11 best alternative search engines to Google in 2026
In recent years, Google has made significant changes that have particularly impacted publishers and other content creators. At the same time, we’ve witnessed the rise of alternative search engines. Although Google continues to dominate the market, there are many reasons you might consider exploring other options. We’ve compiled and tested a list of alternatives in […]
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Your Sites Receive More Traffic Than You Realize
The SEO community has blinded itself to the large amount of traffic visiting most Websites. You’re relying too much on Javascript-based analytics and third-party tools that collect “clickstream” data or that use other methods to captu…
So Now You’re Just Going To Bribe Me For Reviews?
It has begun. The Great Bribe Spam Tidal Wave Of 2025. I don’t know what else to call it. Companies desperate to be seen in AI Overviews are now (apparently – based on my limited experience) offering people … stuff … if theyR…
Bing expands generative search experience and Deep Search
Bing generative search experience now works for informational queries.
Reddit CEO to Microsoft and AI search engines: Pay for our content
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman does not believe all web content – especially theirs – is free for AI models and search engines to crawl and use.
Microsoft confirms Reddit blocked Bing Search
Reddit updated its robots.txt file prohibiting Bing and some other search engines from crawling its site.
Bing testing new generative search experience
Microsoft said this “combines the power of LLMs and SLMs with Bing’s search results to generate a more delightful and efficient UX layout.”
Prompt injection added to Bing Webmaster Guidelines
Adding content to your webpages which attempts to perform prompt injection is against Bing’s guidelines.
Google AI Overviews, clicks and traffic impact: Unraveling the mystery
What’s up with the Google AI Overviews click-through rates? Let’s explore some math, sleights of hand and corporate miscommunications.
Bing Search outages since early this morning
Third-party search services that use Bing are also offline, including DuckDuckGo, ChatGPT Search, Copilot and more.
Bing Search tests removing cache link
This comes after Google Search officially dropped its cache link a couple of months go.
Bing Deep Search is officially live for all users
Microsoft announced Deep Search back in December, it went live for some users last month and is now officially live for all users.
Microsoft Ads expands Copilot to more advertisers
Copilot allows marketers to instantly generate assets for campaigns, such as images, headlines, and descriptions.
Bing Webmaster Tools gains new IndexNow Insights & top SEO insights report
IndexNow now reached 2.5 billion submitted URLs and accounts for 17% of its clicked on web search results.
Google: Apple rejected Microsoft Bing deal over quality and advertising worries
Microsoft claims Google, which pays Apple up to $19 billion a year to be the default search engine on its products, blocked the sale.
One year later: Little change to Microsoft Bing’s search market share
Despite lots of hype and hope from Microsoft, Google still dominates search – though Bing has made tiny gains in the U.S. and worldwide.
Bing Deep Search is rolling out to more users
Microsoft previewed Deep Search in December 2023 and now it seems more users are able to see it.
Microsoft Search and News Advertising revenue up 8%
This is the first time Microsoft has reported its quarterly earnings as a $3 trillion company and included revenue from Activision Blizzard.
ChatGPT vs. Google Bard vs. Bing Chat vs. Claude: Which generative AI solution is best?
Here’s a comparison of genAI tools ChatGPT, Bard, Bing Chat Balanced, Bing Chat Creative, and Claude based on four metrics.
We’re launching an IndexNow integration in Yoast SEO
Over the last couple of months, there’s been a lot of talk about a new protocol called IndexNow. This new protocol automatically notifies search engines that support it about all the updates on your site. While initially skeptical about this development, we’ve decided to add an IndexNow integration to Yoast SEO Premium 18.8. What is […]
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