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Demystifying Grounding Queries with Real Data

Stop targeting zero-volume keywords. Discover how Google Gemini uses grounding queries to source real-time facts, and how to optimize your content for machine search.

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Posted in google Marketing News Search features SEO

Gemini 3.8 Flash rolling out in Google Search

This too is first rolling out AI Mode for Google AI Pro & Ultra subscribers in English, like we saw with 3.7.

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Google avoids AdX breakup in ad tech antitrust case

Google monopoly breakup

Judge keeps the monopoly finding intact, but chooses behavioral remedies over a forced AdX sale, preserving Google’s ad exchange.

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Posted in AEO Marketing

What high-citation brands do differently in AI search: The 2026 AEO playbook

Answer engine optimization is disrupting search as we know it. What once was predictable — add a keyword, focus on high-quality backlinks, increase your domain rating — has become a new game that doesn’t play by the same rules.

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Using LinkedIn for AEO: How marketers can use social media to improve their AI visibility [experiment]

Over the past few months, I noticed a pattern while researching for clients. When I searched Perplexity for B2B reports or insights that I could cite for a project, the source list would look like this: Gartner, McKinsey, peer-reviewed paper, then … John Smith on LinkedIn?

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Google AdSense to change how it counts impressions: Begin-to-Render

This change is happening on February 17, 2027 and will result in a change in total impressions.

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Posted in Marketing Opinion SEO Technical optimization

10 technical SEO audit mistakes that lead to bad recommendations

10 technical SEO audit mistakes that lead to bad recommendations

Your crawler can find the symptom. Your audit needs to explain the cause, why it matters, and what should happen next.

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Posted in Content Marketing Marketing

How to turn data thought leadership into a growth channel, according to Semrush’s marketing lead

For years, we ran data studies at Semrush the way most similar companies did: whenever someone had a good idea and whenever there was time to spare. Mostly, though, our efforts were limited to one or two major reports a year.

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Calls and clicks keep falling as Google Maps becomes the destination

New findings show rankings remain stable while customer behavior changes, making profile quality and reviews critical for local visibility.

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