Could optimizing for vector search do more harm than good?

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AI Mode is the future of Search. How will you adapt?

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

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Should you block Google Extended in Robots.txt?

Google Extended is a control mechanism you can use in your robots.txt file to tell Google not to use your content for training its future Gemini models. It also stops Google from using your content for grounding conversations in Gemini. However, it’s important to know that a Google-Extended disallow in your robots.txt does not block Google […]

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ChatGPT now connects with Gmail, Google Drive, Hubspot and more

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AI Mode is the future of Search. How will you adapt?

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

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Should you block Google Extended in Robots.txt?

Google Extended is a control mechanism you can use in your robots.txt file to tell Google not to use your content for training its future Gemini models. It also stops Google from using your content for grounding conversations in Gemini. However, it’s important to know that a Google-Extended disallow in your robots.txt does not block Google […]

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AI Mode is the future of Search. How will you adapt?

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AI Mode is the future of Search. How will you adapt?

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

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Should you block Google Extended in Robots.txt?

Google Extended is a control mechanism you can use in your robots.txt file to tell Google not to use your content for training its future Gemini models. It also stops Google from using your content for grounding conversations in Gemini. However, it’s important to know that a Google-Extended disallow in your robots.txt does not block Google […]

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An interesting look at which pages Google started deindexing in late May, 2025

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AI Mode is the future of Search. How will you adapt?

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

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Should you block Google Extended in Robots.txt?

Google Extended is a control mechanism you can use in your robots.txt file to tell Google not to use your content for training its future Gemini models. It also stops Google from using your content for grounding conversations in Gemini. However, it’s important to know that a Google-Extended disallow in your robots.txt does not block Google […]

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What I learned at Google I/O 2025: A new era of Search

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AI Mode is the future of Search. How will you adapt?

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

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Should you block Google Extended in Robots.txt?

Google Extended is a control mechanism you can use in your robots.txt file to tell Google not to use your content for training its future Gemini models. It also stops Google from using your content for grounding conversations in Gemini. However, it’s important to know that a Google-Extended disallow in your robots.txt does not block Google […]

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Should you block Google Extended in Robots.txt?

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AI Mode is the future of Search. How will you adapt?

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

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Should you block Google Extended in Robots.txt?

Google Extended is a control mechanism you can use in your robots.txt file to tell Google not to use your content for training its future Gemini models. It also stops Google from using your content for grounding conversations in Gemini. However, it’s important to know that a Google-Extended disallow in your robots.txt does not block Google […]

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Does Google Search Approve of Using AI to Help Write Content?

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AI Mode is the future of Search. How will you adapt?

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

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Should you block Google Extended in Robots.txt?

Google Extended is a control mechanism you can use in your robots.txt file to tell Google not to use your content for training its future Gemini models. It also stops Google from using your content for grounding conversations in Gemini. However, it’s important to know that a Google-Extended disallow in your robots.txt does not block Google […]

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Google’s Agent2Agent Protocol Will Radically Change the Web

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AI Mode is the future of Search. How will you adapt?

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

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Should you block Google Extended in Robots.txt?

Google Extended is a control mechanism you can use in your robots.txt file to tell Google not to use your content for training its future Gemini models. It also stops Google from using your content for grounding conversations in Gemini. However, it’s important to know that a Google-Extended disallow in your robots.txt does not block Google […]

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Use ChatGPT Operator to check your rankings immediately following a Google Core Update

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AI Mode is the future of Search. How will you adapt?

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

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Should you block Google Extended in Robots.txt?

Google Extended is a control mechanism you can use in your robots.txt file to tell Google not to use your content for training its future Gemini models. It also stops Google from using your content for grounding conversations in Gemini. However, it’s important to know that a Google-Extended disallow in your robots.txt does not block Google […]

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Understanding Query Fan-Out in Google’s AI Mode

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AI Mode is the future of Search. How will you adapt?

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

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Should you block Google Extended in Robots.txt?

Google Extended is a control mechanism you can use in your robots.txt file to tell Google not to use your content for training its future Gemini models. It also stops Google from using your content for grounding conversations in Gemini. However, it’s important to know that a Google-Extended disallow in your robots.txt does not block Google […]

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How Google determines relevancy & helpfulness

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AI Mode is the future of Search. How will you adapt?

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

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Should you block Google Extended in Robots.txt?

Google Extended is a control mechanism you can use in your robots.txt file to tell Google not to use your content for training its future Gemini models. It also stops Google from using your content for grounding conversations in Gemini. However, it’s important to know that a Google-Extended disallow in your robots.txt does not block Google […]

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New in the rater guidelines – filler content, scaled content abuse and guidance around AI use

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AI Mode is the future of Search. How will you adapt?

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

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Should you block Google Extended in Robots.txt?

Google Extended is a control mechanism you can use in your robots.txt file to tell Google not to use your content for training its future Gemini models. It also stops Google from using your content for grounding conversations in Gemini. However, it’s important to know that a Google-Extended disallow in your robots.txt does not block Google […]

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More AI innovations coming to Search – Google’s Q4 2024 earnings call

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AI Mode is the future of Search. How will you adapt?

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

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Should you block Google Extended in Robots.txt?

Google Extended is a control mechanism you can use in your robots.txt file to tell Google not to use your content for training its future Gemini models. It also stops Google from using your content for grounding conversations in Gemini. However, it’s important to know that a Google-Extended disallow in your robots.txt does not block Google […]

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You can ask ChatGPT why it didn’t recommend you. (Will schema help?)

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AI Mode is the future of Search. How will you adapt?

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

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Should you block Google Extended in Robots.txt?

Google Extended is a control mechanism you can use in your robots.txt file to tell Google not to use your content for training its future Gemini models. It also stops Google from using your content for grounding conversations in Gemini. However, it’s important to know that a Google-Extended disallow in your robots.txt does not block Google […]

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Using Gemini to get insight into Your E-E-A-T

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AI Mode is the future of Search. How will you adapt?

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

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Should you block Google Extended in Robots.txt?

Google Extended is a control mechanism you can use in your robots.txt file to tell Google not to use your content for training its future Gemini models. It also stops Google from using your content for grounding conversations in Gemini. However, it’s important to know that a Google-Extended disallow in your robots.txt does not block Google […]

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