Google Search Relations team members John Mueller and Martin Splitt discussed vibe coding websites on a recent episode of Search Off The Record. Both found that AI coding tools could produce functional sites quickly. But getting SEO right still required specific technical direction, the same kind you’d give a human developer. Telling AI To ‘Add […]
The Technical SEO Audit Needs A New Layer
The standard technical SEO audit checks crawlability, indexability, website speed, mobile-friendliness, and structured data. That checklist was designed for one consumer: Googlebot. This is how it’s always been. In 2026, your website has, at least, a dozen additional non-human consumers. AI crawlers like GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBot train models and power AI search results. User-triggered […]