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Google's John Mueller says if sites are serving conflicting metadata, they should fix the conflict, not test which source wins. The post Google’s Mueller: Fix Conflicting Metadata, Don’t Test It appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Google is putting Top Stories carousels inside AI Overviews, raising the stakes on its new AI opt-out setting in Search Console. The post AI Opt-Out May Cost Sites A Google Top Stories Spot appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Is Google still a search engine? Its Q2 2026 earnings call suggests the answer is changing, and website owners should plan accordingly. The post The Future Of Search & AI: What I Learned From Google’s Latest Earnings Call appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Data ties higher AI detector scores to lower positions and to fewer pages in Google's index, though heavily flagged pages still rank in top 10. The post Google Search Results Still Rank Heavily AI-Flagged Pages appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Amazon pulled out of U.S. Google Shopping in July 2025 and still hasn't returned. Here's what a year of auction data reveals for retailers. The post Amazon Left US Google Shopping A Year Ago & Never Came Back appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

A new SEO test shows what happens when Google's Web Rendering Service continues past five seconds: Google pauses time with a virtual clock. The post Google SEO Test Shows What Happens In 5-Second Rendering Window appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Shared Claude chats showed up in Google. We checked the pages and found a noindex header sitting behind a robots.txt block that keeps Google out. The post Indexed Claude Chats Show Why Disallow Is Not Noindex appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

A new report finds ChatGPT citation rates vary sharply by topic, with travel answers citing sources far more often than education answers. The post ChatGPT Links Out Most On Travel Questions appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

AI sends barely any traffic, but the traffic it sends is twice as engaged. Here's why publishers should care. The post How Publishers Can Monetize AI Visibility appeared first on Search Engine Journal.