Content Marketing and SEO

Google updates robots meta tag document with details on managing how content appears in new AI Mode. The post Google Updates Robots Meta Tag Document To Include AI Mode appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google continues evolution beyond text-first interactions with upgrades to Search Live Gemini model, possibly complicating SEO. The post Google Updates Search Live With Gemini Model Upgrade appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google updates Search Quality Rater Guidelines, addressing AI content and new spam types. The post Google Updates Search Quality Rater Guidelines: What To Know appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google requires ecommerce stores to specify in their structured data which country their return policies apply to. The post Google Updates Structured Data Requirements For Return Policies appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google updates its Unfair Advantage Policy, clarifying ad slot dominance rules. Here's what it means for advertisers and how the PPC community is reacting. The post Google Updates Unfair Advantage Policy, Advertisers React appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google enhances search with Gemini 2.0-powered AI Overviews and launches premium "AI Mode" for Google One subscribers. The post Google Upgrades AI Overviews With Gemini 2.0, Launches AI Mode appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google announced Query groups in Search Console Insights. The AI feature clusters similar search queries, surfaces trends, and shows which topics drive clicks. The post Google Uses AI To Group Queries In Search Console Data appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google published guidance emphasizing context-driven technical SEO audits over tool-generated scores, explaining when high 404s are normal. The post Google Warns Against Relying On SEO Audit Tool Scores appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google updated its JavaScript SEO documentation to clarify that noindex tags may prevent rendering and JavaScript execution, blocking changes. The post Google Warns Noindex Can Block JavaScript From Running appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's Year in Search shows AI tools led trending queries globally. Gemini ranked first worldwide, with DeepSeek appearing in both US and global lists. The post Google Year In Search 2025: Gemini, DeepSeek Top Trending Lists appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google-engaged audiences demonstrate where Google-owned traffic delivers higher match rates, stronger remarketing performance, and fewer implementation issues. The post Google-Engaged Audience: Worry-Free Remarketing, Or A Waste Of Money? appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google responds to “personalized upselling” criticism tied to its AI Mode checkout, saying upselling means premium options, not higher prices. The post Google: AI Mode Checkout Can’t Raise Prices appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's Robby Stein explains why AI Overviews appear for some searches but not others, describing an engagement-based system. The post Google: AI Overviews Show Less When Users Don’t Engage appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller explained how to remove a site from the search results without Search Console ownership verification The post Google: How To Remove Site From Search Without Verifying Ownership appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller said case sensitivity matters and SEOs shouldn't just hope it works. The post Google’s Advice On Canonicals: They’re Case Sensitive appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller offers advice on dealing with indexed URLs that shouldn't be indexed The post Google’s Advice on Fixing Unwanted Indexed URLs appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google SVP Nick Fox says AI Mode’s personal context features, including opt-in Gmail connections teased at I/O, are still in internal testing. The post Google’s AI Mode Personal Context Features “Still To Come” appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

The second part of Kevin Indig’s AI Mode study breaks down what’s measurable, what’s myth, and where visibility is really earned. The post Google’s AI Mode SEO Impact | AI Mode User Behavior Study [Part 2] appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google AI Mode introduces a shift in what content gets surfaced. Here's what you need to know to succeed. The post Google’s AI Mode: What We Know & What Experts Think appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google AI Overviews reaches 1.5 billion monthly users with Alphabet's Q1 earnings showing 10% search revenue growth. The post Google’s AI Overviews Reach 1.5 Billion Monthly Users appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google has launched AI shopping tools that help customers find real clothing items based on generated images. The post Google’s AI Shopping Tools Transform Ideas Into Real Products appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google CEO Sundar Pichai fails to read the room, insisting that “no one sends traffic to the web the way we do" The post Google’s CEO Says AI Overviews Website Referrals Are Increasing appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's crawl team filed a bug against WooCommerce for add-to-cart parameters wasting crawl budget. WooCommerce fixed it. Other plugins haven't. The post Google’s Crawl Team Filed Bugs Against WordPress Plugins appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

On Reddit, Google’s John Mueller reviewed a two-day “vibe-coded” Bento Grid Generator and listed fixes for crawlability, meta tags, hreflang, and structured data. The post Google’s John Mueller Flags SEO Issues In Vibe Coded Website appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

XML sitemap date manipulation won't improve SEO, says Google's John Mueller. Learn why this common tactic wastes resources and what to do instead. The post Google’s John Mueller: Updating XML Sitemap Dates Doesn’t Help SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article