Google AI Mode ads: Everything you need to know
Google is deciding when and how to introduce your business into AI-powered conversations. Here's where your control begins — and ends.
Topic: SE Ranking
Your AI search visibility keeps changing: Here’s what to do about it
AI citations shift across prompts and platforms. Here's how to find the signal, reduce false alarms, and make better visibility decisions.
Google’s /goto change: The latest challenge for third-party SEO data
Google’s /goto URLs add to a series of changes making third-party SERP data harder to collect and rank tracking less reliable.
Why ChatGPT Ads deserve a place in your 2027 media plan
Cheap inventory and low competition make ChatGPT Ads worth testing. But Google’s distribution advantage may make it short-lived.
Google’s August 2026 spam update hit rankings harder than normal
Google's spam update caused exceptional search disruption, with dramatic ranking losses across 20 industries, according to SE Ranking data.
Has Google demoted listicles?
A 60,000-query analysis reveals where listicles still rank, where they’ve declined, and why ranking well doesn’t guarantee clicks.
LLM visibility starts with better internal communication
Better search outcomes depend on how your teams work together. See why communication is the foundation for adapting to AI-driven change.
Want more AI visibility and citations? Start monitoring trends
Learn how monitoring keyword and topic trends helps you publish early, build authority, and improve your odds of getting cited in AI search.
Study: ChatGPT ads appear on 26% of commercial prompts
New research finds ChatGPT is already serving ads at scale, while highlighting challenges around targeting relevance.
How to spot an emerging category in search data
Most trends fade. Some become entirely new markets. The difference is visible in search data if you know where to look.
Why the F.A.C.T.S. model is the key to search everywhere optimization
Learn how to boost visibility across search, social, reputation, and AI using SOCi's F.A.C.T.S. model for multi-location brands.
AI shopping starts with your product feed, not your product page
AI shopping uses structured product data to decide what shoppers see. Here's why your Google Merchant Center feed is key to discovery.
Google AI Mode ads reach nearly 30% of queries: Study
High CPC searches were far likelier to show AI text ads, while paid placements rarely boosted citations or organic rankings.
AI Overviews vs. featured snippets: What the data says about CTR, traffic, and conversions
How do AI Overviews and featured snippets compare? Read our guide on the key differences, the data, and how to optimize for each.
Tools and software to manage AI crawlers accessing your site
Learn how to use AI crawler tools and software to optimize for AI crawlability, allow, block, or limit AI bots, audit crawling behavior, and implement controls.
Can a fake brand win in AI search? New experiment says yes
A month-long test shows AI visibility follows repeatable signals — making it predictable, testable, and open to strategic influence.
4 signals that now define visibility in AI search
Rankings don’t guarantee visibility in AI search. Four signals determine which brands appear and how they’re described.
March 2026 Google core update more volatile than December — here’s what changed
Nearly 80% of top results shifted as Google’s latest update hit aggregators and boosted brands, official sites, and data-rich sources.
‘Google Zero’ misses the real problem: Your next visitor isn’t human
The real shift is machine-driven discovery, where AI agents research and decide before humans ever visit your website.
Google’s AI Mode is citing Google more than any other site: Study
Nearly one in five sources in Google’s AI answers now comes from Google itself, with many citations leading to more Google Search results.
How to detect AI-written content & plagiarism accurately
Learn how to detect AI-written content and plagiarism using tools, manual techniques, and best practices to ensure originality, compliance, and trust.
Why LLM-only pages aren’t the answer to AI search
Creating pages only machines will see won’t improve AI search visibility. Data shows standard SEO fundamentals still drive AI citations.
Google AI Overviews cite YouTube most often for health topics: Study
Google’s AI health summaries rely on sources that lack rigorous medical review or evidence, a new analysis finds.
AI tools for PPC, AI search, and social campaigns: What’s worth using now
The tools driving creative, workflow automation, and search visibility in performance marketing – plus guidance for choosing the right stack.
How to monitor your website’s performance and SEO metrics
After launch, ongoing tracking keeps your site competitive. Use automation and analytics to catch issues early and sustain SEO growth.
AI-generated content: Benefits, risks & SEO best practices
AI content is everywhere—but is it good for SEO? Learn how AI-generated content works, its pros and cons, and how to use it without hurting rankings.
SE Ranking acquires Planable to expand into social media, AI search
SE Ranking unites SEO and social content tools with deal, targeting greater brand reach across AI search engines and social platforms.
How to get cited by AI: SEO insights from 8,000 AI citations
From ChatGPT to Gemini, here's what each AI model trusts – and how strategic content earns visibility in generative search results.
How to measure brand visibility in AI search (before you disappear)
Learn why good SEO practices—content, links, UX—still power visibility in AI search.
Google change disrupts SEO tools, resulting in data blackouts
Many popular SEO rank and data tracking tools stopped reporting data following a Google change on Jan. 15.
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.
Study: 56% of Google’s top three positions are held by ccTLDs
An analysis of 1.7 million SERP positions and over 20,000 keywords across 15 markets uncovers global trends in Google’s SERPs.
How Google Search Generative Experience is impacting ads
A new study looks into how SGE impacts different ad types as well as ad placement within Google's SERPs.
Automated SEO reporting for clients: The agency’s guide
In this step-by-step guide, you’ll learn how to leverage automated SEO reports to strengthen your client-agency relationships.
SEO content optimization: How to rank higher and convert better
Discover the complete process of SEO content optimization using both hands-on techniques and advanced SEO solutions.
This day in search marketing history: March 8
RIP Google PageRank score, plus: member of SEO community killed in Ukraine, Google's Full Coverage feature, Google penalizes itself, and more.
SEO 2022 in review: E-E-A-T, ChatGPT, Search Essentials and more
SEO proved to be yet another challenging year with several big changes. Here's our recap of the year's most important SEO news and stories.
3 simple steps to automating content creation for businesses
Follow this step-by-step guide to learn how to save time, effort and money on creating content primed for SERP success.
Keyword rank tracking software – 6 tools compared
We have looked at some of the most popular rank tracking tools to see how they differ and what features each one offers for position tracking.
The complete guide to on-page optimization
This step-by-step guide will show you how to take your on-site optimization to the next level, create top-performing pages and achieve desired results.