SEO
Google AI Overviews hit 88% of commercial keywords
Semrush tracked 400 US commercial keywords for 12 months: AI Overviews jumped from 45.75% to 88%, and 97.08% by search volume.
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SEO
Google: robots.txt Controls Crawling, Not AI Training
Google Search Central says robots.txt only governs crawl access, not AI training on collected content. What to audit now.
SEO
AI Overviews Now Cover 88% of Commercial Searches
Semrush tracked 400 commercial keywords for a year. AI Overview coverage jumped from 45.75% to 88%, hitting 97% by search volume.
SEO
Google: Raw and Encoded Bracket URLs Are Different URLs
Google's John Mueller says raw square brackets and %5B/%5D are separate URLs. Pick one format across links, canonicals and sitemaps.
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SEO
Google poisons 8% of rank-tracker SERPs
Nozzle found 8% of SERPs served to rank trackers since Sept 13 were poisoned, up from 0.17%. False drops hit top-10 tracking while Reddit and Facebook filled the gap.
SEO
Google: URL Keywords Become Irrelevant Once a Page Has Content
Google's new video says keywords in URLs become basically irrelevant once a page has content. Here's what to do with domains, paths, emoji and underscores.
SEO
Google Serves Wrong Results on 11% of Rank Checks
DemandSphere says about 11% of daily SERP checks now return spurious pages. Here's what that means for SEO reports and how to protect your data.
SEO
Google Plans AI Content for Discover’s 500M Daily Users
Google careers listings show it's building AI-generated content for Discover, a feed used by 500M people a day. Here's what SEO teams should watch.
SEO
AI Overviews Reach 63 of 100 Big-Brand Searches
AI Overviews jumped from 5 to 63 of 100 big-brand name searches in three months. Here's how brand teams should track and respond.
SEO
Google’s 13-Day Spam Update Ends With No Policy Named
Google closed its September spam update after 13 days and 16 hours, the longest run in over a year, with no policy named. Manual actions are rising again.
