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BrightEdge published new data showing the different kinds of sites five AI search surfaces tend to show in generated answers. The data makes it possible to see how those differences shape which types of sites each AI engine shows, with strong implications for how to promote to each one. The research focused on five AI […]
A randomized field experiment finds Google’s AI Overviews reduce organic clicks to external websites by 38% on queries where they appear, while self-reported search satisfaction stays nearly unchanged when the summaries are removed. The working paper by researchers at the Indian School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University was posted to SSRN this month. Authors […]
YouTube is testing “Ask YouTube,” a conversational search experience that returns AI-generated text summaries alongside cited videos and supports follow-up questions in a persistent thread. YouTube describes the feature on its Premium Early Access page as “a new way to search on YouTube that feels more like a conversation.” Users can ask complex questions, receive […]
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Last year, I taught a module on content marketing around the PESO model (Paid, Earned, Shared, and Owned media). Matt Bailey asked me to include more content about influencers in this year’s module; I joked that it might take me all morning to come up with a new acronym. He shot back, “Can you adapt […]
In January 2026, Google was granted patent US12536233B1. Six engineers worked on it, and it describes a system that scores a landing page on conversion rate, bounce rate, and design quality. If the landing page falls below a threshold, generate an AI replacement personalized to the searcher. The advertiser never sees it. Never approves it. Might […]
Brand-cited AI Overview CTR fell 61% from Q3 to Q4, according to a new report from Seer Interactive, but the clicks on those pages barely moved. The drop looks alarming on a dashboard, though it isn’t quite what it seems. Seer’s analysis of 5.47 million queries across 53 brands clearly shows what’s happening What Happened […]
Google’s head of Search, Liz Reid, told Bloomberg’s Odd Lots podcast that AI Overviews are reducing “bounce clicks” from publisher pages, continuing an argument she has made in public appearances since last year. Reid appeared on the April 23 episode of Odd Lots. Hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway asked how AI Overviews affect publisher […]
Last September, Lily Ray asked Perplexity for the latest news on SEO and AI search. It told her, confidently, about the “September 2025 ‘Perspective’ Core Algorithm Update”; a Google update that, as she then wrote at length in “The AI Slop Loop,” didn’t exist. Google hasn’t named core updates in years. “Perspectives” was already a […]
Google’s Large Customer Sales team has posted a role titled “GEO Partner Manager, Performance Solutions” on Google Careers. The listing is a single job posting inside Google’s ads sales organization. The term “GEO” appears seven times across the listing, including the title. “Generative Engine Optimization” is spelled out twice. Other references include “GEO players,” “GEO […]