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Google’s DMCA Crisis Is Disrupting The Web. It Will Only Get Worse. via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google’s DMCA Crisis is turning a copyright protection system into a tool that bad actors can use against publishers.
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Google Data Shows AI Search Users Moved Past Keywords, Your Content Hasn’t via @sejournal, @gregjarboe
Google’s AI Mode data puts hard numbers on a behavioral shift that has already made most 2025 keyword strategies obsolete.
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Should I Block AI Crawlers Or Measure Their Value First? – Ask An SEO via @sejournal, @HelenPollitt1
AI bots drain server resources and scrape IP, but blocking them risks invisibility in LLM answers. Here is how to decide.
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Left unsaid
It’s difficult to ride a bicycle in the pitch darkness. We need to see where we’re going to avoid obstacles. And it’s hard to maintain our balance. When we choose to avoid the conversations that make us uncomfortable, we’re pedaling in the dark. Talk about it. Turn on the lights.
Google AI Overviews Study Finds Lost Clicks Weren’t Lower Quality via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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.
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OpenAI Hiring Points To Image & Video Ads Coming To ChatGPT via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
OpenAI job listings and its advertising plans point to image, video, native and conversational ad formats for ChatGPT.
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ChatGPT Thinking mode changes which brands get cited
Only 25.6% source overlap between minimal and high reasoning across 100 prompts and 20 buyer journeys, according to Semrush and Kevin Indig.
Google adds Channel Diagnostics to Performance Max
Google’s Channel Diagnostics for PMax, helps advertisers identify missing or disapproved assets that could limit performance.
