Google AI Overview Citations From Top-Ranking Pages Drop Sharply
Ranking in Google’s top 10 is a weaker indicator of being cited in AI Overviews than it was last year, according to an updated...
Google Clarifies How It Picks Thumbnails For Search, Discover
Google updated two Search Central documentation pages, adding guidance on how publishers can tell Google which image to prefer for thumbnails in Search results...
YouTube’s AI Slop Problem And How Marketers Can Compete
One in five Shorts that YouTube recommends to new users is low-quality, mass-produced AI-generated video, often described as “AI slop.” YouTube CEO Neal Mohan...
Bing Adds GEO To Official Guidelines, Expands AI Abuse Definitions
Microsoft has rewritten the Bing Webmaster Guidelines to cover how content appears in both traditional search results and Copilot’s AI-generated answers.
The previous version focused...
Google’s Discover Core Update Finishes Rolling Out
Google’s February 2026 Discover core update has finished rolling out, per an update posted to the Search Status Dashboard at 2:02 AM PT on...
