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NEW Google’s SAGE Agentic AI Research: What It Means For SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster
New research paper about creating a dataset for training deep research AI agents (SAGE) also provides SEO insights for content.
Search Engine Journal
Google AI Overviews follow up questions jump you directly to AI Mode
This will result in less traffic to your site and more traffic to Google's AI Mode. Plus, Gemini 3 is now powering all AI Overviews globally by default.
Search Engine Land
The Ads Decoded Podcast
Google Exploring Ways To Allow Sites To Opt Out Of AI Overviews & AI Mode
Google just announced it is looking into ways to allow websites to specifically opt out of Google using its content in the Search generative AI features such as AI Overviews and AI Mode.
This comes [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Why Search and Shopping ads stop scaling without demand
Search and shopping excel at closing, not creating. Learn how awareness, CRM, and upper-funnel media fuel future performance.
Search Engine Land
Our approach to website controls for Search AI features
Today, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a consultation on potential new requirements for Google Search, including on the controls we provide to we…
Google Ads Experiment Center Help Doc
Google has posted a new Google Ads help document named About the Google Ads Experiment Center. This document "is a unified hub for validating strategies and continuously improving campaign [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
AI local visibility is up to 30x harder than ranking in Google: Report
Data shows AI assistants recommend only 1% to 11% of locations, revealing a massive gap between Google rankings and AI visibility.
Search Engine Land
Bing Webmaster Tools AI Performance Report Beta
Bing is testing a new report within Bing Webmaster Tools named AI Performance. AI Performance shows you how many citations you are getting from Microsoft Copilot and partners. But while it shows you [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Google may give sites a way to opt out of AI search generative features
You may soon be able to tell Google to not use your content for AI Overviews, AI Mode and other search AI features.
Search Engine Land
NEW Google tests third-party endorsements in search ads
Google is testing 3rd party endorsements in Search ads, adding publisher logos and quotes to introduce external validation into paid results.
Search Engine Land
Google Ads API v23 kicks off faster releases for 2026
Google’s v23 Ads API speeds up releases while adding deeper Performance Max insights, AI-driven audiences, and more granular reporting.
Search Engine Land
Just ask anything: a seamless new Search experience
Search users around the world now have easier access to frontier AI capabilities.
NEW Google Search Ranking Volatility Super Heated January 29 & 30
January has been an insane month with Google Search ranking volatility, and I guess it is no surprise to see the most heated time right now, as we end the month.
I am seeing a significant spike in [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
How to find great writers (and other content marketing struggles)
You get what you pay for in content. Here’s how to find great writers in 2026, from job boards to LinkedIn and beyond.
Search Engine Land