Lighthouse Fails Your Llms.txt Without Markdown Links via @sejournal, @slobodanmanic
Six audits. One failure. The fix took five minutes. Here’s what Lighthouse 13.3’s Agentic Browsing category actually tells you, and what it doesn’t. The post Lighthouse Fails Your Llms.txt Without Markdown Links appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Where Clicks Go, What Agents Skip, Who’s Leaving Bing – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Where AI Overview clicks go, what agents skip on sites they can’t read, and who’s leaving Bing, plus the rest of the week’s search news. The post Where Clicks Go, What Agents Skip, Who’s Leaving Bing – SEO Pulse appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
AI Search Is Nothing Without SEO & It Knows It via @sejournal, @TaylorDanRW
Technical SEO now sits at the center of AI search readiness, giving LLMs the structure and signals they need to retrieve and cite content. The post AI Search Is Nothing Without SEO & It Knows It appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google’s Mueller Flags A Case On Why LCP Fixes Miss the Target via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
John Mueller points to a Google case study showing how customizable layouts can skew which element the browser measures as LCP, plus the fixes. The post Google’s Mueller Flags A Case On Why LCP Fixes Miss the Target appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Ends Cache-Served AMP Pages In Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google Search now takes searchers directly to a domain’s AMP host pages, ending the viewer/cache serving path. AMP still ranks as normal. The post Google Ends Cache-Served AMP Pages In Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Cloudflare’s AI Crawler Rules Can Block Googlebot via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Cloudflare now lets all sites manage AI crawlers as Search, Agent, or Training, with Sept. 15 defaults that can block Googlebot for sites blocking training. The post Cloudflare’s AI Crawler Rules Can Block Googlebot appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Your Younger Audience Is Declining Faster Than It Looks
Platforms lost younger audience share, too. Publishers still have the bigger problem. The data explains why. The post Your Younger Audience Is Declining Faster Than It Looks appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Microsoft Just Proved A Point About Search Today via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester
Bing’s latest AI reporting confirms that rankings and citations measure different outcomes, requiring new visibility strategies across AI search. The post Microsoft Just Proved A Point About Search Today appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google’s DMCA Crisis Is Disrupting The Web. It Will Only Get Worse. via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google’s DMCA Crisis is turning a copyright protection system into a tool that bad actors can use against publishers. The post Google’s DMCA Crisis Is Disrupting The Web. It Will Only Get Worse. appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Data Shows AI Search Users Moved Past Keywords, Your Content Hasn’t via @sejournal, @gregjarboe
Google’s AI Mode data puts hard numbers on a behavioral shift that has already made most 2025 keyword strategies obsolete. The post Google Data Shows AI Search Users Moved Past Keywords, Your Content Hasn’t appeared first on Search Engine Journal.