ClaudeBot outpaced Googlebot on a new site. Here’s what verified crawl data actually looks like, and how to get your own.
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ClaudeBot outpaced Googlebot on a new site. Here’s what verified crawl data actually looks like, and how to get your own.
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Desktop and mobile clickthrough rates are splitting, according to new benchmark data. Clicks are growing on desktop while declining on mobile.
The post Google Desktop CTR Climbs While Mobile Dips, Report Finds appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
WP Rocket now offers free CDN, lowering the barrier to meaningful performance improvements on the most important pages.
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WordPress developers question whether the platform’s AI ambitions are pulling attention away from what users have been asking for all along.
The post WordPress Developers Say New AI Feature Does Not Belong In Core appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google is testing “Strongest Match” labels on Search ads. Here’s what advertisers know so far and the questions Google hasn’t answered.
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Google has begun rolling out the June 2026 spam update globally and across all languages. It’s the second spam update of the year.
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Microsoft Clarity’s Bot Analytics dashboard now detects when bots request URLs your robots.txt disallows, with trends and filters by bot and operator.
The post Microsoft Clarity Now Flags Bots That Ignore Robots.txt appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
SignalFire reports marketing hiring at major tech companies has fallen far more sharply than engineering, based on its hiring data.
The post Marketing Hiring Down 36% At Big Tech, Data Shows appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Accessibility used to be a compliance checkbox. In 2026 it’s the interface the majority of your visitors use to read your website.
The post The Accessibility Tree Is How AI Agents Read Your Site & It’s Breaking appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Anthropic’s Claude Tag lets teams assign work to @Claude inside Slack, embedding AI as a co-worker and assistant.
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