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This regularly updated list of the top 100 domains in US search includes analysis and highlights. The list is created using the SISTRIX Domain Visibility Index values, an indicator of footprint and…
Read on Sistrix →Welcome back to our GEO series! In the previous article, we explored candidate page selection and how AI systems determine which pages are eligible for retrieval. Semantic relevance can help inform…
Read on Lumar →The update took 2.5 days to roll out and is now complete.
Read on SEL — Algorithm Updates →We end the brand-building series with Greg walking through our original research: the "Choosing a Lawyer" study of the Atlanta personal lawyer market. Survey data, ad-creative testing, and a…
Read on Near Media →TL;DR I reviewed our traffic-decline-analysis skill's and found four real problems: a traffic number from the wrong source, a real drop mislabeled "stable," no way to trace where a number came from,…
Read on Seer Interactive →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 →You can have an impressive website, great content, and a seamless user experience. But you might still be invisible to search engines and AI tools. That’s because Google and ChatGPT don’t just look…
Read on Backlinko →The update will take a few days to roll out.
Read on SEL — Algorithm Updates →Keyword research no longer works in AI Search. Prompt Research solves this with a new level of abstraction: topics instead of keywords, based on over 62 million real user questions. In classic Google…
Read on Sistrix →I wanted to do something a little different with this webinar. Usually, these sessions are conversations. This one is me laying out where we have got to with GEO testing, what we have learned from…
Read on SearchPilot →Your brand could be ranking #1 on Google, but still be invisible to AI. Absent from conversations your customers are having with large language models (LLMs) about your category. Or worse, showing up…
Read on Backlinko →Starting in version 1.93, Brave is rolling out new protections against GPU and graphics-driver fingerprinting, de-identifying WebGL vendor and renderer strings and adding noise to the list of…
Read on Brave Search →Candidate page selection can determine whether your content is considered for retrieval in AI search. Learn how it works, what influences page eligibility, and what it means for GEO.
Read on Lumar →Every day, your customers tell Google exactly what they want. They describe problems in their own words. They compare products, ask questions, explore ideas and look for businesses they can trust. On…
Read on Screaming Frog →If you want to know how search engines and AI systems really move through…
Read on Oncrawl →Google keeps changing the models behind your rankings. How can you plan ahead and avoid risks? Read our detailed guide on future-proofing your SEO.
Read on SEL — Algorithm Updates →In August, DuckDuckGo filed an amicus brief agreeing that Google unlawfully maintained a monopoly in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Read on DuckDuckGo →AI search has created a new wave of tactics, tools, dashboards, and very confident advice.
Read on SearchPilot →Prompt Research brings the keyword exploration for AI search, AI Deep Dives deliver data-based analyses directly into the Toolbox and the MCP server is now available to all, no need for API credits.…
Read on Sistrix →Gemini Robotics ER 2 is a step change in video understanding, tool orchestration, and multi-robot collaboration for robotic applications.
Read on Google DeepMind →Rankings still matter, but they no longer tell the whole story in AI-powered search. Learn how GEO builds on traditional SEO and what influences visibility in AI-generated responses.
Ranking & Algorithms AI Search & Visibility
Read on Lumar →What SearchPilot Does For enterprise retailers, e-commerce businesses, and large-scale digital teams, organic search is one of the highest-value channels in the mix, but it can be unpredictable and…
Read on SearchPilot →Earlier this month, we announced platform properties for Search Console, allowing you to track how your social and video posts on Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube perform on Google Search, Discover,…
Read on Google Search Central →Googlebot does not crawl every page on your site every day. It works within…
Read on Oncrawl →Google shared some interesting information about the future of Search and AI in their most recent earnings call. While many are focusing on the first negative cash flow since their IPO 20 years ago,…
Read on Marie Haynes →Digital PR is the single most important strategy to win in AI search. A study by Muck Rack found that 84% of AI citations come from earned media, third-party sources like editorial coverage, reviews,…
Ranking & Algorithms AI Search & Visibility
Read on Backlinko →A session in partnership with Sitebulb
Read on SearchPilot →Nearly two years since a judge ruled Google an illegal monopolist. Total changes Google has had to make so far: zero. That's what getting away with it looks like. The SEARCH Act can end it now.
Read on DuckDuckGo →I have had a number of site owners reach out to ask for help with indexing issues lately. In most cases, I am finding that Google has classified their pages as “crawled-not currently indexed” in the…
Read on Marie Haynes →For years, site architecture served its purpose and served it well: help search engines…
Read on Oncrawl →BAT Roadmap 4.0 evolves the Basic Attention Token, Brave Rewards, and Brave Creators for the transactional attention economy, introducing agentic payments, a unified Brave Wallet, the BravePay…
Read on Brave Search →DuckDuckGo now blocks most video ads! Use our free browser to get the full YouTube experience, minus the ads. YouTube Ad Blocking joins our powerful lineup of browsing protections that manage cookie…
Read on DuckDuckGo →Brave's improved Place Search API matches Google Maps on quality in real-world tests, at 6–7x lower cost—$5 per 1,000 requests on an independent index built for maps, apps, and AI agents.
Read on Brave Search →Content creators and publishers use many channels beyond their own websites to reach their audiences. As people gravitate toward firsthand perspectives and different content formats, we want to make…
Read on Google Search Central →We're excited to officially announce the next stop for Search Central Live Deep Dive Europe 2026! Mark your calendars: based directly on your feedback, we're headed to Barcelona, Spain, from…
Read on Google Search Central →Today's Brave browser release (v1.92) adds built-in Containers on desktop, letting you isolate tabs so cookies and storage aren't shared—making it easy to manage multiple accounts or separate work…
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