Content Marketing and SEO

Why Discover success depends on outperforming expected early performance, and how entities, headlines, and images shape long-term credibility. The post How To Analyze Google Discover appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Interview with Perplexity AI offers insights into what makes AI answer engines different from regular search The post Perplexity AI Interview Explains How AI Search Works appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's Personal Intelligence connects Gmail and Google Photos to AI Mode, delivering personalized responses for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. The post Google Launches Personal Intelligence In AI Mode appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

This week’s SEO Pulse covers potential opt-outs from AI search, deeper AI Overviews integration, and what model tradeoffs mean for content workflows. The post SEO Pulse: Google Explores AI Opt-Outs, Gemini 3 Powers AIOs appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

In 2026, success belongs to marketers who turn strategy into execution, integrating AI, creativity, and community to build authority. The post The Top 10 Digital Marketing Trends For 2026 appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Here’s how industry leaders are redefining what content performance means in 2026 and beyond. The post 16 Content Writing Tips From Experts To Survive 2026 appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Transform daily PPC execution with prompt templates designed for speed, clarity, and better performance. The post 20 AI Prompt Ideas & Example Templates For PPC (Easy + Advanced) appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

AI search is replacing ranked results with single answers. This guide explains how brands earn retrieval, citations, and user trust. The post State Of AI Search Optimization 2026 appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

A Guardian investigation says health experts found misleading information in Google's AI Overviews for some medical searches. Google disputes the findings. The post The Guardian: Google AI Overviews Gave Misleading Health Advice appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Uncover insights on the state of AEO as AI-driven discovery reshapes strategies for enterprise organizations in 2026. The post The State of AEO & GEO in 2026 [Webinar] appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google Ads quietly implements a powerful multimodal AI that improves Google's ability to catch fraudulent advertisers. The post Google Ads Using New AI Model To Catch Fraudulent Advertisers appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Turn fragmented SERPs and AI summaries into an advantage by building a brand structure that search engines and users can trust. The post How Search Engines Tailor Results To Individual Users & How Brands Should Manage It appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

BuzzStream analyzed robots.txt files for 100 top news sites. 79% block training bots, but 71% also block retrieval bots that affect AI citations. The post Most Major News Publishers Block AI Training & Retrieval Bots appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Similarweb’s January Global AI Tracker shows ChatGPT at 64.5% of gen AI chatbot site visits, while Gemini reached 21.5% and writing tools fell. The post Google Gemini Gains Share As ChatGPT Declines In Similarweb Data 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

Prepare for UCP & ACP adoption by tightening product feeds, schema, and governance before agent-led checkout becomes default behavior. The post Agentic Commerce: What SEOs Need To Consider (ACP & UCP) 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

Foundational strategy remains the quiet force behind whether automated campaign models elevate results or compound inefficiencies. The post Why Paid Search Foundations Still Matter In An AI-Focused World appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

A Reuters Institute survey finds publishers expect search traffic to drop over 40% in three years as AI answer engines expand. The post Survey: Publishers Expect Search Traffic To Fall Over 40% appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller acknowledges phantom noindex errors in Search Console reflect hidden indexing signals surfaced during Googlebot access. The post Google On Phantom Noindex Errors In Search Console appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Paid media in 2026 demands sharper focus. Learn which strategies matter now and where marketers should shift budgets for stronger, more reliable performance this year. The post Paid Media Marketing: 8 Changes Marketers Should Make In 2026 appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Learn how to balance upper and lower-funnel budgets across paid search and social, backed by research, frameworks, and practical strategies to drive long-term growth. The post How Much Of Your Paid Media Budget Should Be Allocated To Upper Funnel? appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

The co-lead of the WordPress AI Team says some sites face a "more complex" future as brand differentiation gets flattened. The post Why Agentic AI May Flatten Brand Differentiators appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

A vulnerability in an ACF addon plugin installed in 100k websites enables unauthenticated attackers to gain administrator privileges. The post WordPress Advanced Custom Fields Extended Plugin Vulnerability appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

BuddyPress WordPress vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes The post BuddyPress WordPress Vulnerability May Impact Up To 100,000 Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article