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The New Google Search Ad Layout Is Causing Accidentally Clicks
A few weeks ago, Google launched a new ad layout with the large "Sponsored results" label that groups numerous ads under that one label, and then sticks a "Hide sponsored results" [...]
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NEW Ahrefs Data Shows Brand Mentions Boost AI Search Rankings via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Ahrefs' Brand Radar data shows that brand mentions are an important factor in AI search visibility.
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Google Local Services Ads vs. Search Ads: Which drives better local leads?
Find out how ad setup, targeting, and lead quality vary between LSAs and Search campaigns – and when to use each for better local results.
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NEW Social and UGC: The trust engines powering search everywhere
Search is happening everywhere – from Reddit to AI. Learn why trust, not tactics, now drives visibility across every search surface.
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NEW Aja Frost on AI search, content strategy, and AEO success metrics
HubSpot's Aja Frost talks AI search, content evolution, and why visibility (not traffic) is the new success metric for brands in the AEO era.
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Google Discusses Digital PR Impact On AI Recommendations via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google says AI surfaces businesses the same way people do, by checking what others recommend online.
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Google PSA: Verify Your Hosted Cloud Provider Host In Search Console
Google's John Mueller posted a PSA yesterday, reminding SEOs and developers to verify the host name of cloud providers they are using to host images, videos, and other content. Specifically, you [...]
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NEW GEO startup Lorelight shuts down: ‘The problem didn’t need solving’
Lorelight’s closure has SEOs saying GEO is just SEO. Maybe. But that might just be the hype cycle doing its usual crash-and-correct.
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NEW 5 Google Ads tactics to drop in 2026
Some PPC practices no longer fit today’s automated Google Ads environment. Here’s what to phase out – and what to prioritize next year.
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7 focus areas as AI transforms search and the customer journey in 2026
AI is reshaping how people search, decide, and buy. Discover the key shifts defining 2026 and how to stay visible everywhere.
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NEW Google Merchant Center Smart Cropping - You Can Opt Out
Did you know that Google Merchant Center will automatically crop your product images in Google Shopping if it thinks it will look better in Google Search? Did you know that you can also opt out of [...]
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Publishers Say Google Used Their Data to Cheat Them, Raptive Lawsuit
Raptive, an advertising-sales company representing thousands of websites (content publishers), filed a 93-page complaint against Google in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New [...]
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Google & Bing Are Indexing Grokipedia - AI Generated Wikipedia / Encyclopedia
Grokipedia, an AI-generated online encyclopedia launched a week ago with over 800,000 AI-generated pages, and both Google and Bing have already indexed hundreds, if not thousands, of those [...]
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