SE Ranking Blog

AI Overviews Hit 52% of French Searches Post-Launch

SE Ranking's analysis of 100,000 French searches shows AI Overviews appearing on over half of queries, with YouTube and Facebook among the top cited sources.

ChatGPT Ads Appear in 1 of 4 Commercial Queries, Study Finds

SE Ranking's analysis of 50,000+ prompts shows ChatGPT displays ads on roughly one in four commercial queries, with over 14% appearing for irrelevant topics.

Reddit's Growing Role in AI Search Answers

SE Ranking tracked 482 Reddit posts and found Reddit's presence in AI search answers is expanding, warranting inclusion in AI search visibility tactics.

Ads on 1 in 3 AI Mode Queries; Citations Unaffected

SE Ranking's analysis of 50,000+ keywords reveals ads appear in nearly one-third of commercial AI Mode queries, with no link between ad spend and organic citation likelihood.

ChatGPT Referral Traffic Surges 36.7% in May 2026

ChatGPT referral traffic reached an all-time high in May 2026, up 36.7% month-over-month across a dataset of over 100,000 websites.