How ChatGPT's Retrieval Stack Actually Works

RESONEO's analysis of 1,200 ChatGPT answers reveals three distinct retrieval layers—OpenAI's own index (labrador), cached Google results, and live-fetched pages—each with different staleness and citation rules.

Google Confirms Search Console Generative AI Report Bug

Google confirmed a logging bug in Search Console's Generative AI in Search performance report causing artificially low impression counts since August 13.

Google: Entity Order Impacts LLM Recall in AI Answers

Google's research demonstrates that large language models struggle to recall facts when questions reverse the typical subject/object entity order.

Apple Expands Applebot IP Addresses by 4,600+

Apple has expanded Applebot's infrastructure with over 4,600 new IP addresses to support crawling for Siri and Apple Intelligence.

Google Rolls Out August 2026 Spam Update Globally

Google has rolled out its August 2026 spam update globally across all languages, with a multi-day rollout window.

Most Top 1000 Sites Score Below 50 on AI-Agent Readiness

SEOFOMO News benchmarked 1,000 top websites on AI-agent readiness and found most are unprepared, with an average score of 54/100 and over a third falling below 50.

Google Search to Support HTTP QUERY Method

Google will support the HTTP QUERY method once the broader web ecosystem adopts it, per Gary Illyes.