The Industry Mourns The Loss Of Alan Bleiweiss – Caring & Giving Search Marketer

I am deeply sad to report that Alan Bleiweiss has passed away on August 22nd. Alan was a true friend to the search marketing industry; he always had a witty and funny response to make everyone smile, even during the most frustrating times. He cared deeply about the industry, the people within it and his friends and family.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Instagram Updates Notification Ranking to Reduce Repetitive Alerts

This could further reduce your organic engagement and reach.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

LLM traffic converts about the same as organic search: Research

LLM referrals convert no better than search and make up less than 1% of traffic, challenging claims of higher-quality clicks, new data shows.

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Search Engine Land

Daily Search Forum Recap: September 3, 2025

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

Google won’t be broken up, but they will have to share search data – it was a pretty big win for Google. Google uses FastSearch, not the one from 2000, but its own, for grounding. Google Search is testing a new top bar design for its search results. Google local pack tests new direction buttons…

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Business links policies and guidelines updated

Google added new dedicated landing pages, direct action completion, social media sites and a new business links crawability policy.

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Search Engine Land

Google Updates Business Profiles Links Policies & Guidelines

Google has updated its Google Business Profiles links policies & guidelines. Google added new sections for dedicated landing pages, direct action completion, social media sites and a new business links crawability policy.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google FastSearch – Faster Than Google Search

Did you know Google has a technology called FastSearch? No, not the one from the early 2000s, but its own Google FastSearch. Google said FastSearch is faster than Google Search, its main search results technology.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search Testing New Shaded Header Interface

Google is testing a new top bar interface design for the search results page both in light and dark mode. The new design shades the top bar more, so it is more distinct to the search results section.

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Search Engine Roundtable

ChatGPT May Scrape Google, but the Results Don’t Match

ChatGPT is scraping Google’s results. But our data shows the citations don’t match as closely as you’d expect.

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Data & Studies – SEO Blog by Ahrefs

ChatGPT Shopping Results Have Been Updated

Table of Contents sort-tool 1. Cleaner grid display, without label overlays2. Product title source as the HTML title, not just the feed title3. Removal of feed-eligible product-specific reviews4. Currency reflected in product grids when relevantFinal thoughtsChatGPT Shopping results have undergone the most significant update to their shoppable products integration since launch in April earlier this […]

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SEO Blog by Brodie Clark

100 Most Cited Domains in Google’s AI Mode

The top 5 most cited domains in Google’s AI Mode are Wikipedia, YouTube, Google’s blog, Reddit, and Google.

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Data & Studies – SEO Blog by Ahrefs

Google Maps Testing New Directions Buttons In Local Pack: Map It, Map, Route, Go, Get There etc

Google is testing new direction buttons in the local pack within the Google Search results. Normally, we see a "Directions" button, but now Google is testing "Map it," "Map," "Route," "Go," and "Get there," and maybe more.

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Search Engine Roundtable

LinkedIn Expands AI Hiring Assistant to More Regions

LinkedIn’s Hiring Assistant aims to help streamline the candidate selection process.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Apple to launch AI search for Siri in 2026: Report

Apple’s new AI search engine, World Knowledge Answers, will power Siri and Safari with quick, multimodal answers built on LLMs.

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Search Engine Land

Why everyone’s switching to AI credits

OpenAI and Salesforce aren’t the first to introduce credit-based pricing, but they’ll make it much easier for you to do it

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Kyle Poyar’s Growth Unhinged

B2B SEO in 2025: Tactics, Strategies, & Insights Your Business Can’t Afford to Ignore

Learn the tactics and strategies for B2B SEO success. Drive organic growth for business-to-business brands and reduce reliance on paid channels.

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Digitaloft

TikTok Adds More Assistance Tools for TikTok Shop Creators

Some handy tools to help you maximize your TikTok Shop listings.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Instagram Finally Launches an iPad Version of the App

After years of calling for it, IG has finally launched a custom iPad app.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Pinterest Expands In-App Alerts to Get Kids off the App During School Times

Pinterest has been testing the prompts in North America.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Yes, GEO is happening

GEO isn’t just a buzzword. It’s already happening. Language evolves, and so too should how we define search in the AI era.

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Search Engine Land

20 New York City Adventures for MozCon Attendee

Attending MozCon 2025 in New York? Explore our curated list of 20+ adventures, from iconic landmarks and Broadway shows to local-favorite restaurants and bars near the venue.

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moz (en-US)

Why SEO and paid media need each other in the AI search era

AI Overviews are drying up top-funnel clicks. SEO and paid teams must align on buyer intent and bottom-funnel wins.

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Search Engine Land

Meta Shares More Info on its Incremental Attribution Tracking

Another way to track the performance of your Facebook and IG ads.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

WhatsApp Launches Ad Campaign to Highlight Functional Benefits

The campaign aims to showcase WhatsApp’s benefits over traditional SMS.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

How to use Google Ads Auction Insights to outrank competitors

Do you know who you’re really competing against? Here’s how the Google Ads Auction Insights report can give you a huge competitive advantage.

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Search Engine Land

Google Ads Customization Graphs Options

Google Ads has added new customization options for some of the graphing, charting and reporting. This change gives you "Conversion Delay," "Performance Anomaly Insights," and "Notes," and is enabled with adjusted notification icons.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Scaling PPC with AI automation: Scripts, data, and custom tools

Here’s how AI automation and tools like Cursor help scale PPC campaigns with smarter scripts, data integration, and custom solutions.

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Search Engine Land

SEO Content Writer/Editor (Edit AI-Generated Content) ~ OnrampLab ~ $25-$28/hr ~ Remote (USA)

What we’re looking for —- We’re seeking talented writers who know how to successfully use ChatGPT as a writing tool, not as a writing replacement. The process is as follows: 1. Research competing articles 2. Develop an outline with ChatGPT 3. Generate the article with ChatGPT 4. Edit for: Structure – Improve the structure, when needed, […]

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SEO Program Lead ~ SonderMind Careers ~ $88,000 – $100,000 ~ Remote (USA)

About SonderMind At SonderMind, we believe everyone deserves one personalized, connected, and effective mental health destination to take care of their mental health and well-being at any stage of life. SonderMind care encompasses everything from therapy and medication management to meditation and mindfulness exercises. Our clinicians leverage our digital tools and research to deliver increasingly […]

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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com