Google AI Mode Adds Link Carousels for Developing Topics
Google AI Mode can now show link carousels for developing topics. A 24-, 48-, and 72-hour ledger helps publishers separate inclusion, source movement, and visits.
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Google AI Overviews Can Expand Before You Scroll
Some Google AI Overviews can expand automatically before a user scrolls. Measure the pixel displacement and first-organic visibility instead of relying on rank position alone.
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Google’s New /goto SERP Links: What Changed—and What Did Not
Google is routing some result clicks through opaque /goto URLs. The change affects the clickable SERP link layer, not publishers’ canonical or indexed URLs.
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Dreambeans vs Google Discover: Publisher Guide
Dreambeans, Discover, Preferred Sources, and Google News audio use different inputs and offer different publisher opportunities. Here is the current product boundary.
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Category Entry Points for AI Search: Test Protocol
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OpenSEO review: costs, MCP reporting and what to test
A source-based review of OpenSEO v0.1.8 across hosted, Docker and Cloudflare setups, with MCP, Agent Skills, rank definitions and a practical evaluation worksheet.
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Does Replying to Google Reviews Faster Improve Local Rankings?
Google recommends useful review replies but does not document reply speed as a local-ranking factor. Here is a service policy and a cautious test design.
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Google Ads vs Maps: Local Lead Attribution
Reconcile Ads, Business Profile, tagged website, call-tracking, and booking records before crediting a local lead spike to the wrong channel.
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How to Verify GPTBot and Other AI Crawlers
A crawler name in a log is only a claim. Verify OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, and Google requests using their documented IP or DNS methods before changing access rules.
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