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Nikola Todorovic, Director of Software Engineering at Google Search, appeared on an episode of Search Off the Record to discuss how AI evolved inside Google Search. Todorovic leads Google’s SafeSearch engineering team and has worked in the search organization for 15 years. He said machine learning was difficult to deploy broadly across Search because complex […]
An analysis from Amsive found that aggregators and user-generated content platforms lost US search visibility after Google’s March core update, while first-party brand sites, government domains, and content originators gained. Lily Ray of Amsive examined over 2,000 domains using SISTRIX Visibility Index data and categorized them with Google Product Taxonomy tags via the DataForSEO API. […]
Ask.com, the search engine that started life as Ask Jeeves, shut down. Parent company IAC discontinued its search business as part of an ongoing effort to refocus its operations. A farewell message posted on the Ask.com homepage, reads: “Every great search must come to an end. As IAC continues to sharpen its focus, we have […]
There’s a lesson from the early days of social media that most brands eventually learned the hard way: Social media is not a megaphone. You couldn’t just broadcast your press releases into the feed and expect people to care. The channel had rules. It rewarded conversation, not announcements. The companies that figured this out early […]
Alphabet reported Q1 2026 earnings with Google Search & Other revenue rising 19% year over year to $60.4 billion. Microsoft announced on the same day that Bing reached 1 billion monthly active users for the first time, with search ad revenue up 12%. Both companies posted strong search quarters. But one line item in Alphabet’s […]
Google updated its Search Central documentation to reflect that the Preferred Sources feature is now available in all languages supported by Google Search. The change clarifies global availability and introduces updated guidance for publishers looking to grow their audience through Top Stories. Preferred Sources Google’s Preferred Sources feature gives users a way to choose specific […]
On April 16, 2026, Robby Stein, Google Search’s VP of Product, and Mike Torres, Google Chrome’s VP of Product, announced a new way to explore the web with AI Mode in Chrome. In their announcement, the two VPs wrote that the update makes it easier to “access and engage with content and dive deeper into […]
This week’s Pulse covers how AI Overviews affect click behavior, what independent research shows, and what earnings reports from Google and Microsoft reveal about search revenue. For more on this, see our the agentic web is splitting into two bets: identity and guide. Here’s what matters for you and your work. Reid Repeats “Bounce Clicks” […]
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Microsoft announced that Bing has reached 1 billion monthly active users for the first time. CEO Satya Nadella revealed this figure during the Q3 FY2026 earnings call. Revenue from search ads, excluding traffic acquisition costs, increased by 12% year over year. Additionally, Edge has maintained its browser market share for 20 consecutive quarters. Overall, Microsoft […]