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Mueller: Background Video Loading Unlikely To Affect SEO via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google’s John Mueller says he doesn’t expect a noticeable SEO impact from a 100MB video that loads in the background after page content and images. The post Mueller: Background Video Loading Unlikely To Affect SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
New Data: Top Factors Influencing ChatGPT Citations via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
SE Ranking analyzed 129,000 domains to identify the top 20 factors driving ChatGPT citations. Backlinks, traffic, and trust scores ranked highest. The post New Data: Top Factors Influencing ChatGPT Citations appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
What Optmyzr’s Three-Year Study Reveals About Seasonality Adjustments During BFCM via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson
Seasonality adjustments during Black Friday and Cyber Monday often inflate costs and reduce ROAS. Here’s what Optmyzr’s three-year study reveals for PPC teams. The post What Optmyzr’s Three-Year Study Reveals About Seasonality Adjustments During BFCM appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
ChatGPT Adds Shopping Research For Product Discovery via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
OpenAI launched shopping research in ChatGPT, a tool that creates personalized buyer’s guides. Available to all logged-in users. The post ChatGPT Adds Shopping Research For Product Discovery appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google’s Mueller Questions Need For LLM-Only Markdown Pages via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google’s John Mueller pushes back on building LLM-only Markdown or JSON pages for LLMs, saying clean HTML and structured data should come first. The post Google’s Mueller Questions Need For LLM-Only Markdown Pages appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
EU Plan To Simplify GDPR Targets AI Training And Cookie Consent via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
The EU’s Digital Omnibus proposal would relax parts of GDPR and the AI Act. Here’s what to watch. The post EU Plan To Simplify GDPR Targets AI Training And Cookie Consent appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Pew: 84% Of Adults Use YouTube As Platform Growth Continues via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Pew’s data shows YouTube and Facebook lead U.S. social media use, while TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp and Reddit grow and newer platforms remain niche. The post Pew: 84% Of Adults Use YouTube As Platform Growth Continues appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google CTR Trends In Q3: Branded Clicks Fan Out, Longer Queries Hold via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Advanced Web Ranking’s Q3 2025 CTR report shows branded desktop clicks spreading across more results, while commercial and local SERPs keep tightening. The post Google CTR Trends In Q3: Branded Clicks Fan Out, Longer Queries Hold appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
SEO Community Reacts To Adobe’s Semrush Acquisition via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Adobe’s purchase of Semrush signals the growing importance of SEO platforms as digital marketing struggles with AI-driven uncertainty. The post SEO Community Reacts To Adobe’s Semrush Acquisition appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
LLMs.txt Shows No Clear Effect On AI Citations, Based On 300k Domains via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
An analysis of 300k domains found LLMs.txt file adoption is low and has no measurable link to AI citation frequency. The post LLMs.txt Shows No Clear Effect On AI Citations, Based On 300k Domains appeared first on Search Engine Journal.