SEO

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

The new portfolio unifies Summit’s data, analytics, and AI capabilities into a single practice designed to help enterprises improve data quality, modernize analytics, and activate AI with greater confidence and impact. Summit, a Salesforce Summit-tier consulting partner, announced the launch of its new Data, Analytics, and AI Services portfolio, designed to help organizations build trustworthy data […]

Identify the new content failure mode that reveals the utility gap, leading to unseen quality content on AI platforms.
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Google is moving the Google Ads verification page to a new section within the Google Ads console. It is moving to the Admin, then Policy and Account section.

Google seems to be testing showing up to 10 sitelinks on some of the search result snippets. Normally, Google will show about 4 sitelinks, but here Google is showing 6 more.

I ran a poll yesterday on X asking Would you block Google from using your content for AI Overviews and AI Mode. About 33% of the over 350 responses said they would block Google from using and showing their content in the AI search experiences. 42% said they would not block Google and 25% are not sure yet.

Dan Taylor explains how compounding search visibility turns repeated exposure into familiarity, preference, and long-term resilience.
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Explore what the latest web almanac reveals about bots and the unexpected trends shaping SEO with host Shelley Walsh and expert guest Chris Green.
The post What The Latest Web Almanac Report Reveals About Bots, CMS Influence & llms.txt appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

We covered the topic of Google’s AI Frankenstein recipes and how bad it is for recipe bloggers and publishers. But when you have Google’s Personal Intelligence serve up these Frankenstein chunks of content, it makes it so much worse.