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Organic traffic is still worth tracking — just not all of it
Not every organic visit deserves equal weight anymore. Here’s how to focus SEO reporting on high-intent pages and business impact.
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Velocity: What the Googlers not on stage said at I/O 2026
Google I/O 2026 felt like a victory lap. Here's what the conversations behind the demos actually revealed.
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What makes a brand machine-readable in AI search
A review of 19 businesses found the same problem repeatedly: strong expertise buried in content AI systems can’t reliably interpret.
Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 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.
Google launched the May 2026 core update on Thursday [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Google Posts Memorial Day 2026 Doodle
Google has historically not posted a Doodle, a special Google logo, for Memorial Day in the United States. Instead, Google has placed an American flag and message below the search box over the past [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Pichai Says Google Is ‘A Bit Behind’ On Agentic Coding via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Sundar Pichai says Google is "a bit behind" in agentic coding, citing a lack of developer-facing products as one reason for the gap.
Search Engine Journal
Google May 2026 Core Update Landed Over The Weekend
As you know, Google announced the May 2026 core update on Thursday afternoon and it didn't take long for the update to be felt by the SEO community.
Many, not all, but many, started to feel the [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Google Officially Appeals Search Monopoly Ruling
We knew Google would appeal the search monopoly ruling; in fact, Google asked the courts to pause the remedies until the appeal is handled.
Google was ruled an illegal monopoly in August 2024 but [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Officially Releases AI Guided Image Search Experience
Back in March, we were the first to talk about Microsoft Bing testing a new AI version of Bing image search.
Microsoft was not talking about it, but it was clear that this was an AI-curated, [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Google Removes Lag For AI Overviews & AI Mode Showing Penalized Content
Since Google launched AI Overviews (and AI Mode), there was an apparent lag or delay from when a web page would be removed from the Google Search index, including after getting a manual action [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Google Home Page Promoting AI Features Out Of I/O
Google has added a lot of content boxes below the search box on the Google home page. These boxes promote a lot of the news out of Google I/O around AI Mode, AI image generation, tips on using AI [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profile Detailed Rejection Notices
Generally, when a Google Business Profile email notice gets sent, especially the rejection notices, the details around that rejection are obscure and unknown.
But Google seems to be trying harder to [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 25, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Search Engine Roundtable
NEW Google Business Profiles Photos / Videos Add View Counts
Google is now showing the number of times a photo or video was viewed and seen by users in the Google Business Profiles photos/videos section.
So now, business owners can see if the images and [...]
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