New web standards could redefine how AI models use your content
A new protocol could give you power over how AI models collect and use your content. See what rules are being drafted and why they matter.
Topic: Web scraping
Balance AI efficiency with human quality for SEO wins
AI tools promise faster workflows and smarter insights, but they also create blind spots. Learn how to mitigate the risks without losing efficiency.
Google says verify your cloud hosting provider with Search Console
If you are hosting images, videos or other content on third-party cloud services, you probably want to verify those in Search Console.
SerpAPI calls Reddit lawsuit a threat to the ‘free and open web’
SerpAPI responds to Reddit’s scraping lawsuit, defending its practices and insisting that public search data should stay open and accessible.
Reddit sues Perplexity, SerpApi over scraping Google Search data
Perplexity and SerpApi disguised bots to scrape Reddit data from Google at 'industrial scale,' according to Reddit's new lawsuit.
Google crawl stats report is missing a day of data
This has happened a few times before, and it is now happening again. This is a Google issue and not an issue with your site.
When AI agents do the shopping: Insights from 100 conversations with ChatGPT Agent mode
As ChatGPT agents book, buy, and convert for users, SEO must evolve. Make your site agent-readable, accessible, and built to convert.
Hreflang: The hidden crisis in international SEO
Hreflang tags help Google serve the right language pages. Learn what they are, why they matter, and how to implement them for global SEO visibility.
Google sends 831x more visitors than AI systems: Report
AI bots outpace Microsoft Bing in traffic, but send almost no visitors, driving up publisher costs and fueling new content access battles.
Why global sites amplify technical errors and steps to prevent this
Here’s a playbook for building monitoring systems, workflows, and coordination to help keep your enterprise sites healthy across regions and languages.
Google Search confirms it does not support the results per page parameter
This change does not seem to be a bug, but rather an intentional change to how Google serves search results.
Google Search rank and position tracking is a mess right now
Google removed the ability to see 100 search results per page and both third-party tracking tools and maybe even Search Console seem off since.
New Really Simple Licensing standard could make AI pay
A new licensing standard – Really Simple Licensing (RSL) – aims to let web publishers set terms on how AI systems use their content.
Viral post accuses Google’s AI Overviews of breaking its own spam rules
After Google announces its latest spam update, a post roast AI Overviews for violating Google’s own spam policies.
ChatGPT’s answers came from Google Search after all: Report
Even ChatGPT leaned on Google’s search results via a scraping service – underscoring how crucial Google’s index remains in the AI search era.
ChatGPT is using Google Search, multiple tests suggest
Tests reveal ChatGPT Plus quoting content only indexed by Google. Is ChatGPT Plus somehow sourcing answers using Google Search results?
AI search fight: Cloudflare and Perplexity clash over crawling
Cloudflare says Perplexity evades crawl directives with stealth tactics; Perplexity calls the claims a misunderstanding – or a PR stunt.
Cloudflare’s Pay Per Crawl: A turning point for SEO and GEO
Pay Per Crawl signals a new web business model – charging AI bots for access and giving content creators a new path to profit.
SEO-friendly URLs: What you need to know
Even in AI-driven search, clean URLs support better SEO. Explore how structure, keywords, and canonicalization influence visibility.
Google Ads tests URL inclusions and exclusions for search
Google Ads testing URL inclusions and exclusions should give you more control over which site pages influence ad generation.
What is technical SEO? The definitive guide
Learn what technical SEO is, why it matters, and how to optimize your site for speed, crawlability, indexation, and structured data—all in one expert guide.
Understanding and resolving ‘Discovered – currently not indexed’
Learn potential reasons why you're seeing this status in Google Search Console, plus ways to address related crawling and indexing issues.
IndexNow helps with faster indexing of product updates and shopping ads
Plus, Amazon and Shopify both now support IndexNow.
How to fix technical SEO issues on client-side React apps
Uncover rendering and indexing issues caused by a React client-side-powered app and how to prevent SEO nightmares.
Cloudflare CEO: AI is killing the business model of the web
Google's value exchange with content creators has collapsed – and the web's business model is cracking, according to Matthew Prince.
Meet llms.txt, a proposed standard for AI website content crawling
Find out what llms.txt is, how it works, how to think about it, whether LLMs and brands are buying in, and why you should pay attention.
Google drops AI while browsing feature
This feature allowed you to, while browsing a webpage, ask Google to generate key points from the page.
What Is Duplicate Content? How It Affects SEO & How to Fix It
Learn what duplicate content is, why it matters for SEO, and how to fix it.
As AI scraping surges, AI search traffic fails to follow: Report
AI bot scraping doubled from Q3 to Q4 of 2024. But the click-through rates from AI search remain abysmal – at less than 1%
A guide to web crawlers: What you need to know
Your website is being crawled right now. Find out which bots are helping your SEO, which ones are hurting it, and how to take control.
How to fix ‘Blocked by robots.txt’ and ‘Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt’ errors in GSC
Confused by these Google Search Console errors? Learn what they mean, why they happen, and how to fix them effectively.
Is rank tracking dead? Why Google’s new rules are changing the game
Google’s latest move forces SEOs to rethink how they measure success. Here’s what you should be focusing on now.
Ecommerce SEO: How to use generative AI to create product descriptions from your reviews
A step-by-step process to make your ecommerce descriptions more engaging and SEO-friendly using AI and real customer reviews.
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.
How to fix the ‘Page with redirect’ error in Google Search Console
Have you discovered the “Page with redirect” error in GSC? Learn to spot and fix it by improving content quality, site architecture, and more.
Google’s new help document on faceted navigation
Faceted navigation can potentially lead to overcrawling and slower discovery crawls.
Top 6 technical SEO action items for 2025
Prepare for 2025 with technical updates that optimize website resources, enhance visibility and boost SEO performance.
How to fix the ‘Alternate page with proper canonical tag’ error in Google Search Console
Fix this GSC error by identifying the true canonical source, inspecting the URL, checking your language folder and more.
Google Search Console recommendations now fully live
Note, you still may not see it if Google does not have recommendations for you.
An in-depth guide to technical SEO optimization
If your technical SEO is poor, search engines will struggle to discover, crawl, and index your site quickly and correctly