SEO. How Google’s artificial intelligence is changing the way we get information

SEO. How Google’s artificial intelligence is changing the way we get information

CANVA Searching on Google no longer necessarily means visiting a website. Increasingly, users get immediate answers without clicking on any link. This phenomenon, known in SEO as “zero-click searches”, has accelerated with the arrival of AI Overviews, the artificial intelligence–generated summaries that Google displays directly on the results page. READ ALSO. SEO, AEO, GEO: What does…

Google uses both schema.org markup and og:image meta tag for thumbnails in Google Search and Discover

Google uses both schema.org markup and og:image meta tag for thumbnails in Google Search and Discover

Google updated both its image SEO best practices and Google Discover help documents to clarify that Google uses both schema.org markup and the og:image meta tag as sources when determining image thumbnails in Google Search and Discover. Image SEO best practices. Google added a new section to the image SEO best practices help document named…

AI Search Trends 2026 for B2B SMBs: Essential Strategy Guide Released

AI Search Trends 2026 for B2B SMBs: Essential Strategy Guide Released

Max Performance Group, Inc., operating as Firebranz, releases strategy guide for B2B SMBs addressing AI search trends in 2026, including agentic AI, multimodal queries, and Answer Engine Optimization through multimedia content distribution on high-authority media sites. Poughquag, United States, February 26, 2026 /NewsNetwork/ — Search engine traffic for B2B companies faces a potential 25% decline…

How Agencies Are Implementing AI in 2026 (Survey)

How Agencies Are Implementing AI in 2026 (Survey)

By Scotty Strehlow, Social & Community Manager, Duda After two years of experimentation, 2026 marks the AI implementation-era for agencies. A new agency survey by Duda, a leading white label website building platform for agencies and SaaS companies, reveals that agencies’ top AI-related priorities for 2026 focus squarely on business performance; integrating the tool into…

Web Almanac Data Reveals CMS Plugins Are Setting Technical SEO Standards

Web Almanac Data Reveals CMS Plugins Are Setting Technical SEO Standards

If more than half the web runs on a content management system, then the majority of technical SEO standards are being positively shaped before an SEO even starts work on it. That’s the lens I took into the 2025 Web Almanac SEO chapter (for clarity, I co-authored the 2025 Web Almanac SEO chapter referenced in…