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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Google Boosts News and Link Visibility in AI Mode (str)176
google, ai
A Practical Way to Check Your AI Search Visibility (ami)175
ai, aiso
Google Releases September 2026 Spam Update (sem)174
google, spam
10 SEO Best Practices for Google and AI Search (sem)173
seo, best-practices, google, ai, accessibility
Building an Accordion the Browser Can Search172
accordions, hiding, html, css, javascript
Reddit and Major Publishers Consider Blocking Google as AI Overviews Cut Search Referral Traffic171
google, traffic, ai
AI and Liability (sch)170
ai, legal, google
German Court Rules Google Can Be Held Liable for False AI Overview Answers169
google, ai, legal
The Web We Know Is Going to Disappear168
web, retrospectives, ai, flash, mobile, open-web
Google Might Have Just Killed Websites (kev)167
videos, google, ai, web
The New Rules of AI Visibility and How to Prepare for It (ale/moz)166
how-tos, ai, seo, aiso, checklists
Ad Infinitum (mat)165
google, ai, economics
Google I/O 2026 and Its Consequences (val)164
google, ai, web
A New Era for AI Search163
google, ai
Optimizing Your Website for Generative AI Features on Google Search162
google, seo, ai, best-practices
Making Your Site Visible to LLMs: 6 Techniques That Work, 8 That Don’t (tra/evi)161
ai, agent-experience, llmstxt, best-practices
The Site-Search Paradox: Why the Big Box Always Wins (sma)160
design, user-experience
What Is SERP Volatility and What Should You Do About It?159
seo, google
How Much Do Keywords Matter in 2026? (moz)158
keywords, seo, google
It’s 2026 and Google Search Is Totally Broken157
google, seo, foss, ai
ChatGPT Has 12% of Google’s Search Volume but Google Sends 190× More Traffic to Websites (ahr)156
traffic, chatgpt, google, metrics
How AI Is Redefining the Way We Find Content (cle)155
ai, crawling, content, seo
Google Broke My Heart (per)154
google, licensing, legal
Who Rules AI Search? What 3 Months of AI Visibility Data Tells Us (sem)153
ai, domains, metrics
Do Backlinks Still Matter in AI Search? Insights From 1,000 Domains (sem)152
ai, backlinks, links, metrics
Obituary: Farewell to robots.txt (1994–2025) (hei)151
robotstxt, bots, internet-archive, ai
How to Add Fast, Client-Side Search to Astro Static Sites (tra/evi)150
how-tos, astro, functionality
AEO vs. SEO: Core Differences and How to Win Visibility in Both (sem)149
how-tos, seo, comparisons, content
SerpApi: A Complete API for Fetching Search Engine Data (pre/sma)148
apis
You Can’t Track AI Like Traditional Search—Here’s What to Do Instead (lou/ahr)147
ai
How Do You Optimize for AI Search? (sem)146
ai, optimization
15 Ways Your Website Loads From Google Search and How to Measure Each One (paw)145
google, speculation, signed-exchanges, amp, performance
What We Actually Know About Optimizing for LLM Search (lou/ahr)144
ai, optimization, seo
How AI Is Changing Search Behaviors (nng)143
ai, searching, usability
Does Ranking Higher on Google Mean You’ll Get Cited in AI Overviews? (ahr)142
google, ai, seo, aiso
New Google Search Console Insights Report (rus/ser)141
google, seo
The AIpocalypse Is Here for Web Sites as Search Referrals Plunge (tho/the)140
ai, web, traffic
Is Google About to Destroy the Web? (tho)139
google, ai, web
Generative Engine Optimization: The New Era of Search (sem)138
ai, seo, sem, aiso
Google Is Stealing Your International Search Traffic With Automated Translations (ahr)137
google, traffic, localization, seo
Almost Half of Google Searches Are Branded—Here’s Why That Matters (tim+/ahr)136
google, branding, marketing, seo
Top Ways to Ensure Your Content Performs Well in Google’s AI Experiences on Search (joh)135
google, ai, content
How Long Does It Take to Rank in Google? And How Old Are Top Ranking Pages? (ahr)134
google, seo, metrics
Break Google’s Search Monopoly Without Breaking the Web (owa)133
google, chrome, browsers, web-platform, open-web
AI Overviews Reduce Clicks by 34.5% (ahr)132
ai, google, seo, metrics
DOJ Pushes for Google to Sell Chrome to Break Search Monopoly131
google, legal, chrome, browsers
Content Churn in Google Doubled Over Five Years (moz)130
google, content, seo, metrics
Rethinking Find-in-Page Accessibility: Making Hidden Text Work for Everyone (sch)129
accessibility, hiding, browsers, html
Is SEO Dead in 2025? No, but Changes Are Coming (sem)128
seo, ai, google
What Is Google’s Navboost Algorithm? (sem)127
google, seo
December 2024 Google Core Update (mor/sem)126
google
