Google tests many things and not all of them end up working or being rolled out worldwide. In this case, it has been reported that they are testing in the United States and India a new feature that allows for a bit of personalization in the Google Search Top Stories module, one that traditionally stood out for sending a lot of traffic to media outlets, but which nowadays is also affected by AI Overviews.
(more…)First major lawsuit in Europe against Google over its use of AI in its search engine
It finally seems something is shifting over AI Overviews and Google’s latest exercise of market power. Reuters has exclusively revealed that a group of independent publishers has filed an antitrust complaint, largely because there is no effective way to opt-out of Google’s AI without completely destroying traffic from Google Search.
(more…)It’s official: Google June 2025 core update launched
For some time, many observers had been pointing out that search results were shifting markedly, the system felt “hot” in industry jargon, which heralded the imminent arrival of the Google June 2025 core update. In addition, it had been quite a while since the previous core update, despite Google representatives having said there would be more and more frequent core updates.
(more…)Cloudflare CEO calls AI an “existential threat” to content creators
AI, and more specifically Google, is breaking the Internet as we know it today. In this post, Cloudflare’s CEO, Matthew Prince, has once again emphasised that quality content creators are not being adequately protected. According to this executive, when a search engine integrates AI in its current form, it practically sends no traffic back to the source, contradicting what Google claims.
(more…)How to access AI overviews data
Google does not provide figures for its AI Overviews because it claims the project is still liable to change. The truth, however, is that the data would not work in its favour, even though the company could publish them in the not-too-distant future. All that changes now thanks to Sistrix: content creators no longer have to wait for Google’s goodwill, because these metrics are already within reach.
(more…)WordPress forms its official Artificial Intelligence (AI) team
We already knew that WordPress.com was betting everything on artificial intelligence (AI). Evidence of this was the launch of its new AI-based product, which lets you start a site from scratch with great ease. The latest development is that an AI team has been formally established within WordPress, whose aim is to accelerate and coordinate AI projects across the entire WordPress ecosystem.
(more…)The best ways to test the speed of your website and CMS
The battle for search engine ranking and audience attention is fought on several fronts—primarily through editorial strategy and content quality, but also on the technical side, focusing on performance and optimization of the newspaper or portal itself. In this article, we will focus on the latter, exploring various tools that allow us to accurately measure and test webpage speed, as well as identify where improvements can be made.
(more…)INMA updates its CMS Vendor Selection Tool
The International News Media Association (INMA), in partnership with Google News Initiative, recently introduced the updated version of its CMS Vendor Selection Tool. This tool now includes a refreshed list of CMS platforms that have been analyzed, serving as a useful starting point or an additional resource for selecting a CMS—though it should not be considered the sole source of information.
(more…)The December 2024 core update for Google Search has begun
The November 2024 core update for Google Search has just wrapped up, and Google isn’t giving us a moment to catch our breath. The December 2024 core update is already rolling out, introducing changes to the search engine and, presumably, to Google Discover—though once again, we have very little information to work with.
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