Bing rolls out AI Citation Share; fresh data shows LLMs.txt files go unread; Google backs two agent specs; and the UK orders fairer Search ranking. The post AI Citation Share Ships, New Data Doubts LLMS.txt β SEO Pulse appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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Pull your top AI-referred landing pages. Can this visitor complete their task within 30 seconds? Here's what to do when the answer is no. The post AI Mode Sends A Different Visitor. Your Website Wasnβt Built For Them appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
The Microsoft Advertising MCP server is now in open pilot, enabling businesses and agencies to build custom AI workflows across different AI environments including M365 Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and others using live campaign data The pilot focuses on read-only access, facilitating the integration of advertising data se

OpenAI says GPT-5.5 Instant, the free default ChatGPT model, now performs comparably to its frontier models on the company's own health evaluations. The post OpenAI Brings Improved Health Responses To Free ChatGPT appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
A coalition including Google, Microsoft, and GitHub published Agentic Resource Discovery, an open draft spec for how AI agents find and verify tools online. The post Google, Microsoft Back Draft AI Agent Discovery Spec appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google is embedding AI into publisher workflows, making it easier to analyze performance and act on insights from a chat interface.

As Google's AI Overviews arrive more quickly for developing stories, publishers are adjusting workflows to capture search interest early.

Google is allowing advertisers to gain more complete measurement and improve bidding performance with stronger first-party signals.

40% of U.S. adults use chatbots for search, making information lookup their most common AI chatbot activity, according to Pew Research.

On July 1, 2026, Google Ads will update its Gambling and Games policy for the United States. This change permits Daily Fantasy Sports ads in Colorado for licensed operators from the state's Department of Revenue's Division of Gaming (CDOG). Advertisers interested in this policy update must apply for certification. The

AI search traffic grew 16x from 2024 to 2026. See which top AI search engines send the most traffic to websites β and how ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Copilot compare.