ChatGPT search officially launches
OpenAI is beginning its long-awaited ChatGPT search product – with a wider rollout in the coming months.
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NerdWallet reveals costly Google SEO visibility challenges
NerdWallet reports a brutal quarter for SEO, thanks in part to Google AI Overviews providing answers directly in the search results.
Search Engine Land Awards 2024: And the winners are…
Here are all the individuals, agencies and in-house teams who have earned Search Engine Land awards for excellence in SEO in PPC in 2024.
SearchGPT gives brands 4x more referrals vs. Perplexity, Claude
SearchGPT is still in limited beta, but it's starting to send more referral traffic to brands than established generative engines.
YouTube citations in Google AI Overviews surge 300%
Meanwhile, the overlap of organic search rankings and AIO citations increased overall, but dropped for shopping queries, new analysis finds.
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Semrush acquires Search Engine Land
Leading SaaS platform Semrush acquired Search Engine Land, SMX and all of our sibling publications.
Search Engine Land Awards 2024: Complete finalists list
We're excited to announce the nominations for this year's Search Engine Land Awards. Winners will be announced Oct. 21.
OpenAI to integrate SearchGPT into ChatGPT before 2024 ends
OpenAI's Varun Shetty also said publishers will be fairly compensated through 'significant incremental traffic from new audiences.'
Change Who Pays: New Google Ads process for client account transfers
You will no longer have to contact your Google Ads support team to transfer client accounts to another agency.
Google AI Overview ads launch on mobile in U.S.
The sponsored AI Overview ads will appear below the organic AI-generated answer. Will this positioning be good or bad for advertisers?
Google Lens to add Shopping Ads this year
Shopping Ads will appear along with the Google Lens visual search results, which are also getting a new design today.
Google Discover disruption, not showing new content?
There seems to be an issue with Google Discover where new content isn't showing. It's unclear how widespread of an issue this is.
Microsoft is about to change how Copilot ads appear and trigger
Microsoft Advertising will also start piloting two new generative AI features – diagnostics and performance snapshot – this month.
Is Google using Chrome for mobile-first indexing and user signals?
SEO expert Cindy Krum explains how she believes Google is using Chrome user data for rendering, indexing, ranking and beyond.
New data: Google AI Overviews show more often to signed-in users
Meanwhile, many large brands are already getting more referral traffic from SearchGPT than Perplexity, new BrightEdge research shows.
Recovery uncertain: Google’s Danny Sullivan on algorithm impacts
Google's Search Liaison discusses the impact of Google updates, noting that publishers may not get back to previous traffic levels.
Survey: Google updates, self-preferencing, AI Overviews are top SEO threats
To counter these threats, SEOs are focusing on content quality, E-E-A-T, traffic diversification and staying updated.
Reports: Perplexity ads to launch in Q4
A pitch deck reveals new details about Perplexity's advertising plans – including video ads and sponsoring related questions.
Google AI Overviews, organic results overlap jumps to 99%, analysis finds
In the early days of AI Overviews (and Search Generative Experience before that), Google typically cited sources beyond the top 10 results.
Publishers report ‘negligible’ traffic impact of Google AI Overviews
Dotdash Meredith and Ziff Davis tell shareholders that they haven't seen any significant traffic changes due to Google's AI Overviews.
How long will people wait for websites to load in 2024? Survey says…
If your webpages load too slowly or are unresponsive, you risk frustrating searchers and losing them to a competitor.
Report: U.S. considering forcing a Google breakup
Could Google be broken up in the not-too-distant future? Could the U.S. government force a sale of Chrome, Android or Ads?
Google AI Overviews volatility continues: Rise, fall, repeat
The overlap of AI Overviews with Google's search results increased. Travel and entertainment queries no longer triggered AI Overviews.
Reddit CEO to Microsoft and AI search engines: Pay for our content
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman does not believe all web content – especially theirs – is free for AI models and search engines to crawl and use.
OpenAI starts testing SearchGPT prototype, here’s what it looks like
SearchGPT is a temporary prototype. ChatGPT plans to integrate search features from SearchGPT into ChatGPT in the future.
Google will ‘soon’ test search, shopping ads in AI Overviews
Google once again touts positive trends of AI Overviews and plans to scale it up, while expertly evading sharing any metrics.
Survey: User satisfaction with Google grows in 2024
Google's push into AI-driven search doesn't seem to have hurt customer satisfaction. Meanwhile, ads are problematic for social media users.
Survey: Search marketers less happy with their jobs vs. last year
Job dissatisfaction is up, and fewer search marketers are satisfied with their jobs, Search Engine Land's Career and Salary survey finds.
Survey: Search marketing gender pay gap is widening
Men earn an average of $130,000 while women earn an average of $95,000, according to Search Engine Land's 2024 Salary and Career Survey.
2024 Salary and Career survey: How much search marketers make
Learn the average search marketing salary ranges, plus what most impacts compensation in Search Engine Land's 2024 Salary and Career survey.
OpenAI is ‘going to build a search product’
The Atlantic confirms it has granted permission for its content to be included in OpenAI's search product.
Google AI Overviews only show for 7% of queries, a new low
Some of the biggest visibility drops were on education, entertainment and ecommerce queries. Reddit and Quora are almost never cited anymore.
Nearly 60% of Google searches end without a click in 2024
Meanwhile, almost 30% of clicks go to Google's properties and about 36% of clicks go to the open web, a new zero-click search study finds.
Microsoft AI CEO: Web content is ‘freeware’
Mustafa Suleyman believes almost all web content can be used for AI training unless explicitly restricted by the creator.
Reimagining search in the AI era: Insights from ex-Bing Search director
Nobody notices when search engines work perfectly. but they notice when they don't – and more wisdom from Stefan Weitz.
Yelp adds 8 searchable accessibility business attributes
Businesses can add accessibility attributes including accessible parking near entrance, ASL proficient and QR code menus available.
Google AI Overviews showing less often, with less Reddit, data shows
Google's AI Overviews appear for 7-9% of queries, on average. And Reddit is no longer one of the top 10 most cited domains.
Head of Google Search: AI mistakes won’t prevent progress
Google won't hold back AI Search features because of 'occasional problems,' according to Liz Reid.
13 SEO takeaways from Google’s Elizabeth Tucker at SMX Advanced
Why the March 2024 Core update rollout took 45 days, how Google defines low quality, why we see radical ranking fluctuations and more.