Google announced an update to its voice search, which changes how voice search queries are processed and then ranked. The new AI model uses speech as input for the search and ranking process, completely bypassing the stage where voice is converted to text. The old system was called Cascade ASR, where a voice query is ..
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GEO/AEO is criticized by SEOs who claim that it’s just SEO at best and unsupported lies at worst. Are SEOs right, or are they just defending their turf? Bing recently published a guide to AI search visibility that provides a perfect opportunity to test whether optimization for AI answers recommendations is distinct from traditional SEO ..
Google’s Robby Stein, VP of Product at Google, explained that Google Search is converging with AI in a new manner that builds on three pillars of AI. The implications for online publishers, SEOs, and eCommerce stores are profound. Three Pillars Of AI Search Google’s Stein said that there are three essential components to the “next ..
Google has quietly updated its list of user-triggered fetchers with new documentation for Google NotebookLM. The importance of this seemingly minor change is that it’s clear that Google NotebookLM will not obey robots.txt. Google NotebookLM NotebookLM is an AI research and writing tool that enables users to add a web page URL, which will process ..
What I’m about to say will feel uncomfortable to a lot of SEOs, and maybe even some CEOs. I’m not writing this to be sensational, and I know some of my peers will still look sideways at me for it. That’s fine. I’m sharing what the data suggests to me, and I want you to ..
Out of many direct conversations I’ve had in the industry, there’s a mixed reaction to how much AI might impact SEO and search. It depends on your business model as to just how much of a catastrophic effect LLM platforms have taken away your clicks and, more importantly, your end business outcomes. Google still remains ..
If you’ve read “From Line Item to Leverage” or “Who Owns Web Performance?,” you know I’ve argued that enterprise SEO failures are rarely due to incompetence or lack of effort. The playbook is known. The teams are capable. The opportunity is massive. Yet results often stall or underdeliver. Why? Because the real problem isn’t only ..
What if your SEO strategy could predict what customers want before they even search? The shift from keyword-centric to behavior-driven SEO is important. When you understand why people search, not just what they search for, your content naturally becomes more relevant and your performance more sustainable. Google processes over 5 trillion searches annually, and many ..
Search Atlas held an event last week to showcase new capabilities and improvements to their SEO platform, which make it easier for digital marketers to scale SEO and take on more clients. The new features enable marketers to more easily handle on-page and off-page SEO, paid search, track LLM visibility and impact, and scale Google ..
Where is search going to develop? Is ChatGPT a threat or an opportunity? Is optimizing for large language models (LLMs) the same as optimizing for search engines? These are some of the critical questions that are top of mind for both SEOs and CMOs as we head into a multi-search world. In Part 2 of ..
