Anecdotal report that blocking AI training bots with Cloudflare blocks Googlebot from indexing websites.
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Anecdotal report that blocking AI training bots with Cloudflare blocks Googlebot from indexing websites.
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Most publishers think robots.txt keeps them out of AI Overviews. It doesn’t. John Shehata’s data shows what the wrong setting actually costs newsrooms.
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Google paid search growth slowed in Q2 2026. See what tougher comparisons and shifting ad spend mean for PPC budgets and H2 planning.
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Snap announced that it is removing wholly AI-generated videos from Snapchat’s Spotlight recommendations in favor of promoting authentic human-authored experiences.
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WooCommerce Social Login vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to gain full control of ecommerce sites.
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No agent reads your OKF bundle. Write one anyway: v0.2’s provenance and staleness fields expose every claim your website cannot defend.
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One of the most advanced SEOs of all time, Bill Hartzer, is giving away free advanced link training lessons.
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Kris Jones says one word decides whether AI recommends your brand: synthesis. Here’s what that means for where you spend next quarter’s budget.
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Google’s AI search opt-out is rolling out as Top Stories appear inside AI Overviews. What the control covers and what businesses can measure before deciding.
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This week’s SEO Pulse covers expanded Search Console social reporting, Ahrefs’ AI-content ranking analysis, AI opt-out implications, and metadata guidance.
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