Platforms lost younger audience share, too. Publishers still have the bigger problem. The data explains why.
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Platforms lost younger audience share, too. Publishers still have the bigger problem. The data explains why.
The post Your Younger Audience Is Declining Faster Than It Looks appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Cloudflare now lets all sites manage AI crawlers as Search, Agent, or Training, with Sept. 15 defaults that can block Googlebot for sites blocking training.
The post Cloudflare’s AI Crawler Rules Can Block Googlebot appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Bing’s latest AI reporting confirms that rankings and citations measure different outcomes, requiring new visibility strategies across AI search.
The post Microsoft Just Proved A Point About Search Today appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Fabrice Canel, the Principal Product Manager who led Bing’s crawling and indexing team and championed IndexNow, has announced his retirement from Microsoft.
The post Fabrice Canel, Longtime Bing Search Leader, Retires From Microsoft appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Examine the decline of traditional publisher traffic as AI gains prominence. What does this mean for the future of content creators?
The post Habitual Publisher Traffic Is Collapsing appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
OpenAI job listings and its advertising plans point to image, video, native and conversational ad formats for ChatGPT.
The post OpenAI Hiring Points To Image & Video Ads Coming To ChatGPT appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
An updated AI Overviews experiment finds no measurable difference in bounce rates, time on site, or returns to search between clicks with and without summaries.
The post Google AI Overviews Study Finds Lost Clicks Weren’t Lower Quality appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
A global study of 6,100 organizations reveals most AI adoption is still surface-level, and the gap is widening fast.
The post 88% Of Companies Use AI As A Tool, Only 12% Built A System appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
ChatGPT’s source behavior shows why crawlable facts, third-party validation, and query-level search triggers matter more than generic GEO tactics.
The post How ChatGPT Actually Picks Sources (I Read The Network Traffic, Not The Outputs) appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google launched a new update in AI Mode that places recipe site links at the top of responses, with creator names, ratings and ingredient counts.
The post Google Puts Recipe Links At Top Of AI Mode Responses appeared first on Search Engine Journal.