How Google Detects AI Spam

How Google Detects AI Spam

Google researchers have released a new study outlining a sophisticated approach to identifying large-scale spam campaigns powered by generative artificial intelligence. While the research primarily focuses on AI-generated video content, many of the techniques...
Google: X-Frame-Options Matters for SEO

Google: X-Frame-Options Matters for SEO

Google’s John Mueller has highlighted the importance of the X-Frame-Options security header in the context of technical SEO audits, sparking a wider discussion about whether website security measures should form part of a comprehensive SEO strategy. While most...
Blocked URLs Can Still Be Indexed

Blocked URLs Can Still Be Indexed

John Mueller has responded to a common concern seen in Google Search Console where large numbers of URLs appear as “Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt”, helping clarify what this actually means and whether it requires action. Large volumes of “indexed but blocked”...
LLMs.txt Gets Google’s Approval

LLMs.txt Gets Google’s Approval

Google has revised its guidance on AI-focused SEO, taking a more neutral stance on the use of LLMs.txt files and similar markup formats. While the company still maintains that these files are not required for visibility in Google Search, it now acknowledges that they...
Google Says Markdown Hurts AI SEO

Google Says Markdown Hurts AI SEO

On a recent episode of Search Off the Record, Google’s John Mueller and Martin Splitt challenged the growing claim from some AI SEO discussions that stripped-back, content-only formats such as Markdown are a better way to optimise for AI search. They argued that...
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