AI Mode Queries Are 3X Longer – Why Your Page Should Lead With The Answer
One year of AI Mode data shows people asking questions, not typing fragments, which is why the lead-first paragraph now beats the narrative arc.
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What AI Bot Data From Hundreds Of Sites Reveals About AI Search [Webinar]
Optimize your marketing strategy by learning the limitations of AI search metrics and how to utilize your data effectively.
How Do I Identify Cannibalization Problems & Consolidate Without Loss Of Visibility? – Ask An SEO
A practical guide to spotting keyword cannibalization using Search Console, site crawlers, and rank trackers, plus fixes like canonicals, meta robots, and internal linking.
Google Expands Personalization Across Search, Discover & News
Google is rolling out a new embeddable Preferred Sources button, natural language Discover controls, and customizable audio briefings in the Google News app.
The Conversion Setup Errors That Break Smart Bidding
Smart Bidding problems often trace back to broken conversion tracking, not bidding strategy. Seven silent setup errors that corrupt the data feeding your campaigns.
Prompt Injections Just Proved Something SEO Has Known For 25 Years
Hidden white-on-white text was an SEO trick 25 years ago. Now, it tells AI models what to conclude about you.
Why Reddit’s ChatGPT Citation Drop Isn’t Fully Explained
New Promptwatch data shows a sharp drop in Reddit’s ChatGPT Search citations this month.
Microsoft Advertising Rolls Out AI Max Globally
Microsoft Advertising is rolling out AI Max globally, bringing expanded Search matching, text customization, URL expansion and new advertiser controls to Search campaigns.
Google Expands Generative UI Beyond AI Mode Into AI Overviews
Google’s generative UI, which builds custom visual layouts and interactive tools, has started reaching AI Overviews after launching in AI Mode last year.
Google Expands Personalization Across Search, Discover & News
Google is rolling out a new embeddable Preferred Sources button, natural language Discover controls, and customizable audio briefings in the Google News app.
Why Reddit’s ChatGPT Citation Drop Isn’t Fully Explained
New Promptwatch data shows a sharp drop in Reddit’s ChatGPT Search citations this month.
Microsoft Advertising Rolls Out AI Max Globally
Microsoft Advertising is rolling out AI Max globally, bringing expanded Search matching, text customization, URL expansion and new advertiser controls to Search campaigns.
Google Expands Generative UI Beyond AI Mode Into AI Overviews
Google’s generative UI, which builds custom visual layouts and interactive tools, has started reaching AI Overviews after launching in AI Mode last year.
Google Answers Why Spam Updates Need To Happen
Why does Google have spam updates every once in a while? Google’s John Mueller answers that question and explains the reason why Google doesn’t just...
Google Explains Why Search Updates Aren’t Announced Right Away
Google’s John Mueller explains why updates aren’t announced earlier when rankings are already bouncing around.
How Do I Identify Cannibalization Problems & Consolidate Without Loss Of Visibility? – Ask An SEO
A practical guide to spotting keyword cannibalization using Search Console, site crawlers, and rank trackers, plus fixes like canonicals, meta robots, and internal linking.
Google Expands Personalization Across Search, Discover & News
Google is rolling out a new embeddable Preferred Sources button, natural language Discover controls, and customizable audio briefings in the Google News app.
Clicks Down 42%, LinkedIn Reach Down 47%: What The Numbers Actually Show
LinkedIn reach and Google clicks are collapsing, but Tony Uphoff argues SEO pros are diagnosing structural disruption as decline, and prescribing the wrong fix.
InMotion Hosting Launches Tiered Agency Partner Program
InMotion Hosting launches a tiered Agency Partner Program helping digital agencies earn recurring revenue, access client leads, receive hosting discounts, and simplify account management.
How To Track Google AI Mode Traffic In Search Console
Search Console hides AI Mode query data by default. This breakdown compares four extraction methods, including a free ML-powered tool.
