What is agentic commerce? A peek into the future of buying (with caveats)
Commerce has undergone several major shifts over the past few decades. What started with localized physical stores evolved into borderless, internet-driven ecommerce experiences. Now, with the rise of AI, it is believed that commerce could be heading toward another transformation: agentic commerce, where AI agents help consumers discover products, compare options, and even complete purchases […]
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Google Search Ranking Volatility This Weekend – Around June 6th
Earlier this month, the Google May 2026 core update was completed on June 2, 2026. But the volatility has not seemed to calm down. I am seeing a lot of chatter spike up from within the SEO community over the weekend. The SEO chatter started Friday, J…
New Google Document On Third-Party SEO Tools, Services & Advice
Google not only updated its advice on hiring an SEO document, but also created a new one named Google Search’s guidance on using third-party SEO tools, services, and advice. This document drills into how to evaluate the advice you get from these source…
Google Updates Its Hiring An SEO Doc Warning On SEO Tools & AI Optimization
Google has updated its help document titled Do you need an SEO? Google said the changes are to help when “evaluating your SEO’s recommendations and tools, along with other minor updates to the page to simplify and modernize the content.” But the docum…
Google Search Profiles Insights & Analytics
Google launched Search Profiles late last week, a way for creators and publishers to have a place on Google to highlight its content and platforms. And Google seems to be testing a new Insights section for Search profiles, where you can see how search…
Bing Gives Searchers A Way To Disable AI Copilot Answers
Microsoft Bing announced a new way to disable the Copilot, Microsoft AI, responses from showing up in the Bing search results. There is a new browser extension available for Chrome and Edge that you can install to toggle off showing AI responses, or y…
Google: Google Chrome Won’t Set AI Mode The Default Search Experience
Google has confirmed that the search company has no plans on making AI Mode the default search experience within Google Chrome. This comes after Chrome Canary added a new experimental flag that redirected searches from the address bar directly to AI Mo…
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…
Sadistic & Malevolent Psychopath Stella Huh Abuses Kids
Last year I found out that in January 2023 Stella Huh had pushed my daughter so hard that my daughter was hiding in the closet when my wife Giovanna returned from her jog to the San Francisco Four Seasons hotel. Our daughter was so scared that she did …
Sadistic & Malevolent Psychopath Stella Huh Abuses Kids
Last year I found out that in January 2023 Stella Huh had pushed my daughter so hard that my daughter was hiding in the closet when my wife Giovanna returned from her jog to the San Francisco Four Seasons hotel. Our daughter was so scared that she did …
Google Search Profiles: Publisher Profile Pages Officially Live
After tons and tons of testing and tweaking, Google is officially announcing what it calls Search profiles and what I called Discover publisher pages. Google said Search profiles provide “a central place to showcase their latest articles, videos and s…
Microsoft Advertising To Update UTM Analytics Auto-Tagging Sep. 2
Microsoft emailed advertisers notifying them that Microsoft Advertising will update UTM auto-tagging beginning on September 2, 2026. Microsoft added that no action is required on your part, as the updated tags will be applied automatically.
Coming Soon: Connecting Google Business Profile To Google Analytics
Google will soon allow you to connect your Google Business Profile with Google Analytics. Google sent out an email to some businesses saying this is coming soon, within the next “few weeks.”
Google Passkey & Security Agent Added To Account Security and Safety Doc
With the rise of Google Ads accounts being hijacked, Google has updated its Account security and safety help document with more details on passkeys and the security agent feature. This is in addition to a number of changes Google made recently around a…
Google Dialog: Does This Business Offer Rewards In Exchange For Reviews
About five months ago (I missed it), Google began asking searchers if the business location they are visited offers rewards in exchange for reviews. The prompt that comes up in the app asks, “Does this business offer rewards in exchange for reviews?”
WTF is NLWeb? — Whiteboard Friday
What is NLWeb? Crystal Carter explains how the Natural Language Web uses the ASK protocol and your structured data to prepare your site for the agentic web.
What is Generative User Interface Optimization? (GUIO)
Generative User Interface Optimization is poised to redefine digital interaction, offering unparalleled personalization and efficiency.
Read the full article here What is Generative User Interface Optimization? (GUIO) © Copyright 2006-2025 Shaun Anders…
Merchant Center Expands Attribute Rules To Automatically Found Products
Google has expanded the attribute rules feature in Google Merchant Center to work for automatically found products. Before, attribute rules only worked for products added through your merchant feeds, but not it works for products Google finds by itsel…
June 2026 Google Webmaster Report
Here is the monthly Google webmaster report – the June 2026 edition – where I cover all the larger SEO and webmaster related Google Search news that you may want to catch up on over the past week. Yes, we had the big Google May 2026 core update, with …