Google is connecting Calendar to Personal Intelligence in AI Mode, allowing it to add events and factor your schedule into responses. The post Google Brings Calendar To Personal Intelligence In AI Mode appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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569Required search changes could affect how comparison sites, travel platforms and shopping services appear across high-value queries.

Phone call data breaks out AI referrals for the first time. Calls from ChatGPT become leads more often than any other channel, but convert average. The post ChatGPT Calls Turn Into Leads More Often: Invoca Report appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
High CPC searches were far likelier to show AI text ads, while paid placements rarely boosted citations or organic rankings.

Google is testing new PMax controls that let advertisers control ads showing on Search Partners and the Google Display Network.

Google-owned business and product cards are taking a bigger role in AI Mode, especially for local and shopping searches.

AI agents retrieve most B2B website content, but pricing often sends them to third-party sources. Learn why and how to fix it.

Rising CPCs start before the auction. Learn how brand, reach, and post-click experience shape paid search performance.

AI shifted buying decisions beyond the click, making SEO and PPC complementary parts of the same strategy instead of competing choices.

Google's Mueller says long A/B tests won't result in SEO demotions, contradicting official guidance that says they may be considered deceptive. The post Google Says No SEO Penalty For Year-Long A/B Tests? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
The first decision is often emotional. Google increasingly becomes the place to validate it. Here's what that means for SEO.

John Mueller responded to a plan to hide homepage links from Google in hopes only one internal anchor text would count, known as "first-link priority." The post Googleβs Mueller On First Link Priority & Link Obfuscation appeared first on Search Engine Journal.