Googling Is for Old People: What This Means for Web Designers (web)125
design, mobile, google
Implementing Astro Search Functionality124
astro, functionality
How to Build an Image Search Application With OpenAI CLIP and PostgreSQL in JavaScript123
how-tos, images, ai, openai, postgresql, databases, javascript, functionality
Supporting AVIF in Google Search (joh)122
google, avif, images, support
Turn Off Google AI Overview—Set “Web” as Default121
websites, google, ai
Google’s Broken Link to the Web120
google, web, ai
Basic Algorithms119
algorithms, sorting
The HTML, CSS, and SVG for a Classic Search Form (chr/fro)118
forms, html, css, svg
The SEO Starter Guide Got a Makeover (liz+)117
guides, seo, google
Mobile-First Indexing Has Landed—Thanks for All Your Support (joh)116
mobile-first, mobile, indexing, seo, google
Adding Search to an Eleventy Site Without Client-Side JavaScript (mez)115
eleventy, serverless, functionality
Binary Search Algorithm in JavaScript (fro)114
javascript, algorithms
The Comedy of Errors (met)113
google, tooling, errors
An Update on Site Names112
domains, google
The “details” Element and In-Page Search (mat)111
html, disclosure-widgets, browsers, user-experience
Introducing INP to Core Web Vitals110
introductions, performance, web-vitals, seo
How “x-default” Can Help You (met)109
internationalization, urls, html, attributes, google
Don’t Use 403s or 404s for Rate Limiting (met)108
http, content-delivery, rate-limiting, google, seo
Introducing Our New Guide to Google Search Ranking Systems (dan)107
introductions, google, seo
New in Structured Data: Pros and Cons106
structured-data, google, seo
How to Create a Search Page for a Static Website With Vanilla JS (cfe)105
how-tos, functionality, html, javascript
New Robots Tag: “indexifembedded” (met)104
robotstxt, google, seo
In-Page Filtered Search With Vanilla JavaScript (css)103
javascript, functionality
How to Add Search to a Ghost Site (fla)102
how-tos, ghost
More Information on How Google Generates Titles for Web Page Results (dan)101
google, seo
Lighthouse Scores Do Not Affect Google Search/SEO (erw)100
performance, lighthouse, google, seo
An Update to How We Generate Web Page Titles (dan)99
google, seo
Elasticsearch Boolean Query Performance (ast)98
tooling, performance
Using Hotwire to Build a Search Form With Minimal JavaScript (jos)97
hotwire, forms, functionality
Semantic Web and the Knowledge Graph (rob)96
semantic-web, metadata, structured-data
40+ Google Search Hacks, Tips, and Tricks95
google, tips-and-tricks
Evaluating Page Experience for a Better Web94
google, user-experience
Google Confirms Microformats Are Still a Recommended Metadata Format for Content (www)93
google, microformats, metadata, support
Best Practices for News Coverage With Search92
amp
Sunsetting Support for Data-Vocabulary (dan)91
google, structured-data
Goodbye, Flash90
google, flash
A Note on Unsupported Rules in robots.txt (met)89
robotstxt, google
robots.txt Is 25 Years Old88
anniversaries, robotstxt
Google’s robots.txt Parser Is Now Open Source (met+)87
robotstxt, parsing, tooling, google
Help Google Search Know the Best Date for Your Web Page (joh)86
google, time
Announcing Domain-Wide Data in Search Console85
google, tooling, domains
Spoofing Google Search Results84
google
The Two Faces of AMP (tka)83
amp, open-web
Mobile-First Indexing82
google, indexing, mobile, mobile-first
Helping Users Easily Access Content on Mobile81
google, mobile, content
AMP Your Content—a Preview of AMP’ed Results in Search80
amp
Indexing HTTPS Pages by Default79
google, indexing, http, security
Deprecating Our AJAX Crawling Scheme (nag)78
google, crawling, ajax
Repeated Violations of Webmaster Guidelines77
google
Real-Time Search in JavaScript (osv)76
javascript, functionality
Google’s Handling of New Top Level Domains (joh)75
google, domains, seo
Better Presentation of URLs in Search Results74
google, urls
An Update on Doorway Pages73
google, seo
How to Create a Helpful and Better 404 Page (sma)72
how-tos, error-pages, user-experience, functionality
HTTPS as a Ranking Signal (met)71
google, security, http, seo
Testing robots.txt Files Made Easier70
robotstxt, testing, tooling, crawling, google
Understanding Web Pages Better (hpe+)69
google, javascript
3 Tips to Find Hacking on Your Site, and Ways to Prevent and Fix It68
google, security, tips-and-tricks
3 Guidelines for Search Engine “No Results” Pages (nng)67
guidelines, usability
Backlinks and Reconsideration Requests66
backlinks, links, seo, google
