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• ChatGPT’s Search Index Serves Small Sites Too, Data Shows via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
  Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2026
  New data finds no difference in how OpenAI's in-house search index served licensed and unlicensed sites. The post ChatGPT’s Search Index Serves Small Sites Too, Data Shows appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Continue Reading »
• The Metric Most SEOs Are Still Not Measuring In The Age Of AI via @sejournal, @SequinsNsearch
  Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2026
  AI answers now shape choices before anyone reaches your site. Measuring alignment with decision drivers matters more than measuring the clicks that follow. The post The Metric Most SEOs Are Still Not Measuring In The Age Of AI appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Continue Reading »
• Organic Traffic Dropped? What to Tell Clients & the AI Visibility Metrics to Report Instead
  Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2026
  Is your organic traffic dropped? Learn the reasons behind this common issue affecting many agencies today. The post Organic Traffic Dropped? What to Tell Clients & the AI Visibility Metrics to Report Instead appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Continue Reading »
• Anthropic To Mark Claude Text & Files Under EU AI Act Code via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
  Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2026
  Anthropic will embed invisible watermarks in Claude text and sign generated files. The post Anthropic To Mark Claude Text & Files Under EU AI Act Code appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Continue Reading »
• How TransUnion’s AI Findings Should Change the Way SEOs Pitch GEO via @sejournal, @gregjarboe
  Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2026
  TransUnion's survey of 100 marketing leaders shows AI search blind spots mirror walled garden measurement gaps. Frame GEO as a company-wide problem to get funded. The post How TransUnion’s AI Findings Should Change the Way SEOs Pitch GEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Continue Reading »
• YouTube Adds New Shorts Payout Rules To Partner Program Terms via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
  Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2026
  YouTube announced Partner Program changes taking effect in 2027, including new Shorts earnings rules, activity checks, and a terms deadline. The post YouTube Adds New Shorts Payout Rules To Partner Program Terms appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Continue Reading »
• The AI Detection False Economy: Fueling FOW (Fear of Writing) via @sejournal, @andybetts1
  Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2026
  AI detectors gave wildly different verdicts on the same human-written article, and even flagged writing from 2014. The post The AI Detection False Economy: Fueling FOW (Fear of Writing) appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Continue Reading »
• WPForms Lite Accused Of Adding Backdoor. I Tested It And Was Surprised via @sejournal, @martinibuster
  Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2026
  WPForms Lite WordPress plugin accused of adding a backdoor to new installs. I gave it and try and what happened was unexpected. The post WPForms Lite Accused Of Adding Backdoor. I Tested It And Was Surprised appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Continue Reading »
• The Scenic Route To ROI: Mastering Non-Linear Targeting In Google Ads
  Posted on Monday August 10, 2026
  Six real non-linear campaigns showing which adjacent Google Ads segments actually reach restricted or niche audiences. The post The Scenic Route To ROI: Mastering Non-Linear Targeting In Google Ads appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Continue Reading »
• Google Announces Campaign Benchmarking In Google Analytics via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
  Posted on Monday August 10, 2026
  Google announced that its Ask Advisor AI agent will compare campaign performance in Google Analytics against anonymized averages from similar businesses. The post Google Announces Campaign Benchmarking In Google Analytics appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Continue Reading »
• Microsoft Clarity Now Separates Branded And Non-Branded AI Citations via @sejournal, @slobodanmanic
  Posted on Monday August 10, 2026
  Clarity now splits AI citation queries into branded and non-branded. The two mean different things, and only one counts as discovery. The post Microsoft Clarity Now Separates Branded And Non-Branded AI Citations appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Continue Reading »
• Common Crawl Published A Manual For Being Visible To AI, I Automated It via @sejournal, @suganthan
  Posted on Monday August 10, 2026
  Check captures, robots.txt history, block fingerprints and a live CCBot probe for any domain, free, straight from Common Crawl's own archives. The post Common Crawl Published A Manual For Being Visible To AI, I Automated It appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Continue Reading »
• How To Remove Negative Content From Google Before AI Answers Cite It via @sejournal, @EraseDotCom
  Posted on Monday August 10, 2026
  Can you remove negative content from Google? Uncover the truth about suppression and overcoming unfavorable online articles. The post How To Remove Negative Content From Google Before AI Answers Cite It appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Continue Reading »
• AI’s Impact Is Outrunning Measurement: The Trust And Attribution Gap Facing Brands via @sejournal, @gregjarboe
  Posted on Saturday August 08, 2026
  AI's impact outpaced our ability to measure it in H1 2026. Indig's citation data, agent share shifts, and the intelligence-versus-agency split explain what changes next. The post AI’s Impact Is Outrunning Measurement: The Trust And Attribution Gap Facing Brands appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Continue Reading »
• AI Search Only Feels New If Your SEO Was Shallow via @sejournal, @slobodanmanic
  Posted on Friday August 07, 2026
  AI search only feels like a new sport to the people who were never really training. Here's what actually changed, and what didn't. The post AI Search Only Feels New If Your SEO Was Shallow appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Continue Reading »