YouTube Says Bigger Thumbnails Drove More Long-Form Views via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
YouTube’s Todd Beaupré says the desktop homepage redesign with larger thumbnails drove more long-form engagement despite showing fewer videos at once. The post YouTube Says Bigger Thumbnails Drove More Long-Form Views appeared first on Search…
What Happens To PPC When You Stop Managing Google Ads Through Google Ads via @sejournal, @siliconvallaeys
As agents and MCP connectors take over PPC management outside the Google Ads UI, this piece maps the risks and the governance needed to avoid. The post What Happens To PPC When You Stop Managing Google Ads Through Google Ads appeared first on Search…
Google DeepMind Says Gemini Is Evolving From Chatbot To AI Agent via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Interview with head of Google DeepMind explains how Gemini is moving beyond answers toward AI that can use tools and accomplish tasks. The post Google DeepMind Says Gemini Is Evolving From Chatbot To AI Agent appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
The Technical Signals AI Search Uses That Most SEOs Still Aren’t Optimizing
Getting cited in AI responses is the easy part. Our audit of 50 major websites shows where real AI readiness begins. The post The Technical Signals AI Search Uses That Most SEOs Still Aren’t Optimizing appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Details Who Can License Its Search Data In Europe via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google published eligibility rules, samples, and key dates for licensing ranking, query, click, and view data from EEA Search under the EU’s Digital Markets Act. The post Google Details Who Can License Its Search Data In Europe appeared first on…
Google AdSense to change how it counts impressions: Begin-to-Render
Google notified AdSense publishers that it is switching how it counts impressions for display ads. Google will switch to a Begin-to-Render methodology that will count an impression only once the ad has loaded and rendered on the user’s device. What’s…
10 technical SEO audit mistakes that lead to bad recommendations
Most technical SEO audits produce plenty of findings. Then the document sits in a shared drive for six months, and nothing gets deployed. Sometimes that’s the client’s fault. More often, it’s the audit’s. The findings were never validated, ranked by a…
Google vs. Microsoft AI Max: What’s the same and what’s different
With the global launch of Microsoft AI Max for Search campaigns, it’s worth spending some time unpacking where the features align and differ from Google’s version. Much of the core functionality is the same: Search term matching expanding your reach…
Anthropic AI watermarking: What it means for content and SEO
On Aug. 11, Anthropic announced it would begin adding machine-readable watermarks to Claude’s outputs. The reaction was immediate and predictable. LinkedIn and X filled with the usual takes: “All AI writing is now fully traceable!” “This is the death…
WordPress Announces A Proactive Security Initiative via @sejournal, @martinibuster
WordPress announced an initiative to scale security as AI makes it easier for criminal to find and exploit vulnerabilities. The post WordPress Announces A Proactive Security Initiative appeared first on Search Engine Journal.