AI citations explained: how they work and how to get them
AI search is changing how visibility works. Users are getting direct answers instead of clicking links, which means fewer chances to drive traffic. In this shift, AI citations are becoming the new gatekeepers, deciding which sources get featured in answers. Over the past year, search has moved from ranking pages to selecting sources, pushing us […]
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Google Search Console Performance Report Impressions Spiking???
Google Search Console’s performance report may have some sort of bug or tracking issue. When you set some filters, you may see a huge spike in impressions start to show up in the report.
Google Chimes In On Teen SEO Wants To Save Family Spain Vacation Rental
Google’s John Mueller chimed in on Reddit when a teenager of a family vacation rental business said he was trying to save his family business through SEO after being burned by previous SEOs. In short, it seems the family has a vacation rental in Spain…
Is Google Ditching Blue Background For AI Citations?
New test places AI Overview citations on a white background without throwing any shade behind it.
Bing Shopping Tests AI-Based Recommendations
Bing is testing a new AI-based recommendations section in the Shopping Tab. Bing adds this block to the top of the results, and shows AI-citations at the top right.
Bing Gives Product Ads Some Cushion
Bing spotted testing more listings in the sponsored product section at the top of its results.
Codename: Agency – Mapping The Cyborg Exoskeleton for the Agentic Age
It’s strange to read a Google-affiliated academic collaboration that hypothesises about a future with the very systems you’ve actually built and beta-tested in public over 6 months
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Measuring Brand Authority in Gemini’s Parametric Memory: A PageRank NS Approach
When a large language model is asked to “name 100 brands at random,” it doesn’t produce uniform randomness. It produces a distribution shaped by its training data, revealing which brands occupy the most cognitive real estate in the model’s latent space. We present a two-phase methodology for quantifying brand authority in AI memory, inspired by […]
Codename: Agency – A Weapon of Mass Disruption?
Agency is not just software. It is a completely simulated, autonomous digital marketing agency. Agency has bridged the gap between raw intelligence and human-in-the-loop operational execution.
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google March 2026 Core & Spam Update, AI-Generated Title Links, Bing AI Reports Update & Much More
This week we covered the release of the Google March 2026 core update that rolled out this morning and will take about two weeks to finish. We also covered Google March 2026 spam update that launched on March 24th and finished 19.5 hours later on Mar…
Google Search Live Goes Global
Google announced Search Live has launched globally, for all languages and locations where AI Mode is available. Google said this is possible by its “new audio and voice model, Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, which delivers even more natural and intuitive conver…
Google Merchant Center Will Highlight Vehicle Ads Data Quality Issues
Google announced that it will begin to highlight data quality account issues related to Vehicle ads within Google Merchant Center. This will begin in mid-April 2026.
Google Ads Expanding Loyalty Program
Google Ads and Merchant Center is expanding the Loyalty program features to highlight key perks, expand local and regional visibility, expand internationally and within AI Mode and Gemini.
Google March 2026 Core Update Is Rolling Out – First Core Update Of Year
Google officially announced the rollout of the March 2026 core update early Friday morning at around 5:14 ET. This core update is expected to take up to 2 weeks to roll out. Google said this “is a regular update designed to better surface relevant, sat…
Google Ads PMax Audience Exclusions & New Reporting
Google announced several new steering updates for Google Ads Performance Max including first-party audience exclusions, budget reporting, full audience reporting and network segmentation in placement reporting.
Bing Testing Rounded Corners On Short Videos
Microsoft Bing is testing using rounded corners on short videos and normal videos within the Bing search results interface. Bing used to show these as squared-off edges.
The March 2026 SEO Update by Yoast recap
The March 2026 SEO Update by Yoast is part of our monthly webinar series covering the latest developments in search and AI. Hosted by Carolyn Shelby and Alex Moss, this month’s session explored how AI is reshaping search, Google’s latest moves, and what brands should prioritize now. Watch the full recap on YouTube to dive […]
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4 Prompt Tracking Mistakes — Whiteboard Friday
Are you measuring AI visibility wrong? Tom Capper reveals the 4 biggest mistakes in AI prompt tracking and 4 creative ways to expand your list of prompts.
Daily Search Forum Recap: March 26, 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.
The Google March 2026 spam update was the fastest rolling out update…
Google Tests Huge Block of Citations at Bottom of AI Overviews
Google is running a test (or a bug) that shows a massive box of citations (massive in size, not in number of citations) at the bottom of AI Overviews.