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AI search grew, token spending surged, software stocks fell, and publishers lost traffic. Here’s what H1 2026 revealed about AI’s impact.
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Microsoft reported its fourth-quarter 2026 earnings, showing that its search and advertising revenue was up 10%, indicating its ad growth was 2 points lower than the previous quarter. The previous [...]
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Learn how to balance AEO and search performance with smarter content decisions, stronger third-party validation, and pages built for retrieval.
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Liquid content gives publishers more ways to package, distribute, personalize, and monetize journalism as audience habits shift.
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Google is now testing showing related searches based on your browsing. I suspect this is based on your browsing history on Chrome, beyond what you may search for in Google but based on what pages you [...]
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Google is now testing AI-generated descriptions on shopping and product ads. We saw this with normal sponsored results earlier this month, Google confirmed it was a small test then, and now we are [...]
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Doesn't it feel like you are always seeing AI Overviews at the top of all your Google Search results?
Well, new data from Similarweb says that AI Overviews show up for about 43% of all queries. [...]
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Normally, I wouldn't cover political topics like this, but with Google trying to copyright its search results, including AI Overview responses, I thought it was appropriate.
Google responded to [...]
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Google has a new help document in the Google Ads support area on how to set up offline conversions using GBRAID. A GBRAID URL parameter (&gbraid=xyz) is a privacy-preserving identifier used to [...]
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Google is testing a new carousel at the top of the Google home page on mobile for Google Discover. It is a carousel of content that is titled "Read Later Queue," and it comprises articles [...]
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Build your local presence around real locations, markets, and service areas instead of turning every geographic keyword into a new URL.
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Automate the process of grouping thousands of search queries into coherent topics for faster, more scalable content planning.
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
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When sales is rewarded for closing deals and delivery is judged on results, unrealistic SEO and AI promises become almost inevitable.
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Google Display & Video 360's latest Structured Data Files update adds AI labels, DOOH support and new bulk management features.
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