The robots meta tag is one row, not the whole control page
The robots meta tag is one of seven blocks on Google’s controls page, updated 21 October. The AI control is site-wide. It is not a training switch. Read it.
Bing’s Topics Portfolio: what bing webmaster tools now shows about AI citations
Bing webmaster tools: the AI Performance report now groups citations into topics. What the Topics Portfolio beta shows, and an honest look at using it.
AI mode tracking after Google’s link update: more links, still no click data
AI mode tracking got harder on 15 October: Google added more links but no click data. See what Search Console counts, what research shows and what to log.
ChatGPT SEO and the primary sources that keep getting cited
ChatGPT SEO now rewards original sources over summaries, according to new Ahrefs data. What the study shows, what it does not, and what to change now.
Google Just Called Fake Author Information What It Is
Google now warns against fake author information: AI headshots, invented names, false credentials. Five honest fixes before the next audit finds you first.
Verndale bets on AI visibility as the content supply chain meets the answer engine
Verndale launched an AI visibility tool set and a content supply chain service on 7 October 2026. Here is what the bet means for a brand named in AI answers.
Self-ranking listicles are losing their AI Overview citations. Here is what earns them instead
Listicles that rank their own brand first are being cited less by Google AI Overviews, in one unaudited sample. Here is what to do about your best-of pages.
Google Search updated its guidance. An ai content review is now critical
Google warns generative AI outputs hallucinate. Run an ai content review across article copy, titles, descriptions and structured data before publishing.
Branded keywords were the safe bucket. AI Overviews now describe your brand for you
Branded keywords now trigger AI Overviews on over 80% of tracked queries, per DemandSphere. What is measured, what is unknown, and five checks to run Monday.
Zero click searches now pay a tenth of one percent
Zero click searches now earn pennies: Google pays about 100 publishers roughly 0.1% of ad revenue for AI answers. What to measure and ask for when clicks fade.