Search Engine Journal

Google is launching new personalization controls across Search, Discover, and News, including a Preferred Sources button and customizable audio briefings.

Promptwatch detected a significant decline in Reddit citations within ChatGPT Search this month, with the underlying cause still unclear.

Microsoft Advertising is making AI Max available globally, adding AI-driven features like expanded matching, text customization, and URL expansion to Search campaigns.

Google is expanding its generative UI capabilities from AI Mode into AI Overviews, enabling custom visual layouts and interactive tools in Google's AI-generated search results.

Google's John Mueller explains why the search engine conducts periodic spam updates rather than solving spam once with existing algorithms.

Google's John Mueller clarifies the reasoning behind the company's practice of announcing search updates after they've already begun affecting rankings.

Search Engine Journal reports that Google's AI Overviews cite Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok across hundreds of millions of US searches, prioritizing precise answers over audience size.

Google has launched its third spam update of 2026, rolling out globally across all languages.

Search Engine Journal and Ahrefs analyzed 15 million data points to debunk common misconceptions about AI's influence on search rankings.