Trendos' Gintare Rimolaityte outlines a method to identify and audit AI citation sources specific to industries and search engines. This process helps uncover competitor gaps and informs content and outreach strategies.
New research shows Google's AI Mode sends fewer clicks to websites and delivers a poor user experience, contradicting Google's claims about AI search.
Google is testing a pilot program to pay content creators whose work contributes to AI-generated answers, currently limited to 10,000 search profiles. John Mueller noted challenges in reporting AI position data, and Cloudflare announced a separation of training from search operations.
Google, Cloudflare, and Microsoft are each testing different models for paying publishers when AI systems access or use their content.
Cuts through 'publish daily' advice with what publishing frequency actually correlates with versus what's confounded by other factors like site authority and content quality.
Google has updated its Search profiles with a single login feature and lowered the follower requirement to 10,000 across platforms, simplifying profile management for publishers.
Google has admitted that Search Console's current AI search reporting does not accurately reflect AI search positioning data.
A direct comparison of what still matters and what's newly important when optimizing for AI Overviews specifically versus classic ten-blue-links results.
Google Ads data analyzed by Search Engine Land confirms a sustained shift toward longer, more conversational search queries since the launch of Google's AI Mode, continuing a trend first observed with the rise of LLMs like ChatGPT.
Google's August 2026 spam update has caused significant search visibility drops for some publishers, including long-standing performers, and the update is now complete. Affected sites need to act before Q4 sales begin.
Google Maps employs 72 ranking signals to determine local search results, according to an analysis of a non-public scope of Geostore, the system Google uses to represent geographic entities.
Google is testing whether traditional Search campaigns using exact and phrase match keywords can serve text ads in AI Mode, potentially allowing advertisers to gain exposure in AI-powered search without switching to AI Max or Performance Max.
