John Shehata, CEO of NewzDash, found something in July that a lot of publishers threatening to block Google’s AI don’t realize is already happening underneath them. Google has started folding entire Top Stories carousels directly inside AI Overviews, and the robots.txt directive most publishers reach for first does nothing to stop it. Shehata posted on…
Three SocialWest 2026 speakers break down how AI search actually works, what to measure, and how to show up in ChatGPT, Gemini, and AI Overviews.
Victor Karpenko, Founder and CEO of SeoProfy, has 16+ years of experience building data-driven SEO strategies. For years, I could confidently use several key metrics to assess the SEO performance of a website: keyword rankings, impressions, click-through rates and organic traffic. A steady increase in these figures almost always predicted revenue growth. Recently, however, I’ve…
As AI search now answers questions before users click, the Pretoria full-service agency expands its digital marketing offering to make local businesses the source AI engines quote, not the footnote they skip. Pretoria, South Africa, June 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Juicy Designs, a full-service digital marketing and design agency operating since 2012, has launched…
Google AI Overviews are a feature within Google Search that uses large language models (LLMs), specifically Google’s Gemini models, to generate concise summaries of search queries. They aim to simplify complex queries, reduce the need to open multiple tabs, and help users quickly understand a topic or make decisions. As such, Google AI Overviews represent…
When Adobe agreed to acquire Semrush for about $1.9 billion in an all-cash deal announced on November 19, 2025, it put a price tag on a discipline that barely had a name two years ago: Generative Engine Optimization, or GEO. Adobe framed the purchase explicitly around brand visibility “in the agentic AI era,” and Semrush…
If you rank on the first page, you probably assume you are covered when AI Overviews appear. That assumption is why a lot of ecommerce brands are losing ground right now. Ranking and being cited are two separate decisions made by two different systems. Google’s search algorithm puts pages on page one. Its AI summarization…
Google’s AI-generated search summaries are expanding again after the company unveiled major Search changes during Google I/O 2026. Publishers and SEO firms say the rollout is accelerating a broader shift where users increasingly get answers directly inside Google instead of clicking through to websites. Here’s why AI Overviews are changing online traffic patterns and why…
Google announced five new ways in how it is improving linking to web pages from AI Mode and AI Overviews. Some of these we saw Google testing earlier, and I (we) were fans of these changes and I am glad to see Google officially roll them out. “These experiences are most helpful when they make…
How do I get my content into Google AI Overviews? To understand how to rank in Google AI Overviews, focus on clarity and authority. Start by answering the query directly in the first few lines of your section. Then build depth with supporting points, internal links, and structured formatting. If you want to optimize for…
