Google is fixing a long-running Search Console bug that inflated impression counts. As the fix rolls out, reported impressions will decrease.
What happened. A logging error caused Google Search Console to over-report impressions starting May 13, 2025. Google today updated its Data...
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Your paid social operation is on fire. You know how your audience thinks, the creative process is dialed in, and the results get better every year. Leadership greenlights an expansion to Google Ads — a new channel and, critically, a new source of revenue.
As it turns out, applying...

In 1998, submitting a website to search engines was manual, methodical, and genuinely tedious. I remember 17 of them: AltaVista, Yahoo Directory, Excite, Infoseek, Lycos, WebCrawler, HotBot, Northern Light, Ask Jeeves, DMOZ, Snap, LookSmart, GoTo.com, AllTheWeb, Inktomi, iWon, and...

A new version of the Google Ads API is out, bringing a handful of targeted updates across video, app campaigns, and audience planning tools.
Key changes in this release.
A new VideoEnhancement resource that surfaces whether a video ad is Google-generated or advertiser-provided —...

AI search citations favor a small set of formats. Listicles, articles, and product pages drive over half of all mentions across major LLMs, according to new Wix Studio AI Search Lab research analyzing 75,000 AI answers and more than 1 million citations across ChatGPT, Google AI Mode,...

If your law firm’s referrals aren’t converting, validation may be the problem.
Referred prospects don’t go straight from recommendation to contact. They research, compare, and verify what they were told — on your website, in search results, and through AI tools.
These are your...

Small publishers are seeing sharp traffic declines from AI search experiences, according to new data from thousands of global sites using Chartbeat analytics.
The details. Publishers with 1,000 to 10,000 daily pageviews lost 60% of search referral traffic over two years, Chartbeat...

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Google’s AI Overviews may be reducing traditional search clicks, but publishers still have meaningful growth opportunities in breaking news and Google Discover, according to new data from Define Media Group.
Organic search clicks have fallen 42% since AI Overviews began expanding in...

Google Ads is set to enhance the viewer experience of Performance Max video ads with an innovative asset optimization feature. Leveraging advanced AI voice models, this update aims to infuse video ads with realistic voice-overs, ultimately enhancing user engagement and ad...
