Google Ads API v20 adds more negative keywords, DemandGen upgrades and more

Google Ads API v20 adds more negative keywords, DemandGen upgrades and more

Google has released version 20 of the Google Ads API, version 20 includes several new features and changes, including: What is new in v20. You can now add campaign level negative keywords to your Performance Max campaigns. Report segmentation by ad_network_type for Demand Gen campaigns is now more granular, and is split between YOUTUBE, MAPS, DISCOVER and GMAIL instead of aggregating all data under the GOOGLE_OWNED_NETWORKS segment. […]

Google AI Mode Introduces Data Visualization For Finance Queries

Google AI Mode Introduces Data Visualization For Finance Queries

Google has started rolling out interactive charts in AI Mode through Labs. You can now ask complex financial questions and get both visual charts and detailed explanations. The system builds these responses specifically for each user’s question. Visual Analytics Come AI Mode Soufi Esmaeilzadeh, Director of Product Management for Search at Google, explained that you […]

Dawn Anderson on the SEO AI storm, user journeys, and why search is exciting again

Dawn Anderson on the SEO AI storm, user journeys, and why search is exciting again

Large language models (LLMs) are changing search and information retrieval. It’s critical to understand this shift to generative information retrieval. There’s no one else I trust more to learn about this paradigm shift than Dawn Anderson, Managing Director of Bertey. Some of the topics covered in our interview: Evolving SEO beyond traffic and rankings. Understanding […]

A/B test your way to search marketing success by Digital Marketing Depot

A/B test your way to search marketing success by Digital Marketing Depot

For SEO and search marketers, optimizing digital performance is a constant. Understanding user behavior is key, and A/B testing provides a data-driven path to fine-tune campaigns and achieve significant results. This free guide presents 26 practical A/B testing ideas, categorized by primary goals, to help marketers move beyond assumptions and leverage data for smarter decision-making. It […]

Google Shares Details Behind AI Mode Development

Google Shares Details Behind AI Mode Development

Google has shared new details about how it designed and built AI Mode. In a blog post, the company reveals the user research, design challenges, and testing that shaped its advanced AI search experience. These insights may help you understand how Google creates AI-powered search tools. The details show Google’s shift from traditional keyword searches […]

WordPress Shares How AI May Play Stronger Role In Web Publishing

WordPress Shares How AI May Play Stronger Role In Web Publishing

WordPress interviewed a member of the newly formed WordPress AI Team who shared how AI can be integrated into WordPress, outlining a future in which the platform supports AI agents and content consumption while enabling new kinds of functionality. To achieve this, the team is focusing on developer tools that allow third-party developers and services […]

Google updates event and recipe structured data

Google updates event and recipe structured data

Google has updated two of its search help documentation around structured data; both the events structured data and recipe structured data docs were updated. These are relatively minor changes but these changes may clarify some questions you may have with implementation practices. Events structured data updates. Google removed the online event properties from the document, […]

Microsoft Clarity Announces Natural Language Access To Analytics

Microsoft Clarity Announces Natural Language Access To Analytics

Microsoft Clarity announced their new Model Context Protocol (MCP) server which enables developers, AI users and SEOs to query Clarity Analytics data with natural language prompts via AI. The announcement listed the following ways users can access and interact with the data using MCP: Query analytics data with natural prompts Filter by dimensions like Browser, […]

Here’s Everything That Was Announced At Google Marketing Live 2025

Here’s Everything That Was Announced At Google Marketing Live 2025

Google Marketing Live 2025 was a whirlwind of announcements, with over 30 new product updates and features unveiled, most of them powered by AI. The event highlighted Google’s commitment to transforming advertising through AI across four key pillars: Search, Creativity, Measurement, and Agentic Capabilities. Here’s a breakdown of the major announcements and how marketers can […]

LLMS.txt isn’t robots.txt: It’s a treasure map for AI

LLMS.txt isn’t robots.txt: It’s a treasure map for AI

In every corner of the SEO world, LLMS.txt is popping up in conversations, but it is frequently misunderstood and sometimes poorly explained.  If you’ve heard someone call it “the new robots.txt,” or if ChatGPT itself told you it’s for controlling crawling behavior, it’s time for a reset. LLMS.txt isn’t like robots.txt at all. It’s more […]