Microsoft has shared new guidance on duplicate content that’s aimed at AI-powered search. The post on the Bing Webmaster Blog discusses which URL serves as the “source page” for AI answers when several similar URLs exist. Microsoft describes how “near-duplicate” pages can end up grouped together for AI systems, and
With fans rewatching past episodes of Stranger Things, momentum continues to build for the Netflix series, which remained No. 1 on Nielsen’s Top 10 Overall Streaming chart for the week of November 17. Stranger Things led the way with 1.683 billion viewing minutes, improving on its previous week’s showing by
Whiplash! Another year of Nicer Tuesdays has passed by so quickly, but here’s your catch-up on another incredible year, with our monthly talk events staying strong in London and New York, as well as debuting in Los Angeles! In 2025, we caught up with the most interesting and boundary-pushing creatives
The Core Web Vitals Technology Report by the open source HTTPArchive community ranks content management systems by how well they perform on Google’s Core Web Vitals (CWV). The November 2025 data shows a significant gap between platforms with the highest ranked CMS scoring 84.87% of sites passing CWV, while the
Does it feel like your organic traffic is disappearing? You aren’t imagining it. AI Overviews and answer engines are sidelining classic SEO results. To stay visible, brands need to adapt – fast. The good news: you don’t need to rewrite your entire SEO playbook. With a few smart tweaks, you can
Five years ago we published an optical illusion that millions of you were completely bamboozled by, and today I’ve found a brand-new version of that illusion. Of course, I’m referring to the rotating horse, which remains a puzzle to this day (just tell me which way it’s spinning!). This illusion
When Emily Epstein shared her perspective on LinkedIn about how “people didn’t stop reading books when encyclopedias came out,” it sparked a conversation about the future of primary sources in an AI-driven world. In this episode, Katie Morton, Editor-in-Chief of Search Engine Journal, and Emily Anne Epstein, Director of Content
With consumer confidence at the same level as this time last year, 2025 has been a “year of no progress”, according to GfK. UK consumer confidence ticked up slightly in December, though the overall picture suggests households remain under pressure and uncertain about the year ahead. The GfK Consumer Confidence
Our graphic design stories saw a lot of interesting and relatable conversation this year, with the top slot going to Elizabeth Goodspeed’s investigation into why graphic designers can’t stop joking about hating their jobs. You’re a continually curious bunch and you want to get into the nitty gritty, so it’s
The search industry is entering a transition that many people still treat as a footnote. The systems consumers rely on are changing, and the way information is gathered, summarized, and delivered is changing with them. Yet the public messaging around what businesses should do sounds as familiar as ever. The
