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Google is rolling out hotel booking in AI Mode with Google Pay checkout. Flight alerts and rewards pricing are available in supported markets.
Read on Search Engine Journal →Book hotels and track airfares, plus view miles and rewards with AI Mode in Google Search.
Read on Google Blog — Search →Starting with desktop version 1.94, Brave is offering Email Aliases to let you sign up for online services without revealing your personal email address. Aliases forward to your primary inbox,…
Read on Brave Search →Google's spam update caused exceptional search disruption, with dramatic ranking losses across 20 industries, according to SE Ranking data.
Read on SEL — Algorithm Updates →OpenAI added WebMCP support to ChatGPT’s desktop browser, letting supported webpages expose structured actions to ChatGPT Work and Codex.
Read on Search Engine Journal →Client-agency relationships now average seven years, but only when agencies act as strategic partners instead of task-completing vendors clients can replace.
Read on Search Engine Journal →The most prominent domain was Reddit.com, which showed up in 87.8% of SERPs (83.9% worldwide), with an average of 1.29 link appearances. Along with Ahrefs’ data scientist Xibeijia Guan, I set out to…
Read on Ahrefs Blog →Discover the top citation sources for AI answers and how they impact recommendations across major AI platforms.
Read on Search Engine Journal →Reddit still wins ChatGPT citations where a forum is the best source. Two captures, four days apart, show what actually decides the credit.
Read on SEJ — Generative AI →A randomized study of more than 1,000 students examines ChatGPT, critical thinking, originality, and student performance on a real-world university assignment.
Read on OpenAI News →OpenAI is expanding its presence in Brazil, deepening engagement with developers, businesses, and communities to support AI adoption across the country.
Read on OpenAI News →A report finds AI tools often recommend brands while citing other websites as the source.
Read on SEJ — Generative AI →Claude's Gen Z preference now outpaces Boomers nearly 8-to-1, and a chicken salad chain's rise shows why AI consideration scores never equal user trust.
Read on SEJ — Generative AI →OpenAI’s new report explores how students and educators use ChatGPT to make learning more continuous, with support that extends beyond the classroom.
Read on OpenAI News →ChatGPT for Teachers is expanding to 55 U.S. school systems, bringing secure AI tools, training, and support to over 100,000 more educators and staff.
Read on OpenAI News →Wix introduced Symphony, an easy and safe way for small to medium size local businesses to use AI agents.
Read on SEJ — Generative AI →Google‘s August 2026 spam update finished rolling out on August 21. Learn what changed, what didn‘t, and how to read your data.
Read on Semrush Blog →Promptwatch says Reddit‘s share of ChatGPT citations fell 86% in four days. OpenAI says it hasn‘t changed how it picks sources.
Read on Semrush Blog →OpenAI shares findings from the Hugging Face security incident and the steps we’re taking to strengthen AI model security, monitoring, and alignment.
Read on OpenAI News →Discover how loveholidays uses OpenAI Codex to make software development accessible across the business, helping teams turn ideas into products faster.
Read on OpenAI News →84 Reddit threads entered the retrieval pool. Zero got cited. The new tool-call format shows what ChatGPT fetches before it answers.
Read on SEJ — Generative AI →Learn how to use Google Search tools to find home decor inspiration, shop for furniture, and tackle DIY projects.
Read on Google Blog — Search →In a new survey, we found that 1 in 3 AI users say they’ve told a chatbot something they kept from people in their lives. Once people learn how most AI companies handle their chats, most don't like…
Read on DuckDuckGo →OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar explains how advances across chips, compute, models, and products compound to deliver more useful intelligence at greater scale and lower cost.
Read on OpenAI News →Jalapeño is a custom inference chip from OpenAI that delivers faster, more power-efficient AI inference, with higher throughput and lower latency for modern models.
Read on OpenAI News →OpenAI banned Russia-origin accounts using AI to promote a fake Israel-based think tank and a “sovereignty” index praising Russia and criticizing the West.
Read on OpenAI News →Use the Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex to analyze workspace usage, manage members and permissions, adjust limits, and act on admin requests.
Read on OpenAI News →As an SEO professional, metrics like rankings, traffic, and clicks are meaningful to you, but to a leadership team trained on market share and return on investment, they’re noise. That’s not a bias…
Read on Ahrefs Blog →Мы обновили интерфейс сервиса Яндекс Вордстат — сделали его удобнее и добавили полезные функции. Рассказываем, что изменилось и как это поможет вам в работе с ключевыми запросами. Что изменилось в…
Read on Yandex Webmaster (RU) →The update took 2.5 days to roll out and is now complete.
Read on SEL — Algorithm Updates →Incident began at 2026-08-18 09:27 and ended at 2026-08-21 01:49 (all times are US/Pacific).The rollout was complete as of August 21, 2026. Affected products: Ranking
Read on Google Search Status →New personalization features across Search, Discover, and Google News give you even more control.
Read on Google Blog — Search →Whether Google runs a literal information gain score is still unconfirmed. But whether or not it improves your ranking is almost irrelevant. You should care about information gain because it’s your…
Read on Ahrefs Blog →Learn how to properly set up GSC + use it to spot site issues and areas for improvement.
Read on Semrush Blog →Website marketing in 2026 no longer works the way it used to. Traditionally, it meant promoting your site to attract visitors and turn them into customers. Your website is still central. But much of…
Read on Backlinko →Here’s how you can use Google Search tools to study for classes and standardized tests.
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