Google announced five new AI-powered learning features in Search, including interactive visuals, practice quizzes, Lens-based step-by-step help, and Gemini Notebook integration, with practice quizzes …
Google continues to develop AI Overviews and AI Mode, with ongoing experimentation that may affect recipe publishers and SEO. The company's official updates describe these as evolving Search experienc…
Google is testing three AI Mode shortcuts beneath the desktop Search box: Create images, Ask about files, and Brainstorm. The limited test turns AI Mode from a distinct search destination into task-ba…
Search Engine Land's analysis suggests that AI visibility may begin forming before a topic registers meaningful keyword demand, as AI-powered search surfaces draw on citations, entity signals, prompts…
Google's AI Mode and AI Overviews are increasingly selecting local businesses for customers, reducing the field to three to five recommended brands per query, according to Uberall's benchmark. Google'…
Google has introduced gen AI performance reports in Search Console, giving site owners visibility into how their content appears in AI Overviews and AI Mode. The reports integrate with existing Search…
Google confirmed a small desktop test that adds new homepage buttons for AI Mode, including "Create images," "Ask about files," and "Brainstorm," according to Robby Stein, VP of Product at Google. Ste…
Google's Generative AI performance report, which went live for every Search Console property on August 11, 2026, with data back to May 18, 2026, withholds queries, clicks, and API access, according to…
Google reported that its Gemini app reached 950 million monthly active users in Q2 2026, while AI Mode in Google Search surpassed 1 billion monthly active users. The company highlighted the distinctio…
AI-driven search is becoming a material marketing budget consideration in 2026, even for organizations where conventional SEO continues to generate substantial revenue. The shift is driven by the rapi…
Nearly one in six U.S. trending news queries now place Top Stories carousels inside Google AI Overviews, according to NewzDash CEO John Shehata, with 15.5% of U.S. and 17.46% of UK queries showing the…
On June 3, 2026, Google announced dedicated Generative AI performance reports in Search Console, providing website owners with impressions data from AI Overviews and AI Mode, initially rolling out to …
A developer who runs a daily probe of AI assistants found that across 13 Google AI answers, 168 citations were used and no domain appeared twice in any single answer. The pattern suggests Google's AI …
Google is rolling out a Search Console setting that lets website owners opt out of AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Discover's AI features without leaving Search, a choice that became available after the UK…
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…