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Weekly Digital News Updates #12

Weekly roundup has some interesting new insights and the big launch of AI Mode in the US… Google AI Mode finally rolling out to all users in the U.S. Source: https://searchengineland.com/google-ai-mode-finally-rolling-out-to-all-users-in-the-u-s-456982 Google’s AI Mode is now rolling out to all users in the US, signalling a major change in how search works. Previously limited to […]

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Weekly Digital News Updates #11

Another amazing week of stories and research to delve in… Zero-click searches rise, organic clicks dip: Report Source: https://searchengineland.com/zero-click-searches-up-organic-clicks-down-456660 A new report shows that zero-click searches, where users find answers directly on Google without clicking any results, is unsurprisingly trending up from the the year before. At the same time, organic referral clicks are falling.

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Week 10 edition

Weekly Digital News Updates #10

Welcome to edition 10!…Weekly roundup has some interesting new insights… Google’s Sundar Pichai Doesn’t Think Web Publishing Is Dead Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-sundar-pichai-web-publishing-ai-39491.html Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated that the web is very much alive, noting a 45% rise in human-created content over the past two years. He emphasised Google’s commitment to supporting the open web and

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Weekly DIGITAL News Roundup #7

Every week, I share newsworthy articles that have caught my attention over the past week. Server-Side vs. Client-Side Rendering: What Google Recommends Google’s Martin Splitt highlights that for marketing-led websites focused on content and visibility, server-side rendering (SSR) or pre-rendered static HTML is the preferred approach to ensure faster load times, a better user experience,

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Weekly DIGITAL News Roundup #6

Every week, I share newsworthy articles that have caught my attention over the past week. YouTube is testing AI Overviews in its search results YouTube is testing a new feature called AI Overviews, designed to help users find relevant video content more easily. Similar to Google’s AI Overviews in Search, it displays curated video segments

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Weekly News Roundup #5

Every week, I share newsworthy articles that have caught my attention. Google’s Martin Splitt Explains How To Find & Remove Noindex Tags For persistent noindex issues, Martin Splitt recommends a structured approach, which I’ve summarised here: start by checking the raw HTML source code, then inspect JavaScript files that might inject meta tags. Next, review

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Weekly News Roundup #4

Every week, I share newsworthy articles that have caught my attention. AI Overviews Reduce Clicks by 34.5% Google says AI Overviews boost clicks. But let’s talk facts: Ahrefs analysed 300,000 keywords and found that when AI Overviews show up in search results, the top-ranking page gets 34.5% fewer clicks on average. As it turns out,

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Weekly News Roundup #3

Every week, I share newsworthy articles that have caught my attention. These news stories cover 31st to 4th April 2025. Google Confirms: Structured Data Still Essential In AI Search Era On the tail of Microsoft’s announcement that CoPilot was using structured data for its AI , Google made a similar announcement on the topic. What’s

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