Marketing & SEO

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Google’s AI search guidance is naive and self-serving

Every time Google ships a new Search Central document, two camps in our industry move at the speed of light. The first camp screenshots their favorite paragraph, posts it to LinkedIn with “SEE? IT’S JUST SEO” in the caption, and…

Yes, you need to use AI, but you need to use it strategically

I’ve attended many AI conferences and training events over the past few years. I’ve seen people doing innovative work, but I’ve also seen many spinning their wheels. After working hands-on with AI automation across multiple businesses, I’ve done both. So…

Google May 2026 core update rolling out now

Google released the May 2026 core update today, the company announced. This is Google’s second core update of 2026. It follows the March 2026 core update, and then the March 2026 spam update and the February 2026 Discover update. What Google is saying.…

How signal decay hurts your top-of-funnel performance

Conversion signals are disappearing from your marketing data, and it’s probably costing your business money. Ad blockers, aggressive privacy laws, cookie deprecation, and a host of other converging factors have combined to mask significant conversion data, costing businesses up to…

Why AI adoption may look bigger than it really is: Data

AI adoption appears to be diverging between professional and consumer audiences, according to Rand Fishkin’s new analysis of Datos desktop-panel data and SparkToro audience comparisons. The data highlights a sharp divide in how people talk about AI use: broader consumer…

What multilingual regions reveal about the future of AI search

AI search doesn’t just translate or localize results. It decides which sources, institutions, and versions of reality get surfaced in the first place. Catalonia offers a useful stress test for that system. Two languages share the same geography, which makes…

Key Updates from Google I/O and Marketing Live 2026

Key Takeaways Google is redefining Search as a decision-making experience. AI Overviews and AI Mode let users get curated summaries, compare options, and follow up within the search itself, without clicking through to a website. Gemini is now positioned as…