Author: Lionel Poizner
YouTube locks sidebar on mobile ads, removing close option
YouTube has removed the option to close mobile ad sidebars, keeping shoppable panels fixed throughout horizontal video ads.
Google AI Overviews drive 61% drop in organic CTR, 68% in paid
Even when AI Overviews don’t appear, users are simply clicking less everywhere, with Google CTRs hitting new lows across search.
Google adds Chrome Web Store user agent
Google added a new user agent to the Google user-triggered fetchers named Google-CWS.
7 focus areas as AI transforms search and the customer journey in 2026
AI is reshaping how people search, decide, and buy. Discover the key shifts defining 2026 and how to stay visible everywhere.
Blogging, AI, and the SEO road ahead: Why clarity now decides who survives
AI is rewriting discovery and retrieval. Clarity now decides which blogs stay visible through Google volatility and AI-powered search.
Regex for SEO: The simple language that powers AI and data analysis
From Google Search Console to LLMs, regex helps structure and interpret text data efficiently. See how it connects SEO and AI workflows.
Microsoft Advertising advertiser console down
This impacts the web UI, but other interfaces are currently up. This does not impact ad serving.
SerpAPI calls Reddit lawsuit a threat to the ‘free and open web’
SerpAPI responds to Reddit’s scraping lawsuit, defending its practices and insisting that public search data should stay open and accessible.
Google DeepMind’s BlockRank could reshape how AI ranks information
Google’s new BlockRank model promises faster, smarter AI retrieval and hints at how Google’s future ranking systems may evolve.
Google Business Profiles What’s happening feature expands
It is now available for multi-location restaurants, not just single-location restaurants.
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