Google Search Console Adds Multimodal Filter for Image-Based Searches
Google rolls out a multimodal filter in Search Console covering Google Lens, Circle to Search and image uploads — but the data arrives without query-level insight.
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Baidu Adds AI Citation Metrics to Webmaster Tools
Baidu confirmed an AI Traffic Analysis dashboard on September 16 with four citation metrics, but data is not live yet. The definitions reveal how Baidu measures AI search visibili…
Fiverr Survey: GEO Demand Outpaces Google SEO Requests Among Freelancers
Fiverr's 2026 Holiday Marketing Index finds 67% of search freelancers saw rising GEO requests versus 56% for Google SEO, while 61% report clients expect lower prices when AI is in…
Google Search Profile Badges Expose the Publisher Traffic Crisis
Google's new Search Profile badge guide arrives as AI Search starves publishers of traffic. SEJ's Roger Montti calls the feature a "break the glass measure" for declining referral…
Merlin Entertainments Reworks Search Strategy Around AI Overviews
Merlin Entertainments has revamped its search strategy for the AI Overviews era, growing AI Overview visibility at six times the benchmark rate and urging all teams to engage with…
Cloudflare Will Write Your Robots.txt, And It Has A Point
Cloudflare's Bot Preference Sync will auto-generate robots.txt from three dashboard settings and block AI crawlers failing its four disclosure conditions. Defaults change for new…
Google Cuts Search Profiles Follower Threshold to 10,000
Google cuts Search profiles follower threshold from 35,000 to 10,000, adds single-login management for sub-brands and a redesigned article display.
Reddit AI Search Favors Formal, Already-Upvoted Comments
A University of Illinois audit of 30,000 Reddit AI search answers finds formal, highly upvoted comments win out over personal-experience voices, with first-person language cut fro…
AI Citation Study: Source Position Matters Less Than Raw Data Suggests
A GPT-5.4 preprint test found top results cited 85.1% vs 42.8% for fifth position, yet swapping source order produced a zero-point effect in a follow-up set.
Google Broadens Mediapartners-Google Crawler Guidance Beyond AdSense
Google generalized its Mediapartners-Google crawler docs beyond AdSense, citing Google Ad Manager as an example but omitting a full list of affected ad products.
Google Cuts Search Profiles Follower Threshold to 10,000
Google lowers its Search profiles follower threshold from 35,000 to 10,000 and adds single-login management for media companies running multiple brands.
