Google Search Growth Slows Again, AI Mode Is Partly Why via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google Search revenue growth slowed for a second straight quarter, and lower AI Mode monetization was one reason given. The post Google Search Growth Slows Again, AI Mode Is Partly Why appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
WordPress Announces Another Security Release: Version 7.1.4 via @sejournal, @martinibuster
WordPress announced security release version 7.1.4 that fixes 22 vulnerabilities, including one that affects its updater. The post WordPress Announces Another Security Release: Version 7.1.4 appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Lets Restaurants Directly Opt Out Of Ordering Providers via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Restaurants can now turn off specific third-party ordering providers in the Business Profile dashboard instead of waiting on each provider to remove them. The post Google Lets Restaurants Directly Opt Out Of Ordering Providers appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
AI-Cited Pages More Often Got Straight To The Answer via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Pages cited by AI often answered a question in their first lines, though the gap was smaller against pages AI pulled up but didn’t cite. The post AI-Cited Pages More Often Got Straight To The Answer appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Bitly’s New Data Says SEOs Are Half Right About Short Links via @sejournal, @gregjarboe
Bitly’s survey shows why SEOs should look beyond short links to fix mismatched landing pages and rethink what click-through rates reveal. The post Bitly’s New Data Says SEOs Are Half Right About Short Links appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
The Hreflang Magic Trick – It Routes, It Doesn’t Rank via @sejournal, @billhunt
Understand why Google can serve unindexed hreflang URLs and why market pages need unique local value to stand out in AI search. The post The Hreflang Magic Trick – It Routes, It Doesn’t Rank appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Decodo Launches Web Data API To Give AI Agents Web Access
Decodo has introduced Web Data API, combining scraping, searching, mapping, and crawling under one key for AI agents and retrieval pipelines. The post Decodo Launches Web Data API To Give AI Agents Web Access appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
GA4 Missed 66% Of One Retailer’s Holiday Orders: Check Yours Before Peak Season
GA4 missed two-thirds of one retailer’s holiday orders. What an audit of eight ecommerce brands found, and the check to run before peak season. The post GA4 Missed 66% Of One Retailer’s Holiday Orders: Check Yours Before Peak Season appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Signals A Wider Crackdown On UGC SEO Spam via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google signals that its fight against SEO spam is expanding to new kinds of platforms, tools, and services. The post Google Signals A Wider Crackdown On UGC SEO Spam appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google: Disabled Discover Clicks Were A Bug In An Experiment via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Rajan Patel wrote on X that disabled source clicks on Google Discover AI summaries were a bug in an experiment that has been turned off. The post Google: Disabled Discover Clicks Were A Bug In An Experiment appeared first on Search Engine Journal.