Google’s Knowledge Graph—Has Search Just Changed Forever? (the)65
google, semantic-web
Pagination With “rel="next"” and “rel="prev"”64
html, metadata, pagination, google, seo
Introducing schema.org: Search Engines Come Together for a Richer Web63
introductions, structured-data, google, microsoft, yahoo
A “rel=canonical” Corner Case62
google, urls, metadata
Making Websites Mobile Friendly (pie)61
mobile, urls, google
Google 2000 vs. Google 201160
google, retrospectives, spam, comparisons
Breaking the Web With Hash-Bangs59
urls, javascript
Google Now Indexes SVG (jsa)58
google, svg, images
URL Removals Explained: Removing Sensitive Text From a Page (joh)57
google, urls, privacy
A Few Thoughts on SSL Search56
google, ssl
Rich Snippets Go International55
google
Working With Multilingual Websites54
internationalization, localization, urls, unicode, seo, google
A Little Google Chrome Search Tip (the)53
chrome, browsers, tips-and-tricks
State of the Index 200952
videos, google, indexing
Search Engines Take on Structured Data (dck/w3c)51
structured-data, microformats, rdf, google
Google Engineering Explains Microformat Support in Searches (ore)50
interviews, google, microformats, rdf, structured-data
One-Line Sitelinks49
google
Detecting Googlebombs48
google
A New Google Sitemap Generator for Your Website (joh)47
tooling, sitemaps, google
Google “Not Interested in Semantic Search”46
google, yahoo, semantic-web
The Future of Search According to Google (cat)45
google, outlooks
Interview With Matt Cutts44
videos, interviews, google, spam
Improved Flash Indexing43
google, indexing, flash, seo
Crawling Through HTML Forms42
google, crawling, forms, html
Speaking the Language of Robots (sha)41
robotstxt, google, tooling
Tips for Making Information Universally Accessible40
accessibility, google, tips-and-tricks
Debunking a Misconception, Plus a Reminder of How Search Engines Work39
google, censorship
Support for XHTML in 2008 (cor)38
xhtml, support, browsers, google, yahoo, indexing
Sitemaps FAQs37
sitemaps, google
Subdomains and Subdirectories36
google, seo, domains
Matt Cutts Discusses the “alt” Attribute35
videos, html, images, alt-text, accessibility, google
Matt Cutts Discusses Snippets34
videos, seo, google
A Spider’s View of Web 2.0 (gre)33
google, accessibility, progressive-enhancement, web-2.0
New robots.txt Feature and REP Meta Tags32
robotstxt, metadata, html, google
Best Uses of Flash31
flash, google, best-practices
Google Hell?30
google
Discover Your Links29
google, links
Controlling How Search Engines Access and Index Your Website28
robotstxt, indexing
How Google Finds Your Needle in the Web’s Haystack27
google, web, pagerank
Use Sitemap Standards to Help Search Engines26
sitemaps
Making Flash Websites Searchable25
flash, html, links
How Search Results May Differ Based on Accented Characters and Interface Languages24
google, localization
Quick Comment on “nofollow”23
spam, google, metadata
Do You Really Need Search on Your Website? (ger)22
Using a robots.txt File (van)21
robotstxt, google
New robots.txt Tool20
robotstxt, tooling, google
SEO Advice: URL Canonicalization19
seo, urls, google
Hotwiring Your Search Engine (msn)18
seo, google, yahoo, microsoft
Including Site Pages in a Sitemap (van)17
sitemaps, google
Google Search Tips 2005 (blo)16
google, tips-and-tricks
Searching for Standards (mol)15
html, css, comparisons, google, microsoft, yahoo
Submitting Mobile Sitemaps (van)14
google, sitemaps, mobile
16 Things That Really Annoy Most Web Users13
web, metrics, user-experience, pop-ups, performance, link-rot, content, navigation, design
It’s Not Just About Searching—it’s About Findability12
content-management, information-architecture, usability
8 Quick Ways to Fix Your Search Engine (vee)11
usability, design
The Effects of Contrast and Density on Visual Web Search10
contrast, colors, information-design
5 Questions for Your Web Development Team (joh)9
mobile, performance, legal, accessibility, maintainability, extensibility
Redesigning Google’s Search Results Page8
google, redesigning, design
Weblogging vs. the Googliath (dig)7
blogging, google, seo
On Search: Result Ranking (tim)6
pagerank
Sites Still Have the Same Usability Problems5
usability, design
On Search: Precision and Recall (tim)4
programming
August 2009: How Google Beat Amazon and eBay to the Semantic Web (ftr)3
outlooks, semantic-web, google, amazon, ebay
CSS Accessibility Problems: Is Markup Dead?2
accessibility, css, html, screen-readers
Deep Linking Is Good Linking (nng)1
links, usability