Microsoft launches Copilot Mode in Edge, introducing multi-tab AI analysis, voice navigation, and more features in development. Copilot Mode brings AI tools to Microsoft’s Edge browser Available tools…

OpenAI has launched a new feature in ChatGPT called Study Mode, offering a step-by-step learning experience designed to guide users through complex topics. While aimed at students, Study Mode reflects…

It’s halftime. The first half of 2025 brought major shakeups in SEO, AI, and organic growth – and it’s time for a reality check. Traffic is down, revenue is ……

This week’s Ask An SEO question comes from an ecommerce business that followed best practices, but still lost traffic after migrating to a new platform. “We recently migrated our ecommerce…

Google’s Gary Illyes discussed the concept of “centerpiece content,” how they go about identifying it, and why soft 404s are the most critical error that gets in the way of…

At the recent Search Central Live Deep Dive 2025, Kenichi Suzuki asked Google’s Gary Illyes how Google measures high quality and user satisfaction of traffic from AI Overviews. Illyes’ response,…

New research from Microsoft reveals that marketing and sales professionals are among the most affected by generative AI, based on an analysis of 200,000 real workplace conversations with Bing Copilot.…

What made a Performance Max critic finally embrace it in both Google and Bing? Clear, measurable results proved automation can drive real value at scale. The post Performance Max: I…

Generative AI-driven search isn’t a trend; it’s the new baseline. Tools like Gemini and ChatGPT have already replaced traditional queries for millions of users. Your audience doesn’t just search anymore:…

In a recent Search Off the Record podcast, Google’s Search Relations team cautioned developers against using CSS for all website images. While CSS background images can enhance visual design, they’re…

Google clarifies that soft 404 pages consume crawl budget, even when they return a 200 OK status. Here’s how this affects your site. Soft 404s consume crawl budget and won’t…

You’ve heard the predictions: AI will replace SEO, generative search will eliminate organic traffic, and marketers should start updating their resumes. With 73% of marketing teams using generative AI, it’s…

I’ve spent years working with Google’s SEO tools, and while there are countless paid options out there, Google’s free toolkit remains the foundation of my optimization workflow. These tools show…

A new SEO plugin called SureRank, by Brainstorm Force, makers of the popular Astra theme, is rapidly growing in popularity. In beta for a few months, it was announced in…

A company founder shared their experience with programmatic SEO, which they credited for initial success until it was deindexed by Google, calling it a big mistake they won’t repeat. The…

Aleyda Solís conducted an experiment to test how fast ChatGPT indexes a web page and unexpectedly discovered that ChatGPT appears to use Google’s search results as a fallback for web…

Too often in our content and messaging, we default to listing features in a succession of brief, disconnected claims rather than showing readers how those features will make a genuine…

As SEO evolves with AI optimization, generative engine optimization, and answer engine optimization, brands and marketers must rethink their SEO strategies to stay competitive. Instead of focusing solely on traditional…

In a recent episode of Google’s Search Off the Record podcast, Martin Splitt and John Mueller clarified how CSS affects SEO. While some aspects of CSS have no bearing on…

Google Search Central Asia Pacific 2025 focused on three pillars over the three days. The theme for day one was crawling, and day two of the event focused on indexing,…

Google’s Gary Illyes confirmed that AI Search does not require specialized optimization, saying that “AI SEO” is not necessary and that standard SEO is all that is needed for both…

The second day of the Google Search Central Live APAC 2025 kicked off with a brief tie‑in to the previous day’s deep dive into crawling, before moving squarely into indexing.…

Questions about the methodology used by the Pew Research Center suggest that its conclusions about Google’s AI summaries may be flawed. Facts about how AI summaries are created, the sample…

Google has launched Web Guide, an experimental feature in Search Labs that uses AI to reorganize search results pages. The goal is to help you find information by grouping related…

If you spend time in SEO circles lately, you’ve probably heard query fan-out used in the same breath as semantic SEO, AI content, and vector-based retrieval. It sounds new, but…

Google unveiled three new shopping features today that use AI to enhance the way people discover and buy products. The updates include a virtual try-on tool for clothing, more flexible…

Google has just unveiled an alpha version of its Trends API at Google Search Central Live, Deep Dive APAC 2025. This new offering brings explore-page data directly into applications. The…

Pew Research Center tracked real web browsing behavior and confirmed what many publishers and SEOs have claimed: AI Overviews does not send traffic back to websites. The results show that…

Marketers tend to prioritize top-of-funnel awareness and bottom-funnel conversion efforts. Yet, the mid-funnel stage is where prospects actively weigh options and is crucial for sustained growth and profitability. Overlooking this…

New data from Google’s Q2 2025 earnings call suggests that AI features in Search are driving higher engagement. Google reported that AI Overviews contribute to more than 10% additional queries…