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After Google dropped free product listings in Europe under the Digital Markets Act, BrightEdge data shows Google Shopping now appears 16 to 35 times more often than the next competitor in European product search results.

Google search revenue grew 12% while queries hit a five-year high, and the gap is tied to AI Mode, with Google's response being more ads inside AI answers.

OpenAI is reportedly developing a Search Console or Webmaster Tools-like tool that would let businesses claim, manage, and track their presence on ChatGPT.

A working paper from researchers at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and the Vienna University of Economics and Business found paid ChatGPT visits earn far less revenue per session than paid Google Search visits.

Bing has added an AI visual summary button to individual search snippets that generates a graphic summarizing the linked page's content.

Amazon now lets outside stores list in its search for free, bot protection blocked an AI agent at 29 of 200 retailers, and Google AI Mode began booking plumbers.

A Feedvisor survey of U.S. consumers finds shoppers still buy regularly but compare prices more, distrust promotions, use AI for research, and plan holiday spending unevenly.

Google is asking searchers who start a search in AI Mode to 'continue with this search', a prompt meant to encourage follow-up queries.

Google is showing pop-up prompts in AI Mode encouraging searchers to turn on Personal Intelligence.

Helen Nissenbaum's contextual integrity theory holds that privacy means information flows according to the norms of its context, and it is now being applied to test AI agents and ad targeting.