AI Traffic Gets Its Own GA Channel & Ahrefs Proves Schema Doesn’t Move AI Citations
GA gets an AI Assistant channel, Ahrefs proves schema doesn’t move AI citations, and Conde Nast plans for zero search traffic.
Five AI Mode Link Fixes, Bing’s Grounding Manifesto, and Journey-Aware Bidding Lands
Google’s AI Mode gets 5 link fixes, Bing pushes a grounding index, and Google Ads launches Journey-Aware Bidding. Search news inside.
Bing Hits 1 Billion MAU, Google AI Max Goes Beyond Search, and OpenAI Crawls Triple After GPT-5
Bing reaches 1 billion MAU. Google AI Max moves into Shopping and Travel. OpenAI crawl tripled since GPT-5. Google’s back-button deadline.
ChatGPT Ads Go CPC, Google Faces EU Data-Share Mandate & AI Search Eats Itself
ChatGPT Ads now bid $3-$5 CPC. The EU may force Google to share search data. AI search is feeding on its own synthetic content.
Weekly Update – Search Marketing – 16th April 2026
Google’s March 2026 core update caused major ranking shifts. Plus DSA retiring for AI Max, new spam penalties and the rise of agentic search.
How to Get Reliable Output from AI: Ann Stanley Joins Frederick Vallaeys on his PPC Town Hall Podcast
Ann Stanley joins Fred Vallaeys on PPC Town Hall to discuss building reliable AI workflows, from n8n to Claude Code and the Human AI Sandwich.
Weekly Update – Search Marketing – 9th April 2026
March 2026 Core Update complete, AI bot traffic up 300%, and Google’s UCP launches. Get the latest SEO and PPC insights for April 2026.
Weekly Update – Search Marketing – 2nd April 2026
Googlebot’s 2MB limit, Google-Agent, UCP and Veo lead April’s key search marketing updates. Find out what they mean for you.
Weekly Update – Search Marketing – 26th March 2026
Google’s March 2026 spam update lands, Reddit rolls out shoppable Collection Ads and PMax gets AI video. This week’s search marketing digest.
Weekly Update – Search Marketing – 19th March 2026
Google AI Overviews now cover 14% of shopping queries and small publisher traffic is down 60%. Read this week’s search marketing news.
