4 Sites That Recovered From Google’s December 2025 Core Update – What They Changed via @sejournal, @marie_haynes
Discover how the December 2025 core update impacted 4 sites and the factors that contributed to their improvement. The post 4 Sites That Recovered From Google’s December 2025 Core Update – What They Changed appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Agentic Commerce Optimization: A Technical Guide To Prepare For Google’s UCP via @sejournal, @alexmoss
As AI Mode enables on-platform transactions, ecommerce visibility now depends on schema completeness, feed accuracy, and third-party validation. The post Agentic Commerce Optimization: A Technical Guide To Prepare For Google’s UCP appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
SEO Fundamental: Google Explains Why It May Not Use A Sitemap via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google’s John Mueller points to site content as the reason for Search Console sitemap error messages The post SEO Fundamental: Google Explains Why It May Not Use A Sitemap appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Microsoft: ‘Summarize With AI’ Buttons Used To Poison AI Recommendations via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Microsoft found 31 companies hiding prompt injections inside “Summarize with AI” buttons aimed at biasing what AI assistants recommend in future conversations. The post Microsoft: ‘Summarize With AI’ Buttons Used To Poison AI Recommendations appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Ads Surfaces PMax Search Partner Domains In Placement Report via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google Ads PMax placement reporting is now populating with data for more accounts, revealing Search Partner domains and impression counts for brand safety review. The post Google Ads Surfaces PMax Search Partner Domains In Placement Report appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Information Retrieval Part 3: Vectorization And Transformers (Not The Film)
A practical explanation of vector space models, transformers, and cosine similarity, and what modern information retrieval means for SEO and AI search. The post Information Retrieval Part 3: Vectorization And Transformers (Not The Film) appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google AI Mode Link Update, Click Share Data & ChatGPT Fan-Outs – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
The latest SEO Pulse examines how AI interfaces reshape link visibility, redirect clicks, and filter sources before rankings apply. The post Google AI Mode Link Update, Click Share Data & ChatGPT Fan-Outs – SEO Pulse appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
New Meridian Tool, Performance Max Learning Path – PPC Pulse via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson
This week’s PPC Pulse covers Google’s new Meridian Scenario Planner and Microsoft’s hands-on Performance Max training updates. The post New Meridian Tool, Performance Max Learning Path – PPC Pulse appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Offers AI Certificate Free For Eligible U.S. Small Businesses via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google launched an AI Professional Certificate with seven self-paced modules and three months of AI Pro access. Eligible U.S. small businesses can enroll free. The post Google Offers AI Certificate Free For Eligible U.S. Small Businesses appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Why AI Misreads The Middle Of Your Best Pages via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester
Long-form content doesn’t fail because it’s weak. It fails because LLMs lose the middle. This article explains how to engineer it to survive. The post Why AI Misreads The Middle Of Your Best Pages appeared first on Search Engine Journal.