French publishers filed a complaint over Google AI Overviews with the competition regulator. What the case contains and what it could change for your site.
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Why AI Cites the Long YouTube Video Most
The long-form YouTube video captures 94% of AI citations. Why the format is still open to beginners, and how to aim for a citation.
Why ChatGPT Citations Depend on Your Topic
ChatGPT citations vary sharply by topic: travel gets cited nearly five times more than education. What that means when you are starting out.
Blocking a Page in Robots.txt Is Not Noindex
Blocking a page in robots.txt does not remove it from Google: only a crawlable noindex does the job. What every beginner should understand.
Blocking Google: Big Publishers Weigh the Move
Blocking Google: USA Today, Reuters and other major publishers are weighing it over AI Overviews. What it signals and what to do as a beginner.
AI Overviews Now Draws Its Own Images, No Credit Given
AI Overviews now draws its own images with no credit, adds a news carousel and reshuffles citations. What these changes mean for a beginner’s traffic.
AI Search Traffic: Google Says It Sends Billions of Clicks
AI Search traffic: Google says its AI features send billions of clicks to sites each week. What the claim really means, and how a beginner should read it.
ChatGPT Ads Show Up in 76% of Shopping Answers
ChatGPT ads appear in 76.4% of shopping answers, and in 12 industries out of 14 the market leader buys none of them at all.
Google Downplays Most Search Console Errors
Search Console errors do not all describe a real problem. Mueller and Splitt explain what deserves a fix and what can safely be ignored.
Zero-click Google searches: 68% in early 2026
Zero-click searches hit 68% of US Google queries in Q1 2026, per Similarweb. What the zero-click shift really means for a new site.









