Google has fully rolled out news updates and top stories within AI Overviews in Google Search for mobile users in the United States, a Google spokesperson confirmed. The feature, announced in May, dis…
Nick Fox, Senior Vice President at Google, said Google is now sending billions of clicks to websites every week through AI features in Search alone, and billions of clicks to the web every day through…
Meta has launched the Meta Business Agent, an enterprise-grade autonomous AI agent that handles complex daily operations such as support tickets, lead qualification, real-time inventory checks, and ch…
Google is rolling out connected app integrations in AI Mode in Search, letting U.S. users link services such as Instacart, Canva, and YouTube Music to take action on AI-generated responses. The integr…
Only 1.2% of nearly 350,000 business locations analyzed in SOCi's 2026 Local Visibility Index were recommended by ChatGPT, compared to a 35.9% appearance rate in Google's local 3-pack, revealing a 30-…
Google's AI Mode displayed text ads on 29.45% of commercial queries in a new SE Ranking study, with higher-cost keywords far more likely to trigger ads. Advertisers buying AI Mode ads rarely appeared …
Google's AI Mode increased citations to google.com by 8.4x between April 15 and June 30, making it the No. 2 cited domain in Profound's tracking, driven almost entirely by Google Business Profiles and…
A joint analysis by Siteline founder David Kaufman and an SEO expert found that AI agents retrieve pricing information from first-party B2B websites only 79% of the time, compared to 93% for integrati…
Rising cost-per-click (CPC) rates in paid search are increasingly driven by factors outside the auction itself, according to an analysis by Search Engine Land. The cross-industry average CPC has reach…
The SEO vs. PPC debate is finally over, argues Search Engine Land columnist Tom Demers, because AI has shifted buying decisions beyond the click, making the two channels complementary parts of the sam…
OpenAI's ChatGPT ad revenue is on pace to miss its 2030 target by 90%, according to Emarketer. OpenAI projected $2.5 billion in ad revenue this year and $100 billion by 2030, but Emarketer estimates t…
Google now lets users create images directly within AI Overviews in Google Search, using its latest Nano Banana AI model to generate custom visuals from text prompts. The feature will roll out over th…
Hidden gem publishers have 1.7x higher audience affinity than major media outlets despite attracting 130x less traffic, according to a Fractl study backed by SparkToro. The research suggests digital P…
AI-generated answers can resurrect outdated negative articles, making them more influential and longer-lasting than traditional search results, according to SEO experts. A single decade-old customer-s…
AI shopping is transforming SEO priorities, requiring brands to optimize product data for machine understanding rather than just human clicks, according to a Search Engine Land analysis. The six key p…
A randomized field experiment by ISB Institute of Data Science researchers in early 2026 found that when an AI summary appears, outbound clicks to publishers fall by 38%, while the Tow Center reports …
Agentic commerce infrastructure, not ChatGPT ads, represents the real shift in AI-powered buying, according to a Search Engine Land analysis. Google, Amazon, and OpenAI are building transaction layers…
OpenAI is discontinuing ChatGPT Atlas, its standalone desktop browser, on August 9, less than a year after launch. The company is consolidating AI browsing, work-agent features, and Codex into a singl…
Google's Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) enables AI agents to discover, compare, and purchase products on behalf of users, shifting ecommerce from click-throughs to AI-driven transactions. The open-…
Google unveiled Gemini Intelligence at the Android Show on May 12, an AI layer that runs across Android devices and enables agents to complete tasks on behalf of users without opening webpages. The sy…