecting Google Search. Here's exactly how Google tells humans and bots apart.
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A Little Clarity On SEO, GEO, And AEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster
The debate over SEO versus AEO/GEO appears to be reaching a consensus.
Search Engine Journal
Perplexity AI Interview Explains How AI Search Works via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Interview with Perplexity AI offers insights into what makes AI answer engines different from regular search
Search Engine Journal
Google Ads Still Not Coming To Gemini (Post ChatGPT Ads Announcement)
Demis Hassabis, Google DeepMind CEO, said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that Google does not have "any plans" to bring ads to Gemini. This comes even after OpenAI [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
What 75 SEO thought leaders reveal about volatility in the GEO debate [Research]
AI search sentiment is positive, but consistency isn’t. Data shows why volatility – not acronyms – is the real risk.
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