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AI and Machine Learning in SEO

Explores the impact of AI and machine learning on SEO and digital marketing.

Google AI Overviews Itinerary, Lens Tour Guide, Maps Screenshot & Track Hotel Pricing

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

03/28/25

Google announced a number of features across Google Search, Maps, Lens and other areas around travel and vacation planning. Some of the features were already out there but let’s recap some of…

6 easy ways to adapt your SEO strategy for stronger AI visibility

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Nikki Lam

03/27/25

AI hasn’t replaced Google Search, but LLMs are here to stay. Brands that work AI optimization into their strategy now will get ahead.

X Integrates Grok AI Chatbot with Telegram

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/26/25

Now, Telegram Premium users will be able to consult Grok within their chats.

New Report Highlights the Rise of AI in Brand Video Production

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/26/25

New insights into the latest branded video content and creation trends.

Gemini with Personalization: Google takes another step towards Jarvis by tapping into your Search history for Chatbot answers. And wait until AI Mode gets involved.

Source: The Internet Marketing Driver

By: Glenn Gabe

03/26/25

Glenn Gabe covers ‘Gemini with personalization’ which enables Google’s Gemini to tap into your Search history to answer questions. It’s another important step towards Jarvis.

Google rolls out AI Overviews In EU regions

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Barry Schwartz

03/26/25

Now AI Overviews are available in Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.

AI Makes Up 0.1% of Traffic, but Clicks Aren’t Everything

Source: Data & Studies - SEO Blog by Ahrefs

By: Louise Linehan

03/26/25

AI drives significant brand awareness, creates more informed audiences, and delivers more qualified leads—but it’s not just about traffic.

The Problem with Optimizing for GenAI

Source: SEO - Practical Ecommerce

By: Eric Schwartzman

03/25/25

Clint Butler, a prominent search-engine optimizer, says the first hurdle is knowing which platform to optimize.

Answer engine optimization: 6 AI models you should optimize for

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Bruce Clay

03/25/25

Learn six AI search players to watch (Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT search, and beyond), how they source content, and what it means for SEO.

Google AI Mode rolling out to second batch of users now

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Barry Schwartz

03/24/25

For the first hour or so, the invites to try out AI Mode from Google did not work – but now it does.

Meta Adds More Voices for User-Created AI Chatbots

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/24/25

Now, you can make your AI bot sound like you want.

Is ChatGPT Search the Future—or Just Overhyped?

Source: Sterling Sky Inc

By: Joy Hawkins

03/24/25

Is ChatGPT’s search engine the biggest threat Google has ever faced? Or… is it just overhyped? As small business owners, staying ahead of search trends is crucial. I’ve had a lot of…

Meta Continues to Integrate AI Bot Profiles into its Apps

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/22/25

Meta continues to integrate AI characters into its apps.

Google is Grounded and Needs to Learn How to Soar

Source: tomcritchlow.com

03/21/25

Anthropic’s Claude Launches AI Search, Taking On Perplexity and OpenAI

Source: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Trends, Techniques & Marketing

By: Trishla Ostwal

03/20/25

Web search on Claude is now available for paid U.S. users in a “feature preview.”

Anthropic’s Claude Launches AI Search, Taking On Perplexity and OpenAI

Source: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Trends, Techniques & Marketing

By: Trishla Ostwal

03/20/25

Web search on Claude is now available for paid U.S. users in a “feature preview.”

Google’s AI Mode: Here’s what matters for SEOs and marketers

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Britney Muller

03/20/25

Discover how Google’s new AI mode impacts search results, citations, and visibility –plus key insights for SEO and marketing professionals.

Meta Launches AI Chatbot to EU Users

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/20/25

Facebook and IG users in Europe will now be able to try out Meta’s AI chatbot.

Microsoft Bing/Copilot use schema for its LLMs

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Barry Schwartz

03/20/25

Fabrice Canel confirmed that Microsoft does use schema markup to help its LLMs learn and understand.

Court Rules That AI-Generated Art Does Not Qualify for Copyright Protection

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/19/25

AI generated art cannot be attributed to a human author.

82% of Google AI Overviews citations come from deep pages: Report

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Danny Goodwin

03/19/25

Homepages have long been considered the most crucial page. However, when it comes to AI Overviews, only 0.5% of citations link to homepages.

Google Search Expands Health Overviews & Adds What People Suggest

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

03/19/25

Google said it is expanding its AI Overviews and Knowledge Panels to offer more medical and health related answers. Plus, those are being expanded in more counties and languages. Also, Google launched…

Meta Reports That its Llama Language Model Has Been Downloaded a Billion Times

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/18/25

Meta’s Llama model is now powering a range of AI projects.

Google Testing Various AI Search Options Beyond AI Mode

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

03/18/25

Google Search seems to have accidentally leaked its various AI Search options and features, that go beyond just AI Mode, which it recently launched. 47 different AI Search options are shown including…

Building AI Driven Workflows – Eoin Hinchy (CEO, Tines)

Source: Software Snack Bites

By: Shomik Ghosh

03/18/25

Watch now | For those who are interested in how AI is impacting workflows of teams across industries, this is the episode for you.

xAI Acquires Text-to-Video AI Project Hotshot

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/17/25

X users will soon be able to generate AI videos in-stream.