Google Answers Why Spam Updates Need To Happen
Why does Google have spam updates every once in a while? Google’s John Mueller answers that question and explains the reason why Google doesn’t just...
The Conversion Setup Errors That Break Smart Bidding
Smart Bidding problems often trace back to broken conversion tracking, not bidding strategy. Seven silent setup errors that corrupt the data feeding your campaigns.
Microsoft Advertising Rolls Out AI Max Globally
Microsoft Advertising is rolling out AI Max globally, bringing expanded Search matching, text customization, URL expansion and new advertiser controls to Search campaigns.
The Paid ‘Search’ Email Placement: Right Place, Right Time
Email placements work, but not as a replacement for email marketing. What Demand Gen and Audience Ads actually deliver, and how to set them up.
YouTube Measures Creator Video on Branded Search Lift, But The Attribution Gap Still Exists
Google’s creator playbook proves creator campaigns lift branded search, but omits attribution windows, baselines, and controls.
Google Ads Is Retiring Language Targeting In Search Campaigns
Google Ads is changing language targeting for Search and Performance Max in September 2026. Learn what’s changing and what advertisers need to know.
The PPC Clean-Up: How to Audit and Fix ‘Value Inflation’ in Google Ads
PPC managers inheriting an account: verify the conversion value before touching the bid strategy. Five checks that separate real revenue from phantom value.
Prompt Injections Just Proved Something SEO Has Known For 25 Years
Hidden white-on-white text was an SEO trick 25 years ago. Now, it tells AI models what to conclude about you.
Why Search Volume Is Screening Out Your Best Content Opportunities
AI assistants turn contextual prompts into multiple queries, making buyer decisions and sub-questions more valuable content targets than raw keyword volume.
Why Anthropic’s Claude Watermark May Be A New Text-Marking Method
Anthropic has revealed enough about Claude’s watermark to identify how it might work. A new research paper may be the clue.
How To Create YMYL Content That Gets Cited In AI Search
Thin health content was always risky. With AI Overviews answering most medical queries, it’s now invisible. Here’s what earns citations instead.
The AI Detection False Economy: Fueling FOW (Fear of Writing)
AI detectors gave wildly different verdicts on the same human-written article, and even flagged writing from 2014.
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Why AI Content Stopped Working & What To Do About It [Watch Now]
Does Google penalize AI content? Get answers on GEO, answer engine optimization, and the content personalization signals that convert. Watch on demand.
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AMA with Reddit Experts: What's Working Now & How To Get Into The Threads AI Cites
Bring your Reddit questions. Leave with an answer you can act on immediately.
- Why does AI answers keep pulling from Reddit and how to be in those threads?
- How can I be part of the conversations in my industry that don’t include your brand?
- What ways can I turn community presence into pipeline and revenue?
How Google AIOs Use Facebook, Instagram & TikTok From 300 Million US Searches
By Lemuel Park
Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok earn AI citations for different queries, rewarding precise answers over large audiences.
YouTube Changes How It Counts Views On Long-Form & Live
By Matt G. Southern
YouTube is changing how it counts views on long-form videos and live streams.
YouTube Measures Creator Video on Branded Search Lift, But The Attribution Gap Still Exists
By Greg Jarboe
Google’s creator playbook proves creator campaigns lift branded search, but omits attribution windows, baselines, and controls.
Reddit Preserved The Part Of The Internet We Broke
By Brent Csutoras
Search referrals measure how people reach Reddit. They don’t measure why people go looking for it, and that gap is where the value sits.
YouTube Adds New Shorts Payout Rules To Partner Program Terms
By Matt G. Southern
YouTube announced Partner Program changes taking effect in 2027, including new Shorts earnings rules, activity checks, and a terms deadline.
Reddit Wants To Be The Destination, Not Just The Source Behind Search & AI
By Brent Csutoras
Reddit’s Q2 call laid out the daily destination strategy and the participation problem standing in its way. What marketers should do now.