SEO
Comparison Posts, Roundups and Listicles Still Have SEO Value
Comparison posts, roundups and listicles aren't dead. Search Engine Journal says use them for users, not algorithms, to earn traffic.
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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
Google lists 7 ways to keep content out of Search
Google's updated Search Central page now maps seven removal controls, including the site-wide AI Overviews and AI Mode opt-out. Here is what changed for SEO teams.
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
Browser Network Data Earns a $13,337 Google Bounty
Browser network data exposed Google quality signals, a $13,337 bounty and ChatGPT freshness windows. Here's how to turn that into an SEO edge.
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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Publisher Search Share Falls to 12%: Chartbeat
Chartbeat's Q3 2026 data shows search drove just 12% of North American publisher page views, down from 21%. Here's what to do about it.
SEO
DeepSeek Search Gives Spam PDFs Authority 4, Real Sites 1
A $0.08 audit of DeepSeek's Search API found spam PDFs on .gov/.edu hosts scored authority 4, the author's own site scored 1. Here's what to check.
SEO
ChatGPT Search Unlocks Hundreds Of Millions Of Pages
OpenAI and Cloudflare reveal early results from a 1% network pilot, changing how ChatGPT discovers long-tail pages. Here's what to check.
SEO
Muse and Dots expose a 95.9% accessibility gap
Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots browse and buy like customers. Here's what that means for rankings, analytics and who owns the checkout.
