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Ranking in Google’s top 10 is a weaker indicator of being cited in AI Overviews than it was last year, according to an updated Ahrefs analysis. The study examined 863,000 keywords and 4 million AI Overview URLs. It found that 38% of cited pages also appeared in the top 10 results for the same query. […]
Microsoft has rewritten the Bing Webmaster Guidelines to cover how content appears in both traditional search results and Copilot’s AI-generated answers. The previous version focused on how Bing indexes and ranks websites. The rewrite extends that to Copilot and grounding API results, treating “grounding results and citations” as additional eligibility outcomes. New Meta Directive Guidance […]
Google is preparing to test changes to how search results appear in Europe that would give competing vertical search services more visibility, Reuters reported, citing a person with direct knowledge of the plans. See also: 3 AI search changes every marketer needs a plan for in Q2. The test would show results from top-ranked rival […]
SerpApi filed a motion to dismiss Google’s federal lawsuit, two months after Google sued the company under the DMCA for allegedly bypassing its SearchGuard anti-scraping system. The filing goes beyond disputing the technical allegations. SerpApi is challenging whether Google has the legal right to bring the case at all. The Standing Question SerpApi’s core argument […]
I recently wrote about an unconfirmed Google algorithm update that rolled out in mid-January 2026, which negatively impacted the organic search visibility of dozens of major brands. For most of the impacted sites I analyzed, the impact was disproportionately targeted to the company’s blog, or another folder containing informational articles and resources. That same organic trajectory […]
Boost your skills with Growth Memo’s weekly expert insights. Subscribe for free! You will find more ideas in the science of how AI picks its sources. This week, I share my findings from analyzing 1.2 million ChatGPT responses to answer the question of how to improve your chances of getting cited. Image Credit: Kevin Indig […]
Microsoft introduced an AI Performance dashboard in Bing Webmaster Tools, giving visibility into how content gets cited across Copilot and AI-generated answers in Bing. The feature, now in public preview, shows citation counts, page-level activity, and trends over time. It covers AI experiences across Copilot, AI summaries in Bing, and select partner integrations. Microsoft announced […]
SEO roadmaps have a lot in common with New Year’s resolutions: They’re created with optimism, backed by sincere intent, and abandoned far sooner than anyone wants to admit. The difference is that most people at least make it to Valentine’s Day before quietly deciding that daily workouts or dry January were an ambitious, yet misguided, […]
With the eyes of the world’s regulators on Australia, and its implementation of its under-16 social media ban, it’s worth checking in on the latest updates in the region, and how it’s going in keeping youngsters out of the app. As I’ve reported several times, I’m in Australia, and I have teenage kids, and I […]
With Snapchat’s first-ever AR-enabled glasses set for launch later this year, the company is now sharing previews of its evolving AR functions, and features that will be built into its new AR device. Over on the Snapchat Engineering Blog, it’s shared a preview of its new “Shared Experiences” element built into Snap’s Specs, which will […]