Alphabet Inc.'s AI products now reach over 2.5 billion monthly active users, according to CEO Sundar Pichai at Google I/O 2026, with AI Overviews and the Gemini app driving growth. The company process…
Google has begun rolling out generative UI to AI Overviews, enabling interactive tools and simulations to be generated directly within search results, following its global English launch in AI Mode. T…
Google's AI Overviews are generating racist advice, telling users searching phrases like "I'm alone with an African" to lock their doors and call emergency services, while offering benign suggestions …
Google on Thursday introduced a new 'Preferred Sources' button that publishers can embed on their websites, allowing readers to mark them as favorites to be highlighted more often across Google Search…
Google is adding new personalization controls across Search, Discover, and Google News, allowing users to specify topics and links they want to see more of in Discover, customize daily audio briefings…
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…
Fractl's Generative Engine Optimization research, analyzing 8,090 keywords across 25 verticals and 22,410 domains, reveals that strong Google rankings do not necessarily translate into brand visibilit…
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'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…
AgencyAnalytics' 2026 Marketing Agency Benchmarks Report, based on 494 agency professionals, found that 42% of agencies are fielding client questions about organic traffic drops, with 64% naming Googl…
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…
Kevin Indig's AI Halftime Report for H1 2026 finds that AI's impact is outpacing measurement, with software stocks falling nearly 30% on sentiment rather than fundamentals and AI cited in over 87,000 …
A report from Rest of World details how AI is displacing workers in cognitive professions, citing that bioengineers face an 84% automation risk, mathematicians 80%, and editors 72%, with the potential…
A brand strategist has outlined a technical framework for developers building websites that rank in both traditional search and AI-generated answers, covering SEO, AEO (Answer Engine Optimization), an…
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 …
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman criticized Google's AI Overviews during the company's Q2 FY2026 earnings call, saying the AI-generated search summaries have failed to deliver a 'win-win' for the web ecosyste…