AI Assistants Are Choosing Local Businesses For Your Customers via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
AI assistants narrow local searches before customers reach a website. See how Google builds those answers and which local signals businesses can optimize. The post AI Assistants Are Choosing Local Businesses For Your Customers appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google: Subject/Object Entity Order Affects AI Answers via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google’s research shows that LLMs struggle to recall facts when questions reverse the usual subject/object entity order. The post Google: Subject/Object Entity Order Affects AI Answers appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
ChatGPT’s Index, GA Benchmarks, Google Refiles Complaint – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google Analytics adds campaign benchmarking, new data on ChatGPT’s index search index, and Google refiles its SerpApi claims with new terms. The post ChatGPT’s Index, GA Benchmarks, Google Refiles Complaint – SEO Pulse appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Anthropic Reveals What The Watermark Is And How It Can Be Defeated via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Anthropic offers more details about its watermark including how it can be defeated. The post Anthropic Reveals What The Watermark Is And How It Can Be Defeated appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Brings Gemini 3.7 Flash To AI Mode In Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google is rolling out Gemini 3.7 Flash in AI Mode for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, a day after the model’s initial release. The post Google Brings Gemini 3.7 Flash To AI Mode In Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
OpenAI Says Robots.txt May Not Apply To ChatGPT’s Fetch Bot via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
New data shows ChatGPT’s page-fetching bot is reaching sites that have disallowed it, and OpenAI’s own documentation explains why the file may not stop it. The post OpenAI Says Robots.txt May Not Apply To ChatGPT’s Fetch Bot appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
What A Claude Watermark Can & Can’t Tell You About Authorship via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Anthropic plans to watermark Claude text. This article explains what a watermark can confirm and why not finding one doesn’t mean the text isn’t AI-generated. The post What A Claude Watermark Can & Can’t Tell You About Authorship appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
YouTube Measures Creator Video on Branded Search Lift, But The Attribution Gap Still Exists via @sejournal, @gregjarboe
Google’s creator playbook proves creator campaigns lift branded search, but omits attribution windows, baselines, and controls. The post YouTube Measures Creator Video on Branded Search Lift, But The Attribution Gap Still Exists appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Cloudflare: Machine Traffic Could Hit 1,000x Human Traffic In 5 Years via @sejournal, @slobodanmanic
One company measures the bot problem, frames it, and sells the fix. Cloudflare now owns both the meter and the valve. Check your own logs. The post Cloudflare: Machine Traffic Could Hit 1,000x Human Traffic In 5 Years appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
ChatGPT Already Knows Who It’ll Recommend Before It Searches via @sejournal, @suganthan
ChatGPT names brands in its own search queries before it fetches anything. Being in that query is worth 33 times more. The post ChatGPT Already Knows Who It’ll Recommend Before It Searches appeared first on Search Engine Journal.