Automattic says Matt Mullenweg has returned with the board's full support. But its official announcement raises additional questions.

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Google admits that Search Console's AI search reporting does not adequately reflect AI search positioning data for SEO.

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Google redesigned Search results across the EEA, Business Profile posts get view counts again, and ChatGPT Shopping now leans harder on product feeds.

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SEO For Paws is back with Barry Schwartz, Glenn Gabe, and a lineup of search experts talking about search in the AI era.

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Google's developer docs for the Web Search Service API show a partner-only path to full-web search results.

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Use nested phrases and timely publishing to reach new Google searches and the longer queries AI systems generate.

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A University of Washington paper estimates AI Overviews reduced search referrals to Wikipedia by about 5%, a metric Google disputes.

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Stas Levitan of LightSite AI explains four first-party signals marketers can use to connect AI bot attention with human traffic and better SEO decisions.

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Google says Business Profile post view counts are rolling out globally for posts published in the past 18 months, combining views from Search and Maps.

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Google & Uberall go live on Sept 24, sharing what comes next in Google Search and five local marketing strategy fixes that get locations recommended.

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Publishers are blocking AI crawlers on a metric whose denominator is missing an unknown share of referrals.

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Keep AI-driven PPC accountable with transparent reporting, brand-safe creative guardrails, and campaign structures that preserve performance without surrendering control.

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YouTube is expanding Get Feedback, a tool that reviews a Shorts before publishing, to U.S. users

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Google launches Meridian GeoX globally, giving marketers new ways to run geo experiments and bring incrementality results into marketing mix modeling.

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Google expands Data Manager across GA and DV360 and introduces a Data Strength Uplift Metric to measure the impact of first-party data.

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Moz leaders Jonathan Berthold and Kevin Chen explain how listings, reviews, mentions, and social activity shape local recommendations in AI search.

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Google DeepMind researchers test Autoregressive Ranking (ARR), a unified model that can replace current retrieval and ranking methods.

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Freshpet and Intero Digital explain how brands can audit AI visibility, restructure content for citation, and connect GEO work to business priorities.

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Le Monde says its audience hasn't dropped since AI Overviews launched in France, while app traffic and subscriber growth complicate the broader traffic story.

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Automattic's board of directors placed Matt Mullenweg on paid leave of absence. Mullenweg claims conspiracy against him.

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