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The December 2025 core update had a significant impact on a large number of sites. Each of the sites below that have done well are either long term clients, past clients or sites that I have done a site review for. While we can never say with certainty what changed as the result of a […]

Microsoft’s Defender Security Research Team published research describing what it calls “AI Recommendation Poisoning.” The technique involves businesses hiding prompt-injection instructions within website buttons labeled “Summarize with AI.” When you click one of these buttons, it opens an AI assistant with a pre-filled prompt delivered through a URL query parameter. The visible part tells the […]

Google has launched the Google AI Professional Certificate, a self-paced program covering data analysis, content creation, research, and vibe coding. Every participant receives three months of free access to Google AI Pro. Eligible U.S. small businesses can access the entire program at no cost through a separate application (more on eligibility below). The certificate is […]

As SEOs, we are used to being adaptable to changing algorithms, so LLM optimization should be a simple extension of that process. To discuss the industry debates surrounding the differences between SEO and GEO and clarify whether they are the same or different, I spoke with SEO veteran Grant Simmons. Grant has over 30 years […]

This month’s Ask a PPC explores a common advertiser question: Why budgets sometimes overspend even when a target ROAS or target CPA is in place. Understanding this behavior requires separating two concepts that are often conflated: budgets and goals. While they work together, they serve very different functions within auction‑based ad platforms. In this post, […]

Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean said Flash’s low latency and cost are why Google can run Search AI at scale. Retrieval is a design choice, not a limitation, he added. In an interview on the Latent Space podcast, Dean explained why Flash became the production tier for Search. He also laid out why the pipeline […]

This post was sponsored by No Fluff. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. When ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity mention a company, these large language models (LLMs) are deciding whether that business is safe to reference, not how long it has existed. Most business leaders assume one thing when they don’t show […]

Google is updating how links appear in AI Overviews and AI Mode. Groups of links will appear in a pop-up when users hover over them. Link icons will be more descriptive and prominent. Google is adding hover link pop-ups on desktop in AI Overviews and AI Mode, plus more prominent link icons within responses […]

Boost your skills with Growth Memo’s weekly expert insights. Subscribe for free! 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 For 20 years, SEOs have written”ultimate guides” designed to keep humans on the page. […]

Google’s John Mueller offered a simple solution to a Redditor who blamed Google’s “AI” for a note in the SERPs saying that the website was down since early 2026. The Redditor didn’t create a post on Reddit, they just linked to their blog post that blamed Google and AI. This enabled Mueller to go straight […]