How To Define & Report SEO KPIs That Actually Move The C-Suite via @sejournal, @AdamHeitzman
Stop reporting rankings and traffic. Start showing pipeline, CAC, and ROI that executives actually care about. The post How To Define & Report SEO KPIs That Actually Move The C-Suite appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
AI-Recommended Brands Saw 2.5x More Site Visits: Similarweb via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
A Similarweb report links AI recommendations to more site visits and deeper engagement, with most downstream traffic arriving via branded search. The post AI-Recommended Brands Saw 2.5x More Site Visits: Similarweb appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Cautions Against Markdown Versions Of Websites For AI SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google’s John Mueller and Martin Splitt cautioned against parallelizing content with markdown for AI SEO. The post Google Cautions Against Markdown Versions Of Websites For AI SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
4 Warning Signs Your Marketing Team Is Next For AI Cuts via @sejournal, @gregjarboe
Over 1,300 companies already show all four signals of AI-driven headcount cuts. Here is how to protect your marketing budget before Q4 planning ends. The post 4 Warning Signs Your Marketing Team Is Next For AI Cuts appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Loses Two Top AI Researchers To OpenAI & Anthropic via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Two senior Google AI researchers, Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer and AlphaFold’s John Jumper, are leaving for OpenAI and Anthropic within the same week. The post Google Loses Two Top AI Researchers To OpenAI & Anthropic appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google And Shopify Back Cloudflare’s AI Bot Gatekeeping Initiative via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google, Shopify, and browser makers are backing new PACT protocol “on Cloudflare’s network” for gatekeeping AI agents. The post Google And Shopify Back Cloudflare’s AI Bot Gatekeeping Initiative appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
AI Chatbot Use Hits 49%, But Skepticism Stays High via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
About half of U.S. adults use AI chatbots, and 60% read AI Overviews, but more predict AI will hurt society than help it. The post AI Chatbot Use Hits 49%, But Skepticism Stays High appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Says SEO Tools Lack Access To Its Internal Metrics via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google’s new messaging to CMOs reiterates that GEO is still SEO and states that third-party tools have no access to its internal metrics. The post Google Says SEO Tools Lack Access To Its Internal Metrics appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
A German Court Made Google Liable For What Its AI Says About You via @sejournal, @slobodanmanic
A Munich court found AI Overviews are Google’s own speech, not search results – that changes who pays when the answer about you is wrong. The post A German Court Made Google Liable For What Its AI Says About You appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Says X-Frame-Options Matters For SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google’s John Mueller singled out X-Frame-Options as the only security header tied to SEO. The post Google Says X-Frame-Options Matters For SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal.