Content Marketing and SEO

Google reports that AI features are adding searches rather than replacing them, pointing to more AI-led sessions and steady traffic flowing to sites. The post Google Q3 Report: AI Mode, AI Overviews Lift Total Search Usage appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google quietly announced it will be ending support for a COVID-era structured data type The post Google Quietly Ends COVID-Era Structured Data Support appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google quietly signals that NotebookLM will not obey the robots.txt protocol. This how to block it. The post Google Quietly Signals NotebookLM Ignores Robots.txt appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google’s John Mueller explained why Google Search Console sometimes shows URLs with hashtags in performance reports and why it’s not something to worry about in terms of what’s being indexed because it doesn’t reflect what Google is indexing. URLs With #Anchor Hashtags What John Mueller discussed in the Bluesky post is URLs with hashtags that look like this: https:example.com/example-url/#:~:text= URLs with hashtags show up in Google Search Console (GSC) could give the impression that the wrong URLs are being indexed by Google but according to John Mueller, that’s not the case. Some Reports Use Canonical URLs He wrote that some […] The post Google Reassures That #Anchor …

Google’s updated search ad labeling increases transparency and may influence user behavior. Learn what’s changing and how it could impact performance. The post Google Redesigns How Search Ads Are Labeled appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google has released the December 2025 core update, its third of the year. The rollout began December 11 and may take up to three weeks. The post Google Releases December 2025 Core Update appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google has started a Discover core update. The rollout may take up to two weeks, with expansion to more countries and languages later. The post Google Releases Discover-Focused Core Update appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller explained the nuances of the URL Removals Tool, particularly for dealing with hacked pages The post Google Reminds SEOs How The URL Removals Tool Works appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller explains that Hreflang tags act as suggestions, not directives. Learn how canonical tags impact international SEO and what adjustments your strategy needs. The post Google Reminds That Hreflang Tags Are Hints, Not Directives appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google updated its review snippet documentation to clarify that each review or rating in structured data should point to one clear target, reducing ambiguity. The post Google Reminds Websites To Use One Review Target appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google announces delays in Search Console's Page indexing report. The company confirms crawling, indexing, and ranking remain unaffected by the reporting issue. The post Google Reports Search Console Page Indexing Report Delays appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google researchers reduce AI hallucinations in RAG by using a sufficient context signal and model confidence The post Google Researchers Improve RAG With “Sufficient Context” Signal appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google Ads just updated Responsive Search Ads to improve asset pairing and messaging consistency. Here’s what’s changing and how it could impact your PPC performance. The post Google Responsive Search Ads Just Got More Flexible appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google explains how it uses the Speculation Rules API to prefetch search results, improving loading speeds on Chrome browsers. The post Google Reveals How It Prefetches Search Results For Faster Loading appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's Year in Search reveals trending actors, movies, athletes, games, recipes, and travel destinations that captured attention throughout 2025. The post Google Reveals The Top Searches Of 2025 appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google updated its "Get on Discover" docs, adding page experience guidance and naming clickbait and sensationalism, alongside the February Discover update. The post Google Revises Discover Guidelines Alongside Core Update appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller discussed why the '15% of queries unseen' statistic remains the same despite AI search changes The post Google Revisits 15% Unseen Queries Statistic In Context Of AI Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

YouTube upgrades Dream Screen with Google's Veo 2 video generation model, enabling faster AI-generated backgrounds and standalone clips. The post Google Rolls Out ‘Veo 2’ Video Generation For YouTube Shorts appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google launches AI travel planning upgrades across Search, Maps, and Lens with expanded itineraries and price tracking features. The post Google Rolls Out AI-Powered Travel Updates For Search & Maps appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller affirmed that using the disavow tool is not a normal part of site maintenance The post Google Says Disavow Tool Not Part Of Normal Site Maintenance appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

In a WSJ interview, Google’s VP of Search Liz Reid says ranking has been adjusted to surface more short-form video, forums, and UGC. The post Google Says It Surfaces More Video, Forums, And UGC appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller critiqued the use of LLMs.txt and compared its utility to the useless keyword meta tag The post Google Says LLMs.Txt Comparable To Keywords Meta Tag appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's Danny Sullivan says all of their ranking systems reward content that is made for humans The post Google Says Ranking Systems Reward Content Made For Humans appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller confirmed at Search Central Live NYC that they launch nearly 5,000 updates every year The post Google Says They Launch Thousands Of Updates Every Year appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's VP of Search said which kind of content gets more clicks in AI Overviews. The post Google Says What Content Gets Clicked On AI Overviews appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article