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AI assistants now equal 56% of global search engine volume: Study

Mobile apps drive most activity as ChatGPT, Gemini and others push AI discovery to 45B monthly sessions, new analysis finds. Search Engine Land

Google Marketing Live 2026 set for May 20

An email from the Accelerate with Google program inviting entries to the Google Ads Impact Awards shared the date GML 2026 is happening. Search Engine Land

Google Ads adds AI voice-over to Performance Max video ads

Google is enrolling advertisers in an AI voice-over program that will automatically narrate their video ads — unless they opt out by March 20. Search Engine Land

McKinsey’s ‘Organize to Value’ a blueprint for evolving to positionless marketing by Optimove

Analysis shows that unclear objectives, uncommitted leaders, a stagnant culture are the culprits behind failing operational transformations... not technology. Search Engine Land

Programming Note: Offline For Several Days

This is a programming note that I will be not be posting here for the next several days. I am not exactly sure how long it will take and when I will be back at 100% but I am expecting it to take at [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated

Yep, more of the same - the Google Search ranking volatility remains heated. Many are asking when we will see an officially announced Google core update. But it has not been announced yet. Search Engine Roundtable

Robby Stein Of Google On Teaching AI To Link Out

Robby Stein, VP, Product at Google Search, was interviewed by Zain Kah on Google AI Search features. While most of the conversation are items we already know, he did say a few interesting things [...] Search Engine Roundtable

Google Discover Tests Large Publisher Header Images

Google is testing a larger header image for the Google Discover publisher header images. It looks a lot more magazine-type and style. Search Engine Roundtable

Google AI Voice Models Coming To Google Ads PMax Videos

Google Ads is rolling out Google AI voice models as a new asset optimization feature for your video ads. This is for your existing Performance Max video ads. Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search Console Crawl Stats Date Toggle/Selector Buggy

Google seems to have a bug with the Crawl Stats report in Google Search Console. The date selector appears to be acting a bit weird, where it doesn't let you select the before or after date. Search Engine Roundtable

Content alone isn’t enough: Why SEO now requires distribution

AI search pulls from a wider and constantly shifting set of sources. SEOs need broader distribution strategies to maintain visibility. Search Engine Land

The infinite tail: When search demand moves beyond keywords

AI search expands the long tail into endless prompt variations. Here’s how fan-out queries, grounding, and task completion reshape SEO. Search Engine Land

The five infrastructure gates behind crawl, render, and index

Where do AI systems lose confidence in your content? Discovery, selection, crawling, rendering, and indexing hold the answer. Search Engine Land

Google adds automatic end screens to video ads

Google is automatically appending AI-generated conversion cards to the end of video ads — but will override any pre-set end screens. Search Engine Land

Daily Search Forum Recap: March 10, 2026

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... Search Engine Roundtable