AI and online reputation: How to stay in control

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Anthony Will

03/17/25

Bad reviews? Negative press? AI is rewriting the rules of reputation management. Make sure your brand is keeping up.

Instagram Experiments with AI-Generated Comments on Posts

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/16/25

More AI innovation from Meta.

AI Harms Need to be Factored into Evolving Regulatory Approaches

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/16/25

The push to develop AI models faster risks causing more social harm.

4 Essential Strategies for Navigating SEO in the AI Search Era

Source: BrightEdge blogs

By: Lem Park

03/14/25

We’re barely into 2025, and the transformation of search through AI is already reshaping how users discover and consume content. At BrightEdge, we’re closely monitoring these developments to help marketers not just…

AI mode ranks sites differently than traditional Search. It uses a “query fan-out” technique. – Marie Haynes

Source: SEO Blog by Marie Haynes Consulting

By: Marie Haynes

03/13/25

Google’s AI Mode, powered by Gemini 2.0 appears to be quite good. We need to pay attention to how it ranks and recommends websites.

SMB websites see rising traffic from ChatGPT and other AI engines

Source: Search Engine Land

By: William Kammer

03/13/25

ChatGPT leads AI referral traffic across industries, but Perplexity and Gemini are gaining traction in ecommerce and health.

Meta Faces Another Lawsuit for Using Copyright-Protected Works to Train its AI Models

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/12/25

The company reportedly pushed ahead with its LLM development despite knowing it was breaking copyright law.

Snapchat Launches Custom Video AI Lenses

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/12/25

A new, AI-powered version of Snap’s Lenses.

Meta’s Testing its Own AI Chips to Expand its Processing Capacity

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/11/25

The project could give Meta a significant advantage in AI development. 

AI search engines often make up citations and answers: Study

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Danny Goodwin

03/11/25

I read the news today, oh boy. AI search engines give wrong answers 60% of the time and often cite fabricated or broken URLs.

Report Finds AI Tools Are Not Good at Citing Accurate Sources

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/11/25

AI tools can help in your research and development efforts but they are not an answer in themselves.

AI Search Engines Are Confidently Wrong Too Often

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

03/11/25

A new study from Columbia Journalism Review showed that AI search engines and chatbots, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, Deepseek Search, Microsoft Copilot, Grok and Google’s Gemini, are just wrong, way…

Leveraging generative AI in ad scripts for Google Ads optimization

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Frederick Vallaeys

03/10/25

Stop writing scripts from scratch. Use GPT to modify, optimize, and expand your Google Ads automation effortlessly.

Google Search Get Tailored Recommendations Quiz

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

03/10/25

Google Search is testing a feature to quiz you on the product you are looking for and then to give you more tailored recommendations for product suggestions. This box is titled “get…

AI Agents Are Set to Streamline Many Manual Tasks

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/09/25

AI agents are the next wave set to sweep across the business landscape.

Pinterest Begins Labeling Generative AI Content in Pins

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/09/25

The new tags will help to highlight AI generated content in-stream.

Meta to Face Legal Scrutiny Over the Use of Copyright Protected Works to Train AI Models

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

03/09/25

The company will have to face trial over the alleged use of pirated works in its AI dataset.

OpenAI and structured outputs from OCaml

Source: Ahrefs - Medium

By: Louis Roché

03/07/25

with magic, without (touching) JSON

How to use OpenAI’s Deep Research for smarter SEO strategies

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Carolyn Shelby

03/06/25

ChatGPT is great, but Deep Research is next-level for SEO. Discover how it delivers real-time insights, citations, and competitive advantages.

Google AI Mode Is Live In Labs – How To Access It

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

03/06/25

Google has officially announced Google AI Mode, after hearing rumors about it for months and then seeing leaked screenshots of it a few weeks ago. Google said AI mode gives you more…

Google AI Overviews Now Powered By Gemini 2.0

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

03/06/25

In December, Google told us they are testing powering AI Overviews using Gemini 2.0. We think we even saw Google testing this in the wild with deeper AI Overviews with tons of…

Google Launches AI Mode for Multi-Step Searches

Source: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Trends, Techniques & Marketing

By: Kendra Barnett

03/05/25

AI Mode is a Gemini 2.0-powered Google Search feature designed to provide more thorough, multi-part responses to complex queries.

Google Launches AI Mode for Multi-Step Searches

Source: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Trends, Techniques & Marketing

By: Kendra Barnett

03/05/25

AI Mode is a Gemini 2.0-powered Google Search feature designed to provide more thorough, multi-part responses to complex queries.

Google begins testing AI Mode while rolling out Gemini 2.0 AI Overviews

Source: Search Engine Land

By: Barry Schwartz

03/05/25

Plus, AI Overviews are now available to more searchers, including teenagers.

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