Google's head of Search described how multimodal LLMs help Google understand audio and video, and discussed a direction for subscription-aware search.

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Google's AI Mode self-citations tripled in nine months. SE Ranking data shows that more links now lead to organic search results, not business profiles.

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NanoClaw's creator says Google ranks a fake website above his project's real site despite 18K GitHub stars, press coverage, and structured data setup.

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Google removed its JavaScript accessibility guidance from help documents, saying the advice is outdated and noting it has rendered JavaScript for years.

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New data finds AI Overviews often cite sources beyond page one. Fan-out queries may help explain why, and YouTube appears frequently in citations.

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Google updated its Image SEO and Discover documentation to explain how schema markup and the og:image meta tag influence thumbnail selection.

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Bing rewrote its webmaster guidelines to cover Copilot grounding, meta directive controls for AI answers, and a softened stance on AI-generated content.

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Google's February Discover core update is complete after a roughly 22-day rollout. Early data suggests fewer domains in top slots.

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