Re-imagining AI Visibility KPIs in a Query Fan Out world
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Four in ten Americans would hand AI a chore, survey finds
Restaurant bookings lead the tasks respondents would delegate. Reported use of AI agents is much lower than willingness to try them.
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Google is paying publishers for AI answers, with some decidedly small cheques
Reports describe a selective pilot and uneven returns. Digiday’s firsthand reporting explains how Google ties payments to content contributions.
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ChatGPT advertisers can now launch product campaigns from a spreadsheet
Bulk product-feed setup joins broader conversion reporting, while changing an advertiser’s public name can pause delivery.
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Google’s September spam update delivers another ranking jolt
SEOs are reporting renewed movement as the worldwide rollout continues. Google still lists one active spam update.
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Yahoo sponsored results now showing more blue hyperlinks
Yahoo sponsored results are now showing more blue hyperlinks within ads, a design change that stood out compared to previous visits.
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ChatGPT now lets you try on clothes with a selfie
Shoppers can generate try-on images from a selfie and save products for later on mobile and the web.
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Publishers want Congress to stop AI bots pretending to be human
The proposed Stealth Bot Prohibition Act would target deceptive access and require disclosure of what crawlers intend to do with content.
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AI shopping answers keep sending customers to the big chains, study finds
Small stores appeared in source links more often than they became the first recommendation, a Lightspeed-funded analysis found.
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Google beats Rolling Stone publisher’s lawsuit over AI search
The publishers’ expectation of search traffic could not support their argument that Google had struck a coercive content deal.
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Google shopping ads missing product images on mobile
Google Ads is showing Shopping ads with product titles but no images, spotted by Arpan Banerjee unclear whether it’s a test or a bug.
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Spam Update Impact, Google Not Paying Much For Your Content, Google Feels Sad & Terrible and more
This week, we covered the first impact felt by the Google September 2026 spam update. And then on Wednesday and Thursday we had the second impact of this spam update. Remember the AI contribution report…
Google Loyalty Customer Match Expands To AI Mode & More Regions
Google made several changes to the about merchant loyalty program within the Google Merchant Center help documentation. The key changes are that Loyalty Customer Match expanded to AI Mode and Gemini and to more regions, but there are even more changes …
Google Tests URL Tracking Parameters To AI Overviews & AI Mode
Google seems to be testing adding tracking parameters to the link URLs within AI Overviews. If this rolls out fully, this will help you decipher when you get a click from an AI Overview in Google Search or just a click from the main Google Search web r…
Google Local Service Ads Hiding Phone Number By Default
Google Local Service Ads seems to hide the phone number until you hover your mouse over the ad. I am not sure if this is new or not, but there is a big button that says “Get phone number” which is not needed because the phone number does show up as soo…
Bing Product Results With Recommended By Section
Microsoft Bing is testing a new’ish section labeled “Recommended by” followed by the company making the recommendations. The weird thing is, the specific product thumbnails link to various retailers and not the place that recommended it.
Google Ads Sponsored Products Results Missing Images
Google Ads may have a bug or maybe it is testing, not showing images on sponsored product results. You can see from the screenshot below, the images that are generally shown above the ad titles and descriptions are missing from the Sponsored products c…
Google Ads Sitelinks Format In AI Mode
Google Ads show up a lot within AI Mode these days and with that, Google is testing various ad formats to see which formats get the highest click-through rate (unlike links in AI Mode). Here is a screenshot of what may be the Google Ads Sitelinks withi…
Google Ads To Allow Some Advertisers To Use Different Business Names
Google Ads will update its business name policy to allow some advertisers to use a business name that differs from the ad’s destination domain. This is limited to certain cases, specifically three cases and it also excludes advertisers who are not the …
Google updates guidance on publishing AI-generated content
Google has updated its documentation on AI-generated content, reminding site owners to manually fact-check all AI content for accuracy before publishing, due to the risk of hallucinations.
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