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SERP FAQ Removal & New Data Challenge Schema’s AI Search Value via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google's FAQ removal and new Ahrefs research challenge schema's value for SERP visibility and AI citations.
Search Engine Journal
Google Search On How To Optimize For Generative AI With Myth-Busting
On Friday, Google published a new help document named Optimizing your website for generative AI features on Google Search. This document covers much of what Googlers have said over the years, [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
66% Of SEOs Say AI Mode Won't Replace Google Search
I asked the SEO community if they think AI Mode will replace Google Search.
With Google I/O coming up this Tuesday, there is a lot of speculation around this. And with over 1,000 poll results in, I [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Live Results Updated By AI X Minutes Ago Label
Google Search is sometimes showing a label under the Live search results named "Updated by AI 1 minute ago."
So Google is labeling what content was updated using AI, which seems new to me.
Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Primary Conversion Actions May Be Used For Enhance Predictions
Google updated a number of its Google Ads help documentation to say "Primary conversion actions not used for optimization may be used to enhance predictions." It is not clear if this is a [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Google AI Mode Animated Invisible Edit & Copy Buttons
Google AI Mode is now showing an edit and copy button when you mouse your cursor near the search term or prompt. Otheriwse, the edit and copy button go hidden.
Copy, copies the prompt and edit lets [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 18, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Search Engine Roundtable
The 5-layer framework for measuring GEO performance
AI visibility dashboards can’t answer the ROI question on their own. Here’s how to build a more credible GEO measurement model.
Search Engine Land
SEO or GEO audits fail without these 3 essentials
AI can scale SEO and GEO audits, but only if your system has the right data, methodology, and human oversight.
Search Engine Land
4 ways to strengthen buy-in for technical SEO work
Technical SEO projects gain traction faster when you communicate their value in terms executives and developers understand.
Search Engine Land
When did 25% efficiency become not enough?
AI hype has created unrealistic expectations around automation, making meaningful productivity gains feel like failure.
Search Engine Land
Google Ads costs keep rising, but conversion rates improved in 2025
Google Ads is getting more expensive, but advertisers improving conversion efficiency are still finding ways to grow.
Search Engine Land
NEW Google Adds Markdown Files To Help Docs But Not Used For Search
Google has added markdown files, .md.txt files, to the Google Search help documents. But John Mueller from Google said that these are not being used for Search or generative AI responses in Search.
Search Engine Roundtable
NEW Google I/O 2026 Search Ranking Volatility & Update
Today is Google I/O, where Google announces many of its new features across its products, including Google Search. It is not uncommon to see Google search ranking volatility spike around Google I/O, [...]
Search Engine Roundtable
NEW OpenAI / ChatGPT Has A Web Cache
OpenAI's ChatGPT web search feature does offer a web cache, an offline, locally stored version of web pages that have been previously crawled. This should not come as a surprise, as all search [...]
Search Engine Roundtable