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The Search Herald

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VOL. XI, No. 3918 - Archive
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The latest jobs in search marketing

Land your next job in SEO or PPC. These brands and agencies are hiring to fill open search marketing positions right now. Search Engine Land

Could AI eventually make SEO obsolete?

From prompt engineering to data quality, here’s why SEO still depends on human input — even as AI capabilities expand. Search Engine Land

Where to focus technical SEO when you can’t do it all

When dev resources are limited, the wrong fixes waste time. Start with architecture, indexing, and performance to drive real gains. Search Engine Land

Google brings vehicle feeds to Search campaigns

Vehicle feeds in Google Ads let automotive advertisers show real inventory directly in Search, creating more visual and high-intent ads. Search Engine Land

SMX Now: Learn how brands must adapt for AI-driven search

Join us April 1 for the first SMX Now, featuring iPullRank’s presentation: AI Search Picks Winners: Here’s the GEO Strategy Behind It. Search Engine Land

Google retires several legacy ad format policies

Google is removing legacy ad format policies in Google Ads, reflecting the shift toward newer, automated campaign types. Search Engine Land

Small publisher search traffic fell 60% over two years: Data

Google Search pageviews fell 34% year over year and Discover dropped 15%, as ChatGPT referrals rose 200% but remained under 1% of traffic. Search Engine Land

Google AI Overviews now appear on 14% of shopping queries: Report

Shopping searches are no longer safe from AI Overviews. A new study of 20.9 million SERPs shows AI summaries spreading fast. Search Engine Land

You could unlock your share of $2,000,000 USD in prizes with your daily searches

The Microsoft Rewards Total Prize Drop is officially underway, and it’s bringing the biggest rewards yet. For a limited time, Microsoft Rewards members can enter for a chance to win a [...] Bing Search

A more personal digital health experience for people in Europe

Google and DocMorris have announced a partnership to create a more intuitive and supportive digital health experience. Inside Adwords

Google: 404 Crawling Means Google Is Open To More Of Your Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google's John Mueller implies that Googlebot crawling 404 pages is a positive sign about that site's content. Search Engine Journal

AI Mode is Google’s next ads engine — and it already knows how to monetize it

As AI Mode expands, ad formats, reporting, and control are starting to take shape, with Google playing a long game competitors can’t match. Search Engine Land

Your SEO maturity score doesn’t measure what you think it does

VGMM scoring reveals governance gaps, single points of failure, and whether your SEO can scale beyond individual expertise. Search Engine Land

Multi-location SEO strategy: Stop competing with your own content

Content overlap, unclear ownership, and poor planning can limit growth. Learn how to align corporate and local SEO efforts. Search Engine Land

What patents reveal about the foundations of AI search

AI search is built on years-old patents. Here’s how those blueprints shape AEO, GEO, and modern SEO strategy. Search Engine Land