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How to Choose the Best Prompts to Monitor Your AI Search Visibility 15 minutes ago ahrefs.com After all, conversing with AI is unlike how we would traditionally search, since requests can be far more detailed, or occur in the middle of longer conversations. AI responses are also less consistent than organic search results, with both brand…Read more ›

Why Off-Page SEO Still Shapes Visibility In 2026 [Webinar] via @sejournal, @hethr_campbell 1 hour ago www.searchenginejournal.com Explore off-page SEO strategies to boost your rankings and enhance brand visibility in AI-driven search results. The post Why Off-Page SEO Still Shapes Visibility In 2026 [Webinar] appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Google Search Hits $63B, Details AI Mode Ad Tests via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern 7 hours ago www.searchenginejournal.com Google is testing ads in AI Mode as Search revenue grew 17% to $63 billion. AI Mode queries run 3x longer than traditional searches. The post Google Search Hits $63B, Details AI Mode Ad Tests appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

5 Google Analytics Reports PPC Marketers Should Actually Use via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson 8 hours ago www.searchenginejournal.com Five Google Analytics reports PPC marketers should use to improve targeting, justify spend, and understand how paid traffic supports conversions across the customer journey. The post 5 Google Analytics Reports PPC Marketers Should Actually Use appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Google AI Overviews Bug Removes Links & Citations 12 hours ago www.seroundtable.com Google confirmed there is a bug with AI Overviews not showing links for some responses. The bug was spotted by Lily Ray, who posted some examples several hours ago. Rajan Patel, Google's VP, Engineering for Search, replied saying it is a bug and Google is working on fixing it.

Google Ad Revenue Up 14% - Google's Biggest Revenue & Ad Revenue Yet 13 hours ago www.seroundtable.com Google reported its earnings today, its Q4 2025 earnings report showed ad revenues up by 14% at $82.3 billion and overall revenue was up 17% at $113.8 billion. I specifically like to dig in as best as I can on the ad revenue side to see how Google Ads have performed.

Google’s Mueller Calls Markdown-For-Bots Idea ‘A Stupid Idea’ via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern 13 hours ago www.searchenginejournal.com Google Search Advocate John Mueller is pushing back on the idea of serving Markdown files to LLM crawlers. The post Google’s Mueller Calls Markdown-For-Bots Idea ‘A Stupid Idea’ appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Google Ads tightens access control with multi-party approval 18 hours ago searchengineland.com Google Ads’ new multi-party approval feature adds an extra safeguard against unauthorized or malicious account changes.

In Google Ads automation, everything is a signal in 2026 18 hours ago searchengineland.com Automation performance depends on signal quality. Learn how Google Ads prioritizes signals, how pollution starts, and how to correct drift.