Interviewing SEOs in an AI-first world

One group of SEO talent is becoming dramatically more valuable. The other is watching their skill set become a commodity.

One group of SEO talent is becoming dramatically more valuable. The other is watching their skill set become a commodity.
Google traffic is harder to come by. Its newest publisher features won’t bring it back; they’re built to reward loyal, engaged audiences instead.
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Vulnerability enables attackers to take control of affected WordPress sites and install malicious files.
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Anthropic proposes coordinated AI development pause, warning of rapid capability growth that could reshape search, content quality signals, and marketing practices.
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Chrome says WebMCP creates hijacking risks for AI agents operating inside users’ logged-in browser sessions.
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When culture pushes us to measure things that don’t matter to us, our values are captured. Once the metrics turn a profit for corporations and those in power, they are amplified, and almost overnight, begin to matter to us, even if they run contrary to what we originally set out to do or become. We’re
Google is adding a direct Google Business Profile connection and Business notebooks to the Gemini app, rolling out this month.
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Ever wonder how many sites are using a specific type of structured data element? Now you can know.

Ginny Marvin shared details on AI Max, AI Search ads, measurement and first-party data in a wide-ranging Q&A.

Could AI lose a key source of training data? Major publishers want Common Crawl to stop collecting and sharing their content.