People Aren’t Leaving Google For AI. They’re Using Both via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Research shows how people can keep using Google while making fewer traditional searches and clicking through to fewer websites. The post People Aren’t Leaving Google For AI. They’re Using Both appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google to fix citation bug with Gemini 3.8 Flash in AI Mode
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash yesterday and incorporated it into AI Mode for Google AI Pro & Ultra subscribers but there was an issue with this model – it didn’t link or cite sources within its AI responses. Google has confirmed the issue and said…
Google’s New Weather AI In Search Continues Shift Away From 10 Blue Links via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google’s latest Search integration is another step to a future where users get things done without traditional search results. The post Google’s New Weather AI In Search Continues Shift Away From 10 Blue Links appeared first on Search Engine…
SMX Now: Find the entity gaps holding back your content strategy
Your schema tells search engines what your brand is. But that doesn’t mean Google’s systems understand it the same way. That gap can reveal where your content strategy is falling short. Our next SMX Now on Sept. 16 at 1 p.m. ET will feature Ray Martinez,…
Product Pages Get 24% Of AI Citations, Reddit & YouTube 4% via @sejournal, @gregjarboe
Ten Speed’s citation study shows product pages beating Reddit nearly six to one for B2B buyers, verified only after six pointed fact-check questions. The post Product Pages Get 24% Of AI Citations, Reddit & YouTube 4% appeared first on Search…
The SEO warning signs before organic traffic falls
A significant drop in organic traffic is easy to spot. The harder part is recognizing when performance is weakening before that drop appears in a monthly report. Organic performance rarely deteriorates without leaving clues. A commercially important page…
What your Google Ads hour-of-day report doesn’t tell you
Someone asks you to pull an hour-of-day report to identify the best-converting hours and limit wasted spend outside those hours. In many industries, especially news and publishing, you may see the 2 a.m. row, four clicks, and no conversions, and be asked…
3 SEO priorities to win organic traffic in 2027
Organic search will still drive demand in 2027, but winning that traffic requires more deliberate prioritization. AI answers are intercepting more searches, changing the value of a traditional ranking, and making visibility beyond the blue links…
AI works best when it removes work, not judgment
Over the course of this year, we’ve talked about the “easy button” and how many corporate leaders are blindly trusting AI to run their businesses. Since we already covered AI scams, the legal consequences of using AI, and what happens when people are…
When AI Has Nothing On Your Company, It Describes Someone Else via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester
Publishing more content won’t fix AI substitution. Retrieval repeats the same popularity bias that thinned your presence in the weights. The post When AI Has Nothing On Your Company, It Describes Someone Else appeared first on Search Engine Journal.