No One Builds The Page, No One Visits It
In January 2026, Google was granted patent US12536233B1. Six engineers worked on it, and it describes a system that scores a landing page on conversion rate,
Google May Expand Unsupported Robots.txt Rules List
Google may expand the list of unsupported robots.txt rules in its documentation based on analysis of real-world robots.txt data collected through HTTP Archive. Gary Illyes
How To Build AI Visibility In 90 Days [Webinar]
AI search has changed how buyers discover solutions. Here’s how to make sure they find you. Why AI Visibility Is Now a Growth Priority Platforms
Google Bans Back Button Hijacking, Agentic Search Grows
Welcome to the week’s Pulse: updates affect what Google considers spam, what happens when you report it, and what agentic search looks like in practice.
Google Chrome Skills Turn Gemini Prompts Into Reusable Workflows
Google announced Skills in Chrome, a new Gemini in Chrome feature that lets you save prompts and rerun them as one-click tools across selected pages
What Pichai’s Interview Reveals About Google’s Search Direction
Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s description of search as a future “agent manager” made headlines this week after an hour-long interview with Stripe CEO Patrick Collison.
Google Confirms March 2026 Core Update Is Complete
Google’s March core update has finished rolling out, according to the Google Search Status Dashboard. The dashboard updated at 6:12 AM PDT on April 8
The Standards Powering The Agentic Web
This is Part 3 in a five-part series on optimizing websites for the agentic web. Part 1 covered the evolution from SEO to AAIO. Part
AI Leads All Reasons For U.S. Job Cuts In March, Report Says
Artificial intelligence led all employer-cited reasons for U.S. job cuts in March, accounting for 15,341 of the month’s 60,620 announced layoffs, according to outplacement firm
Pages Are Getting Larger & It Still Matters
Google’s Gary Illyes and Martin Splitt used a recent episode of the Search Off the Record podcast to discuss whether webpages are getting too large
