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Chrome's new AI features enable it to go shopping, plan trips, edit images in a browser window, and answer questions from a new side panel. The post Chrome Updated With 3 AI Features Including Nano Banana appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Stop guessing when clicks fall and use a structured process to get Google Ads performance back on track. The post 4 Reasons Your Google Ads Clicks Are Down & What You Can Do appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google updated its Googlebot documentation to clarify file size limits, separating default limits that apply to all crawlers from Googlebot-specific details. The post Google Updates Googlebot File Size Limit Docs appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

This post was sponsored by Ahrefs. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. If you’ve ever run into the limits of solo AI or manual SEO tools, this article is for you. AI on its own can write and suggest ideas, but without reliable data to anchor those suggestions, it can miss the mark. On the other hand, traditional SEO dashboards are powerful – yet slow and siloed. The emerging sweet spot? Connecting AI to real, live SEO data so you can ask natural language questions and get deep answers fast. Ahrefs Uses Its Own MCP Server […] The post Using AI For SEO Can Fail Without Real Data (& How Ahrefs Fixes It) appeared first on Search Engine Journal. …

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. View the full article

This week’s SEO Pulse highlights the implications of Google handling more of the journey, from discovery to checkout, inside its own ecosystem. The post SEO Pulse: UCP Debate, Trends Gets Gemini, Health AIO Concerns appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Hostinger analyzed 66.7B bot requests across 5M+ hosted sites and found AI training crawlers are blocked more often, while OpenAI’s search bot expands. The post OpenAI Search Crawler Passes 55% Coverage In Hostinger Study appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

The rise of agentic commerce ends marketing-first SEO and forces brands to compete on data integrity and product truth. The post How Do You Compete In Agentic Commerce? appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Uncover the secrets of optimizing your WordPress site for speed and improve your SEO and AI visibility effortlessly. The post The Hidden SEO Cost Of A Slow WordPress Site & How It Affects AI Visibility appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Key Reddit communities that professionals use to stay informed, ask smarter questions, and learn from peers across industries. The post 45 Best Subreddits For Marketing & SEO Professionals 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

Navigate the complexities of information retrieval and find out how to get into model training data for AI success. The post Information Retrieval Part 2: How To Get Into Model Training Data appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Bill Hunt shows how disciplined reasoning transforms SEO escalations into resolvable system behaviors rather than endless debates. The post The Real SEO Skill No One Teaches: Problem Deduction appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Master lead management in 2026 and uncover strategies to ensure leads do not go cold in your sales process. The post The Way Your Agency Handles Leads Will Define Success in 2026 [Webinar] appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

WordPress published AI guidelines with five principles designed to encourage responsible use of AI. The post WordPress Publishes AI Guidelines To Combat AI Slop appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

SEO roadmaps age poorly. Search evolves faster than planning cycles, technical debt accumulates quietly, and AI shortens the distance between approval and obsolescence. The post Why SEO Roadmaps Break In January (And How To Build Ones That Survive The Year) appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Join Jeff Hirz as he unveils key insights on growth and efficiency based on data from 1,000 businesses planning for 2026. The post What 1,000 Businesses Reveal About Growth in 2026 [Webinar] appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

New analysis shows Google Search Console hides roughly 75% of impressions, forcing SEO teams to rethink how they measure performance. The post GSC Data Is 75% Incomplete appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Top PPC specialists create outsized impact by combining paid media expertise with business strategy, profit modeling, and cross-channel insight. The post The PPC Skills That Won’t Be Replaced By Automation appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

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. View the full article

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. View the full article

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. View the full article

Learn how to evaluate internal linking structures to ensure they reinforce topical authority instead of weakening page relevance and intent. The post Is Your Internal Linking Helping Or Hurting Topical Authority? Ask An SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

An analysis of recent Google ranking volatility shows how self-serving listicles may be undermining trust, reviews quality signals, and long-term SEO performance. The post Is Google Finally Cracking Down On Self-Promotional Listicles? appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

AI Mode personal search points to a future where decisions happen inside the answer layer, and this article explains how to prepare. The post The Shift From Search Sessions To Decision Sessions appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article