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Google’s John Mueller answered a question on Reddit about a link to an internal web page that was automatically created by Squarespace, a closed-source platform. The link to the web page was also blocked from crawling by robots.txt, apparently serving no purpose for the Redditor’s client. The person asking the question was frustrated because the […]
Right now, most publishers block AI bots. According to Vince Nero’s excellent research, 79% of top news sites block AI training bots via robots.txt. Only 18% block no AI crawlers at all. Not a perfect science, as the robots.txt is so easily circumvented, but still. No one is playing nice anymore. Multiple publisher x AI […]
A forum website published a post on Reddit expressing disbelief that Google issued a manual action for thin content, finding it hard to reconcile how Google could send so much traffic for nearly twenty years only to find fault with it now. Google is calling it a manual action for thin content, but SEOs believe […]
Google’s John Mueller answered a question about robots.txt and explained an easy-to-miss mistake that can impact your SEO and website indexing goals. The specific issue was related to search box spam getting indexed by Google, but this mistake can happen to anyone in general under any context. Website Search Box Spam The person who asked […]
Google’s John Mueller and Martin Splitt discussed how site owners and SEOs approach Search Console (GSC) as the place to find errors to fix and that the better way to use it is to think of it as a place to identify patterns, many of which are normal. Interpreting Search Console Messages Martin Splitt called […]
One in every five off-page citations in AI search answers comes from Reddit, and that share is growing 30% year over year. That data point drove an entire session from Amanda Kusner, Senior Solutions Consultant at Uberall, and Peter Wischmann, Senior Client Partner at Reddit. Their core argument: AI models decide which businesses to recommend […]
Katie Morton, editor-in-chief of Search Engine Journal, and I recorded the debut episode of Search Engine Journal’s revamped podcast, focusing on a recurring theme in our coverage. We discussed how clicks are declining on the open web, a trend many in search have noticed. We argue that much of this attention hasn’t vanished but has […]
A recent look at U.S. desktop browsing shows ChatGPT directed people to outside websites in 5.2% of sessions, compared to 31.1% for Google searches. The paper, conducted by Bocconi University researchers, examines Comscore clickstream data to gain insight into how broader access to ChatGPT has impacted traditional search. What The Data Shows When people click […]
The protocol layer of the agentic web is splitting into two bets, and most websites have already placed one of them without knowing it. The first bet is about identity: a file called llms.txt that tells AI models who you are and what your content covers. The second is about capability: a browser standard called […]
Multi-channel marketing tends to sound more complicated than it needs to be. But we live in a world of “more”: more platforms, more campaigns, more assets, and more reporting to explain. The work expands, but the strategy behind each channel is not always clearly defined. Especially when you’re asked to do more at the speed […]