DR: Ahrefs Domain Rating – Understand, Improve, and Leverage This Metric
Ahrefs Domain Rating (DR) is a useful metric for anyone navigating SEO (search engine optimisation). If you are a business owner, marketing professional, or SEO specialist, understanding DR is paramount for assessing website authority and competitive l…
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 9, 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.
Apple announced the new Apple Intelligence and Siri AI…
Apple Siri AI & New Apple Intelligence
Apple had its big annual developer conference, WWDC, and as expected, they spent a lot of time showing off the new Apple Intelligence and what they are calling Siri AI. Apple says Siri AI is “an entirely new version of Siri, powered by Apple Intelligen…
Google Ads Testing Top Pages Links
Google seems to be testing new “top pages” links within the Google Ads sponsored listings. These look like sitelinks or those old tags but they are titled “Top pages.”
Google Shopping Results Tests Linking Directly To Merchant Site
Google is testing directly linking to merchant/retailer web sites, instead of to product listing overlays within the Google Shopping results. Generally, when you click on a product within Google Search, Google will open a new side panel overlay window…
Google Shopping Results Tests Linking Directly To Merchant Site
Google is testing directly linking to merchant/retailer web sites, instead of to product listing overlays within the Google Shopping results. Generally, when you click on a product within Google Search, Google will open a new side panel overlay window…
New Google Ads Campaign Guidance With Experiment Power Score
Google Ads has a new feature named Campaign Guidance that will give you an “Experiment Power” score that will show advertisers “the likelihood of achieving statistically significant results, along with actionable recommendations to improve your experim…
New Google Ads Campaign Guidance With Experiment Power Score
Google Ads has a new feature named Campaign Guidance that will give you an “Experiment Power” score that will show advertisers “the likelihood of achieving statistically significant results, along with actionable recommendations to improve your experim…
Google AI Mode Tests Citation Counts & Favicons Under Results
Google is testing moving the results count with favicons from above the citations and links cards in the AI Mode results, to under/below the citations and links cards. I am not sure if this will make a difference either way to publishers, but Google i…
Google AI Mode Tests Citation Counts & Favicons Under Results
Google is testing moving the results count with favicons from above the citations and links cards in the AI Mode results, to under/below the citations and links cards. I am not sure if this will make a difference either way to publishers, but Google i…
AI Ready? Google Ads Maturity Model.
In a world with fuel-efficient long-range motorcycles, do you insist on using horses for transportation? I’m of course talking about […]
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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 8, 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 added a new help document on third-party tools, services and advice…
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…