by Nikka | Aug 14, 2025 | Google
Google’s Gary Illyes explained that the company prefers to maintain control over its own ranking signals rather than rely on factors they cannot directly manage. He highlighted that when it comes to external indicators, such as social sharing, these are beyond...
by Nikka | Aug 12, 2025 | Google
AI-generated answers now source information from a wide range of places beyond your own website. To secure visibility, your content needs to appear across reputable platforms, publications, and communities that AI systems trust. Click-throughs from AI responses to...
by Nikka | Aug 12, 2025 | Google
Google’s Gary Illyes has stated that content produced by AI should undergo editorial checks to verify its accuracy and correctness. He clarified that Google has no issue with AI-generated material, provided it maintains a high standard of quality. According to Illyes,...
by Nikka | Aug 11, 2025 | Google, Digital Marketing
Brave Search has introduced an AI Grounding API, designed to allow developers and organisations to connect their AI systems and applications directly to Brave Search’s index. This integration helps reduce AI hallucinations and deliver more accurate, reliable answers....
by Nikka | Aug 11, 2025 | Google
Google is trialling a new AI-enhanced version of Google Finance, designed to deliver market updates, financial news, and cryptocurrency insights in one place. This upgraded platform allows users to pose natural language questions about stocks and wider financial...
by Nikka | Aug 5, 2025 | Google
Reddit is ramping up its focus on search, reporting over 70 million weekly searches on its platform. As part of its wider strategy, the company is enhancing its core features and looking to grow internationally. Reddit Answers is also expanding, with plans for more...
by Nikka | Aug 4, 2025 | Google
OpenAI has taken steps to protect user privacy by disabling the search discoverability of shared ChatGPT conversations. This move comes after concerns were raised when links to shared chats started showing up in Google search results, potentially exposing sensitive or...
by Nikka | Aug 4, 2025 | Google
Google has reversed its earlier decision to fully discontinue support for its goo.gl URL shortening service. While the company initially planned to end all functionality, it has now confirmed that certain shortened links will remain active, following user feedback....
by Nikka | Aug 4, 2025 | Google
Google’s Gary Illyes recently confirmed that the company does make use of a system similar to Multi-Vector Retrieval via Fixed-Dimensional Encodings (MUVERA). However, he was less specific when asked about the use of Graph Foundation Models (GFMs). These comments came...
by Nikka | Aug 1, 2025 | Google
Google has resolved a flaw that allowed anonymous users to misuse an official tool to remove any website URL from its search results, posing a serious negative SEO risk. The issue, which had existed since 2023, meant that individuals could exploit the tool to deindex...
