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Google loses Jeff Dean, who helped build Google Search and AI, replaced by DeepMind's Demis Hassabis as Chief Scientist.

Google AI Architect Jeff Dean Departs to Launch New Venture

Jeff Dean, Google’s Chief Scientist for AI, leaves to found Discovery Loop. Demis Hassabis and Koray Kavukcuoglu assume...

Saeed Ashif Ahmed

August 5, 2026

Google’s Mueller Urges Metadata Consistency for SEO

Google’s Mueller Urges Metadata Consistency for SEO

John Mueller advises SEOs to correct metadata inconsistencies, like product availability, to help Google. He suggests fe...

Saeed Ashif Ahmed

August 4, 2026

Google's updated crawl budget documentation recommends serving a 304 response code to Googlebot for pages that haven't changed.

Google Recommends 304 Status Code for Enterprise Crawl Efficiency

Google updates crawl budget documentation, advising the use of 304 Not Modified status codes to save server resources an...

Joyce de Castro

August 3, 2026

Google Earth's AI image generation feature was rolled back after the internet predictably used it to create realistic scenes of destruction.

Google Earth AI image generator pulled after misuse for disaster imagery

Google removed its AI image generation feature from Google Earth after users created disaster imagery, prompting critici...

Saeed Ashif Ahmed

August 3, 2026

Google's content refresh offers idea on areas to focus on when updating your own content for SEO.

Google Updates Crawl Budget Guide, Emphasizing Clarity

Google’s updated crawl budget guide reveals key lessons for SEO content, emphasizing precision, removing superfluous inf...

Palumbo Angela

August 3, 2026

Google maintains search dominance despite AI chatbot growth, report finds

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Google maintains search dominance despite AI chatbot growth, report finds

Similarweb’s 2026 report reveals 95% of ChatGPT users still use Google. AI search grows but complements traditional sear...

Saeed Ashif Ahmed

July 31, 2026

Google's John Mueller and Martin Splitt said that spammed search box pages may be treated as hacked and become a quality issue.

Google warns webmasters of search box spam, ‘hacked’ site flags

Google’s John Mueller and Martin Splitt explained how website search box spam can cause site quality issues and ‘hacked’...

Saeed Ashif Ahmed

July 31, 2026

AI Search Isn't Replacing Google, Similarweb's New Data Shows It's Layering On Top

AI Search Augments Traditional Engines, Similarweb Data Shows

Similarweb’s report reveals AI search is augmenting, not replacing, Google. Learn key data points on user behavior, grow...

Saeed Ashif Ahmed

July 30, 2026