Average Google search query length in the US has grown from a flat 3.33–3.36 words to over 3.51 words as of May 2026, according to data from Similarweb, with the rise beginning around October 2025 aft…
Research from SALT.agency found no meaningful relationship between the vertical position of a cited text fragment and its likelihood of surfacing in Google AI Mode responses across 2,318 URLs analyzed…
AI search grew, token spending surged, software stocks fell, and publishers lost traffic in H1 2026, according to a report by Growth Memo. Google's AI Mode reached 1 billion monthly active users with …
A year-long study of 15.7 million AI Mode citations across 148 industries by SEO tool Pillarbase reveals that Google's AI Mode cites specific passages rather than entire pages, with 47.7% of citations…
Google has clarified that special schema.org markup is not required for participation in AI Overviews or AI Mode, shifting focus to agent-ready site architecture. The updated guidance emphasizes crawl…
Google's AI Mode in Search offers five features to help users plan offline activities, including finding local classes, shopping for gear, perfecting game strategies, booking event tickets, and design…
Google released its first ATLAS study on July 23, analyzing about 15 million de-identified interactions across the Gemini app, AI Mode and Gemini API, finding AI activity across 68% of occupations rep…
Google's AI Overviews now appear in 43% of searches, up from 15% a year ago, according to a Similarweb report, driving a shift from search as a gateway to the web to Google itself becoming the destina…
Google researchers found that Americans ask Gemini and AI Mode about government services, health, money, and legal issues far more often than they spend time on those activities, while eating, dressin…
Google launched the first iteration of the AI & Economy ATLAS (Activity, Task, Landscape, and Adoption Study), a large-scale, de-identified study of how people use Google's AI products, built from 15 …
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said Google's AI-powered search features, including AI Overviews and AI Mode, are driving growth in search queries, with AI Mode surpassing a billion monthly active users si…
Alphabet reported Q2 2026 earnings of $119.8 billion in revenue, up from $96.4 billion a year earlier, as Google Cloud revenue surged 82% to $24.8 billion and net income hit $112 billion. During the e…
Google's Merchant Center opened a pilot last week for AI performance insights, a report showing retailers shopping-related questions people ask AI Mode and AI Overviews, but the data groups queries by…
Google LLC announced it is letting users link Canva, Instacart and YouTube with AI Mode, its conversational AI-powered search tool, in a significant expansion of the feature announced in a blog post.…
Google has renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, folding the research and note-taking tool into its broader Gemini AI brand. The company says the platform's functionality remains unchanged, but the r…
Google is rolling out a new feature in the U.S. this week that lets users connect apps like Instacart, Canva, and YouTube Music directly to AI Mode in Search, enabling actions such as adding groceries…
Google is renaming its AI note-taking app NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, the company announced Thursday, while keeping it as a standalone app that will integrate more deeply with Gemini and Google Sea…
Google's AI Overviews reached more than 2.5 billion monthly users by mid-2026, according to a June 2026 investor presentation, as the company transforms search from a list of links into an AI-driven i…
Google has connected its AI Mode Personal Intelligence feature to Google Calendar, allowing the AI to add invites or meetings directly to a user's calendar and tailor responses based on their schedule…
Google has categorically denied a report from Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute that claims Google Search's AI Overviews and AI Mode pose an "unacceptable risk" for children, stating the …