BrightEdge data shows brand citation differences between AIO and ChatGPT, and suggests how to increase visibility in both. searchenginejournal.com/research-shows… via Roger Montti, SearchEngineJournal®

Modeling weights across lexical retrieval, semantic retrieval, re-ranking and clarity to help visualize how an AI-powered answer is chosen. searchenginejournal.com/lets-look-insi… via duane forrester, SearchEngineJournal®

Google’s Gemini app now supports audio file uploads. Free users get 10 minutes per prompt; paid plans support up to three hours. searchenginejournal.com/google-gemini-… via Matt G. Southern, SearchEngineJournal®

Google’s Help Center now lists Gemini App limits for prompts, images, Deep Research, video generation, and context windows. searchenginejournal.com/google-publish… via Matt G. Southern, SearchEngineJournal®

I just signed up for SEJ's upcoming webinar, "AI is Rewriting Local Search: How Multi-Location Brands Can Win Now" searchenginejournal.com/webinar-lp-ai-… via SearchEngineJournal®

Measuring awareness, consideration, conversion, and loyalty reveals how brand marketing drives real business outcomes. searchenginejournal.com/how-to-measure… via @AlliBerry3, SearchEngineJournal®

Google is hiring an anti-scraping engineering analyst to help create models for blocking search-results scrapers. searchenginejournal.com/google-is-hiri… via Roger Montti, SearchEngineJournal®

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Customer journeys now move from messy questions to instant AI answers, making authentic problem-solving the real driver of conversions. searchenginejournal.com/why-reddit-is-… via Brent Csutoras, SearchEngineJournal®

This Reddit Ask Me Anything reveals the biggest mistakes marketers make and what actually works for authentic brand presence. searchenginejournal.com/ama-reddit-mar… via Brent Csutoras, SearchEngineJournal®

Perplexity released its Comet browser free to the public after a limited beta. The free browser includes built-in AI assistant features. searchenginejournal.com/perplexity-lau… via Matt G. Southern, SearchEngineJournal®

Reddit is investing in search after hitting 70M weekly queries, with Reddit Answers expanding and deeper integration on the way. searchenginejournal.com/reddit-priorit… via Matt G. Southern, SearchEngineJournal®

Microsoft shares guidance on optimizing content for AI search, including structure, formatting, schema markup, and common mistakes that can harm visibility. searchenginejournal.com/microsoft-expl… via Matt G. Southern, SearchEngineJournal®

Google AIO Is Ranking More Niche Specific Sites. Google's AI Overviews are showing more niche-specific content and giving less priority to general big brand sites across multiple topics searchenginejournal.com/google-aio-is-… via Roger Montti, SearchEngineJournal®

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Why the old SEO layers still matter and how new retrieval and reasoning systems are redefining visibility. searchenginejournal.com/the-new-optimi… via duane forrester, SearchEngineJournal®

Salesforce's Marc Benioff says Google's Gemini 3 just blew past ChatGPT: 'I'm not going back' businessinsider.com/salesforce-ceo… via @businessinsider

High-intent traffic deserves high-performing pages, and these landing page builders help marketers create them with precision. searchenginejournal.com/the-7-best-lan… via Matt G. Southern, SearchEngineJournal®

OpenAI is looking for a new Head of Preparedness techcrunch.com/2025/12/28/ope… via @techcrunch

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