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Author
Julian Vennick
2026
SEO News
Here’s why Google’s contentEffort is not a confirmed ranking factor
Google’s quality guidelines explicitly allow high-effort work made with generative AI, while the leaked field leaves its ranking role unexplained.
SEO News
Google’s own NotebookLM becomes a target for parasite SEO
An SEO practitioner reports an AI Overview citation from a public notebook. Another SEO practitioner has since highlighted more promotional…
Development
Cloudflare puts your robots.txt on autopilot
Publishers can separate AI training from search access, but the available controls differ across OpenAI, Google and Bing.
Industry
Google wants travelers to book hotels without leaving Search
Hotels could keep the reservation and guest data while becoming more dependent on Google to bring customers back.
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