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Google has begun rolling out the August 2026 spam update, applying globally and to all languages, its third one this year.

Search volume misses high-intent AI prompts. Prioritize sub-questions, entities, and buyer decisions to earn citations and drive conversions.

Unveil the truth about AI search with interesting findings from 15 million data points. Learn what really influences rankings.

ChatGPT is scoping its fan-out searches to sites it already trusts, and I think the site: operator is a method of reducing spammy results. See what the recent industry research reveals.

Join SEJ Live for three sessions on local visibility, lead attribution, and building pages AI engines can trust and cite.

YouTube is changing how it counts views on long-form videos and live streams. This change will not affect earnings or eligibility.

A classifier for the AI conversations leaking into Search Console. Seven kinds, from human replies and comparison questions to tracker bots and agent prompts.

Google Gemini allows users to disable the visible watermark on AI-generated images, videos, and music, while SynthID and C2PA marks stay embedded.

A v2 update to the llms.txt spec has shipped, adding formal link relations that help AI agents locate Markdown versions of pages.

Gmail and Outlook ad inventory sits inside Demand Gen and Audience Ads. Here's how to run it without cannibalizing your search campaigns.