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What changed in AI-powered search in the last 24 hours, and what it means for your brand's visibility.
Google Lets Publishers Opt Out of AI Overviews Entirely: Worth It?
Google now lets publishers exit AI Overviews via Search Console while staying in normal search. Here's what changed and how to decide if opting out helps.
Ghost Citations: When AI Links to You But Never Says Your Name
New data shows 61.7% of AI citations link to a brand's site without ever naming the brand. Here's what ghost citations mean for your AI visibility strategy.
Most Websites Score 39.5/100 on AI Search Readiness, Study Finds
A scan of 6,382 sites found an average AI readiness score of 39.5/100, with 29% blocking AI crawlers outright. Here's what it means for your brand.
Google Images Goes Pinterest: What It Means for Brand Visibility
Google is rebuilding Image Search into a personalised feed and adding AI image generation. Here's what it means for brands relying on visual search.
IAB's New AI Visibility Guidelines: What They Mean for Your Brand
The IAB's new framework gives brands a shared way to judge AI search visibility data. Here's what changed and what to do about it.
Google Retires FAQ Rich Results: What It Means for AI Visibility
Google is ending FAQ rich results and Search Console API support this month. Here's what that means for your SEO and AI citation strategy.
Adobe's AI Catalogue Tool Reveals a Billion-Dollar Retail Blind Spot
Adobe's new AI Catalogue Agent tackles a real problem: AI traffic to retail sites is soaring, but average product pages are only 66% machine-readable.
ChatGPT's AI Search Share Halves in a Year: What Now?
ChatGPT's share of AI web traffic fell from 76% to 53% in a year as Gemini and Claude grew. Here's what it means for your GEO strategy.
97% of llms.txt Files Go Unread by AI Crawlers, Data Shows
New server-log data shows 97% of llms.txt files got zero AI crawler requests in May 2026. Here's what that means for your AI visibility strategy.
MCP's Biggest Update Yet: What It Means for AI Search Visibility
MCP's 28 July 2026 spec update changes how AI agents connect to business systems. Here's what founders and marketers need to know about visibility.
AI Overviews Now Appear in 43% of US Searches
Google's AI Overviews now show up in 43% of US searches, but new data shows citations and clicks often land on different pages. Here's what it means.
Gemini's Market Share Quadrupled: What It Means for GEO Strategy
Gemini's AI chatbot share nearly quadrupled to 21.5% in a year. Here's what that shift means for brands optimising for AI visibility beyond ChatGPT.
Reddit and Major Publishers May Block Google Over AI Overviews
Reddit, USA Today, Politico and others are weighing blocking Google's crawlers as AI Overviews slash referral traffic. Here's what it means for you.
Google Says GEO Is Just SEO, But AI Platforms Cite Differently
Google calls AEO and GEO subsets of SEO, but Perplexity, Copilot and AI Overviews cite from different sources. Here's what that means for your strategy.
Google's AI-First Search Cuts Publisher Clicks by 58%: What to Do
Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash now answers every search query globally. Publisher clicks fell 58% since rollout. Here's what it means for your brand.
Bing Now Shows Exactly How Much of the AI Citation Pie You Get
Bing's new Citation Share metric shows publishers their exact percentage of AI citations per query versus competitors. Here's what it means for you.
AI Citation Study: Comparison Pages Convert Best, But Rarely Get Picked
A new study of 25,000+ AI citations shows comparison pages win trust once retrieved, but institutional sources still get quoted far more than commercial brands.
ChatGPT Favours OpenAI: What Self-Citation Bias Means for Brands
New research shows ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews cite their own parent companies more than rivals do. Here's what it means for your brand.
The 50 Websites That Decide If AI Mentions Your Brand
A new 2026 index reveals the 50 sites ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini cite most, and shows citation share can swing wildly within weeks.
Why AI Chatbots Recognise Startups But Rarely Recommend Them
A new study finds ChatGPT recognises named startups 99% of the time but recommends them in open discovery queries only 3.3% of the time, a 30-to-1 gap.
Google AI Mode Ads Hit 1 in 3 Searches, But Won't Get You Cited
Google's AI Mode now shows ads on 29.45% of commercial searches, but a new study finds paying for them barely improves your odds of being cited in the answer.
LinkedIn's New AI-Citation Rules: What They Mean For Your Content
LinkedIn now advises specific post and article lengths to boost AI citations. Here's what changed, why it matters, and how to act on it.
EU Orders Google to Share Search Data With AI Rivals: What It Means
The EU has ordered Google to share search data with rivals like OpenAI and open Android to AI assistants. Here's what changes and when it matters for you.
GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT's Unified Search: What It Means for Brand Visibility
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 and unified ChatGPT search change how the model decides to fetch live web results, reshaping where brands can get cited.
