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Search & SEO

Search engines, ranking, indexing and discoverability.

ai search seo2 weeks ago6 min

Why Advanced Site Architecture Is the New SEO Frontier for AI and Search

Advanced architecture is no longer just technical structure — it determines whether your content can be found, understood, and surfaced by search engines and AI systems. Insights from SMX Now on July 15 highlight how site architecture has become the critical intersection of SEO, AI discoverability, and user experience.

entity seo topical authority2 weeks ago3 min

Entity SEO and the Publisher Survival Playbook: What Search Engine Land's Traffic Data Actually Shows

Search Engine Land demonstrates how entity-based SEO — combining topical authority with Knowledge Graph optimization — can protect publishers from editorial traffic declines and increase citations in AI Overviews.

ai search engine updates2 weeks ago5 min

Google's June 2026 Spam Update Just Wrapped — Now What?

Google finished rolling out the June 2026 spam update globally across all languages. It ran from June 24 to June 26 — the second spam update of the year. Here's what the rollout timeline tells us, how it compares to recent spam updates, and what site owners should actually do next.

ai search seo2 weeks ago5 min

Bruce Clay, the OG SEO Whisperer Who Named the Game and Built Its Foundations

Bruce Clay didn’t just live through SEO’s first thirty years—he helped write the playbook. His passing leaves behind the language of the trade, a structural method still in use on every major site, and a legacy of helping beginners find their voice.

ai policy ethicsJun 23, 20264 min

Beehiiv Integrates Cloudflare’s AI Crawl Control to Put Publishers Back in Charge of Their Content

A partnership between Beehiiv and Cloudflare embeds advanced AI Crawl Control technology into the newsletter platform, giving creators one-click toggles and analytics to decide whether to block AI scrapers or allow them for maximum search discovery.