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A few weeks ago, we caught Google linking text within its AI Overviews to its own search results. Well, today that has become a new official feature within AI Overviews. “To help people more easily ...

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A week ago, Google disabled the ability to see 100 results per page by using a URL parameter in the Google Search URL bar. Since that change, rank-checking tools have become an absolute mess, and even ...

One prioritizes convenience and personalization. The other puts privacy first. Which one should you use? We help you decide. I've been testing PC and mobile software for more than 20 years, focusing ...

Google's Gary Illyes confirmed that AEO or GEO is not necessary. Standard SEO is all you need to rank in AI Search. Google’s Gary Illyes confirmed that AI Search does not require specialized ...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has kicked off the new year with an investigation of Google Search under the new digital markets competition regime, which came into force on 1 January 2025 ...

The search engine has been a key Internet tool since the early days. Before the Web was a thing, I fondly remember Archie (from “archive” without the “v”), which indexed filenames on FTP servers, ...

Search engines have evolved significantly from basic keyword matching to intelligent systems leveraging artificial intelligence (AI). This transformation prompts an important question: when it comes ...

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