Google Spam Update, Image Search Data In GSC – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google's September spam update may take up to two weeks, Search Console adds image-based search data, reports look at traffic from Search and AI Mode.
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Browse the archiveTake A Break, Compliance Nerds. Privacy Is A Research Problem Now
The California legislature has passed the compromise version of SB-690, leaving most of the private right of action provisions of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) in place. Thanks to massive lobbying efforts by Big Tech, other states have lost…
Microsoft Copilot now lets marketers build their own apps and dashboards
Microsoft’s new Code feature can turn natural-language instructions into internal apps, trackers, dashboards and automations, without requiring users to start with traditional programming.
GTM teams are losing track of their AI agents
AI agents are spreading across the GTM stack, but many teams lack the visibility and ownership needed to keep track of what they do.
Why you need to stop treating LLMs like people
When you treat LLMs like thinking partners, you end up with vague prompts, hallucinations, and unreliable outputs.
Marketers bemoan the culture of ‘good enough’ as standards fall amid the AI bubble
‘Drowning in measurement,’ marketers mull priorities in an internet where ‘two audiences’ exist.
Data: Your Edge for AEO/GEO
Key Takeaways Original research gives brands something valuable in an increasingly crowded search landscape: information that isn’t available everywhere else. That advantage may become even more important as AI search changes how people discover information…