Similarweb Data: ChatGPT Ads Click-Through Rates
Similarweb published some data sharing the click-through rates for OpenAI’s ChatGPT ads. The overall CTR for ChatGPT ads are 0.68%, the top quartile is 1%, the best brands are 1.57% and the peak CTR is 5.4%.
Google Web Bot Auth: Validate Authentic Bots
Google posted new developer documentation for how to authenticate requests with Web Bot Auth. This is a “new cryptographic protocol that helps websites to validate that bots are authentic,” Google wrote.
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 4, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Google explained how using AI in isolation works better for them…
Google Search Console Fixed The 50 Week Data Logging Issue
A month ago, Google posted that between the dates of May 13, 2025 through April 27, 2026, just about 50 weeks, there was a “logging error prevented Search Console from accurately reporting impressions.” Google updated the post to now say “This issue h…
Google Search Console Fixed The 50 Week Data Logging Issue
A month ago, Google posted that between the dates of May 13, 2025 through April 27, 2026, just about 50 weeks, there was a “logging error prevented Search Console from accurately reporting impressions.” Google updated the post to now say “This issue h…
Ask.com Shut Down After Almost 30 Years
IAC, the owners of Ask.com, have decided to get out of the search business and shut down one of the oldest and most legendary search engines of all time – Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves. IAC wrote, “As IAC continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the…
Ask.com Shut Down After Almost 30 Years
IAC, the owners of Ask.com, have decided to get out of the search business and shut down one of the oldest and most legendary search engines of all time – Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves. IAC wrote, “As IAC continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the…
Google Ads Adds Use AI To Add Products
Google Ads has added a new option (although, I think Google has said this is coming) under the “add product source” section where you can select how to add products to your Google Ads account. The option reads, “Use AI to add products – beta.”
Google Ads Adds Use AI To Add Products
Google Ads has added a new option (although, I think Google has said this is coming) under the “add product source” section where you can select how to add products to your Google Ads account. The option reads, “Use AI to add products – beta.”
Google On AI Overviews & AI Mode Being Isolated Systems (Or Not)
Nikola Todorovic, Director of Software Engineering at Google Search, spoke about a presentation he gave at Zurich in December at Google Search Central live (I was there). He dug into it on a recent Search Off the Record named How AI Is Changing Google …
Google On AI Overviews & AI Mode Being Isolated Systems (Or Not)
Nikola Todorovic, Director of Software Engineering at Google Search, spoke about a presentation he gave at Zurich in December at Google Search Central live (I was there). He dug into it on a recent Search Off the Record named How AI Is Changing Google …
Google Tests Fresh Updates Label For Search Snippets
Google is testing a new label for the search results snippet named “Fresh updates.” This was spotted on a weather website result, Accuweather.
Google Tests Fresh Updates Label For Search Snippets
Google is testing a new label for the search results snippet named “Fresh updates.” This was spotted on a weather website result, Accuweather.
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Volatility, Back Button Hijacking Notices & AdSense Triggers, Bing Webmaster Tools Teases AI Reporting & More
This week in search, we are seeing yet again more Google search ranking volatility. Google sent out notifications about back button hijacking penalties to those sites that have the problem. Google AdSense vignette ads may trigger the penalty…
Google Search May Be Deindexing URLs At Higher Rates
SEOs and site owners are always complaining about indexing issues with Google Search. Why is this page not indexed, why is that page not indexed. But some seasoned SEOs are asking if Google is more picky about what it indexes in the past month or so, …
Google Ads AI Max: AI Brief, Text Disclaimers & Shopping & Travel Expansion
Google annnounced a number of new updates for AI Max within Google Ads. These include (1) AI Brief, (2) text disclaimers and (3) Expansion with AI Max for shopping and Search Campaigns for travel.
Google Preferred Sources Now Available For All Languages Globally
Back in December, Google expanded Preferred sources globally, but only for English-language content. Now, according to The Verge, Google’s preferred sources support all languages globally.
Google Discover With New You Asked To See Label
Google is showing a new label on the Discover feed that says “You asked to see.” This label is added to items in your feed that are customized based on the Tailor Your Feed feature.
April & May 2026 Google Webmaster Report
I missed last month’s Google Webmaster Report, so I am combining both April and May into one big report. Google completed rolling out the March 2026 spam update in March, and started the March core update, which completed in April. We also had a lot …
Agency – Thisisagency.AI
Meet Agency. Agency is an Agentic HITL (Human-in-the-Loop) Operating System where you are the CEO of an agency of 81 AI employees.
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