Gemini 4 Argon rolling out in Google AI Mode & Gemini
This is currently rolling out to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers globally.
Topic: NotebookLM
The top 10 tools for PPC management in 2027
See which tools can help you analyze accounts faster, streamline workflows, collaborate with clients, and spend more time on PPC strategy.
How to turn news articles into assets for AI search
Liquid content gives publishers more ways to package, distribute, personalize, and monetize journalism as audience habits shift.
How AI is merging paid and organic visibility
The line between paid and organic is fading as Gemini shapes campaigns, search experiences, and brand visibility across Google's ecosystem.
The 5-layer framework for measuring GEO performance
AI visibility dashboards can’t answer the ROI question on their own. Here’s how to build a more credible GEO measurement model.
How to write for AI search: A playbook for machine-readable content
Learn how to structure clear, information-rich content that LLMs can extract, interpret, and cite in AI-driven search.
6 overlooked ways to repurpose content and unlock new organic growth
Most marketers repurpose content, but few tap into the lesser-known tactics that unlock bigger reach and stronger organic results.
AI progress stalls for SEO tasks despite wave of new models
Claude still leads, ChatGPT-5 rebounds, and Gemini rises – but new AI models show limits in handling real-world SEO tasks.
Will Scott on AI content reuse, schema and semantics, and generative engine optimization
SMX Advanced speaker Will Scott shares insights on AI SEO, semantic strategy, content reuse automation, and the future of search.
Dave Davies on LLM content SEO shortcuts, attribution loss, and agentic AI
SMX Advanced keynote speaker Dave Davies shares insights on LLM pitfalls, weird tech gotchas, and why generative engines are the future.
20+ ChatGPT alternatives for SEO and content teams
Explore top ChatGPT alternatives for AI writing, coding, and productivity. Compare features, pricing, and use cases in this expert-curated 2025 guide.
Google testing audio version of Google Discover named Daily Listen
This is a Search Labs experimental feature available on the Google App for iOS or Android.
Google Shutters Fast Flip, Sidewiki, Aardvark, Subscribed Links & More Google Labs Projects
Google has just announced the closure of several well-known products, including Fast Flip, Sidewiki, Aardvark and Subscribed Links. Some of these are part of the ongoing purge of Google Labs products, while others that are being shut down were not part of Labs. And Google has also announced that other Google Labs projects have “graduated” […]
Let’s Celebrate Google’s Biggest Failures!
“We celebrate our failures,” Google CEO Eric Schmidt said yesterday when speaking at the Techonomy confernce, in response to the surprise closure of his company’s Google Wave product. When it comes to failures, Google’s celebrating more than you might realize.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 2, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Internet Explorer 6 Forces Bing As Default Search Provider It appears that Bing is overriding the default search provider set by users of Internet Explorer 6. Several IE6 users have complained […]
Yahoo Starting To Roll Out “Search Pad” Feature
Formerly known as “Research Assistant,” Yahoo is starting to introduce (to selected users) what it’s now calling “Search Pad,” an application that automatically collects sites and content as users conduct online research. By contrast, Google has shuttered (for new users) its similar, but less developed, Notebook service. Yahoo describes Search Pad in the following way: […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 15, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Ends Google Video Uploads, Shutters Notebook, Catalog Search, Dodgeball & Jaiku
Google’s announced they’re closing or ceasing development of a variety of products as part of an already continuing move to keep efforts focused on other products with greater usage. These include an end to video uploads to Google Video, closure of Google Catalog Search, Google Notebook, Dodgeball, the microblogging service Jaiku and the Google Mashup […]
Google Toolbar 5 For Firefox Adds Features
Google announced that the Firefox 5.0 Google Toolbar is now available for download. The toolbar adds many of the features and improvements Google added to 5.0 for IE several months ago including:
A Deeper Look At Google’s Search Quality Efforts
Udi Manber, VP Engineering, Search Quality at Google, wrote a fairly long post at the Google Blog on introducing search quality to the public. In short, Udi explains the various teams within the search quality group and explains what each team does. I will highlight below the parts I personally found most interesting:
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 14, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
What Would A Google Antitrust Breakup Look Like?
How might Google be broken up into various companies? The story below explores the idea, in the guise of a chapter from a fictional book about how a Google break-up might have come about and the results from it. It explores the idea of a Search Engine Reform Act that breaks-up the company, as well […]
The Anatomy Of A Google Search Result
As Barry noted earlier, Matt Cutts, keeper of all things webspam and webmaster for Google, is reviving his video series. This new set is on the official Google Webmaster Central blog, rather than his personal site, and so far, don’t seem to feature either of his cats. But even cat-free, they are a welcome addition […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 12, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 29, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web: