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1 day ago | 
searchenginejournal.com | Roger Montti |Loren Baker |Jenise Uehara Henrikson |Brent Csutoras
Google updated the Recipe Schema.org structured data documentation to reflect more precise guidance on what the image structured data property affects and where to find additional information about ranking recipe images in the regular organic search results. The SEO and publisher community refers to the text results as the organic search results or the ten blue links. Google refers to them as the text results.
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1 day ago | 
searchenginejournal.com | Roger Montti |Loren Baker |Jenise Uehara Henrikson |Brent Csutoras
BrightEdge Enterprise SEO platform released new data showing distinctive patterns across major AI search and chatbot platforms and also called attention to potential disruption from Apple if it breaks with Google as the default search engine in Safari. One of the key findings in the BrightEdge data is that traffic to websites from AI chatbots and search engines is highest from desktop users. The exception is Google Search which is reported to send more traffic from mobile devices over desktop.
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1 day ago | 
searchenginejournal.com | Roger Montti |Loren Baker |Jenise Uehara Henrikson |Brent Csutoras
One of the SEO industry’s SEO Rockstars recently shared his opinion about SEO for generative AI, calling attention to facts about Google and how the new AI search really works. Greg Boser is a search marketing pioneer with a deep level of experience that few in the industry can match or even begin to imagine. Digital Marketers And The History Of SEOHis post was in response to a tweet by someone else that in his opinion overstated that SEO is losing dominance.
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1 day ago | 
searchenginejournal.com | Roger Montti |Loren Baker |Jenise Uehara Henrikson |Brent Csutoras
WordPress security company Patchstack announced a new security tier called managed Vulnerability Disclosure Program platform (mVDP), which offers both human and advanced AI plugin reviews to help plugin developers keep their software resistant to vulnerabilities and provide greater trustworthiness. One of the biggest problems with WordPress is vulnerabilities from third-party plugins.
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2 days ago | 
searchenginejournal.com | Matt Southern |Loren Baker |Jenise Uehara Henrikson |Brent Csutoras
Google has started rolling out interactive charts in AI Mode through Labs. You can now ask complex financial questions and get both visual charts and detailed explanations. The system builds these responses specifically for each user’s question. Soufi Esmaeilzadeh, Director of Product Management for Search at Google, explained that you can ask questions like “compare the stock performance of blue chip CPG companies in 2024” and get automated research with visual charts.
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2 days ago | 
searchenginejournal.com | Roger Montti |Loren Baker |Jenise Uehara Henrikson |Brent Csutoras
WordPress interviewed a member of the newly formed WordPress AI Team who shared how AI can be integrated into WordPress, outlining a future in which the platform supports AI agents and content consumption while enabling new kinds of functionality. To achieve this, the team is focusing on developer tools that allow third-party developers and services to connect AI systems to WordPress without embedding generative features directly into core.
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2 days ago | 
searchenginejournal.com | Matt Southern |Loren Baker |Jenise Uehara Henrikson |Brent Csutoras
Google has shared new details about how it designed and built AI Mode. In a blog post, the company reveals the user research, design challenges, and testing that shaped its advanced AI search experience. These insights may help you understand how Google creates AI-powered search tools. The details show Google’s shift from traditional keyword searches to natural language conversations. Google built AI Mode in response to the ways people were using AI Overviews.
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2 days ago | 
searchenginejournal.com | Dan Taylor |Loren Baker |Jenise Uehara Henrikson |Brent Csutoras
One thing that rarely gets enough attention in SEO is how user behavior, trends, and sentiment toward a brand shape performance. It doesn’t just apply to traffic from new queries. It also affects how many people choose to click on your brand in search results. When something shifts outside of SEO, like a wave of negative press, seasonal change, or a shift in consumer preferences, it can lead to more or fewer branded searches.
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2 days ago | 
searchenginejournal.com | Brooke Osmundson |Loren Baker |Jenise Uehara Henrikson |Brent Csutoras
Google Marketing Live 2025 was a whirlwind of announcements, with over 30 new product updates and features unveiled, most of them powered by AI. The event highlighted Google’s commitment to transforming advertising through AI across four key pillars: Search, Creativity, Measurement, and Agentic Capabilities. Here’s a breakdown of the major announcements and how marketers can take advantage of these updates in 2025.
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2 days ago | 
searchenginejournal.com | Roger Montti |Loren Baker |Jenise Uehara Henrikson |Brent Csutoras
The WordPress Performance Team has released an experimental plugin that increases the perceived loading speed of web pages without the performance issues and accessibility tradeoffs associated with Single Page Applications (SPAs). The announcement was made by Felix Arntz, a member of the WordPress Performance Team and a Google software engineer.
