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ChatGPT Nears 700 Million Weekly Users, OpenAI Announces via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
ChatGPT is nearing 700 million weekly active users, up from 500 million in March and four times higher than a year ago. The post ChatGPT Nears 700 Million Weekly Users, OpenAI Announces appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Cloudflare Delists And Blocks Perplexity From Crawling Websites via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Cloudflare blocks Perplexity’s crawlers because of aggressive stealth crawling and failure to abide by the robots.txt protocol. The post Cloudflare Delists And Blocks Perplexity From Crawling Websites appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Why Your PPC Structure Should Mirror Your Business Model via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson
When PPC structure mirrors the business model, reporting gets easier, budgets make sense, and results actually matter. Here’s a practical guide. The post Why Your PPC Structure Should Mirror Your Business Model appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Which SEO Jobs AI Will Reshape & Which Might Disappear via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester
AI reshapes how SEO works, and who does the work. Duane Forrester breaks down which roles are most impacted and what new skills matter now. The post Which SEO Jobs AI Will Reshape & Which Might Disappear appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
How to reduce marketing tool sprawl without losing the functionality you need
Marketing teams today are drowning in software. The 2024 Marketing Technology Landscape revealed a staggering 14,106 martech products available, representing 27.8% growth year-over-year. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: marketers estimate they waste an average of 26% of their budgets on ineffective channels and strategies, with about half of respondents saying they misspend at least 20% of their budgets. Businesses using 15+ marketing apps can consolidate to a unified platform without losing functionality while reducing costs and improving team efficiency. This isn‘t about sacrificing capability — it’s about strategic consolidation that maintains 95% of your functionality while dramatically cutting waste. And […]
Google Backtracks On Plans For URL Shortener Service via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google walked back recently announced plans to end its URL shortener service. It will continue to service some URLs. The post Google Backtracks On Plans For URL Shortener Service appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
What Is Google AI Mode? — Whiteboard Friday
In this week’s episode of Whiteboard Friday, Tom introduces us to Google’s AI Mode, a new tab in Search that offers a conversational, ChatGPT-like experience with longer-form AI-generated responses and the ability to ask follow-up questions. Learn how the “query fan-out” technology works, its current limitations, and what it could mean for the future of search and content visibility.
Chrome Trial Aims To Fix Core Web Vitals For JavaScript-Heavy Sites via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google is testing a new API to measure Core Web Vitals in SPAs. Learn how to test it and why it matters for performance tracking. The post Chrome Trial Aims To Fix Core Web Vitals For JavaScript-Heavy Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Confirms It Uses Something Similar To MUVERA via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google’s Gary Illyes confirmed that Google uses a version of MUVERA in Search The post Google Confirms It Uses Something Similar To MUVERA appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Query Fan-Out Technique in AI Mode: New Details From Google via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google’s Robby Stein shares new details about the query fan-out technique in AI Mode, explaining how Google generates and executes its own queries. The post Query Fan-Out Technique in AI Mode: New Details From Google appeared first on Search Engine Journal.