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Google shared some interesting information about the future of Search and AI in their most recent earnings call. While many are focusing on the first negative cash flow since their IPO 20 years ago, I think Google is well on track for massive improvements. Google’s revenue is up 24% year-over-year. The reason they are cash [ ] The post The future of Search AI: What I learned from Google s latest…
I have had a number of site owners reach out to ask for help with indexing issues lately. In most cases, I am finding that Google has classified their pages as “crawled-not currently indexed” in the page indexing report in Google Search Console. In almost every case I’ve examined these pages have quality issues. They [ ] The post Why your pages are stuck in crawled-currently not indexed. And what…
Standardizing knowledge for the future of AI agents My last piece on Google’s Open Knowledge Format (OKF) was one of the most popular I’ve ever published. Since then, I have been heads down working on my own OKF structure. I’ve essentially built my own personal brain, and today I want to show you how it [ ] The post Build an OKF brain like mine! appeared first on Marie Haynes .
Google just published documentation on what they're calling the Open Knowledge Format (OKF). It represents a standardized way for agents to access knowledge via very simple directories of Markdown files. While storing files in Markdown is nothing new, Google is now creating a specific standard that agents can understand without the need for specific software [ ] The post The Open Knowledge Format…
Tracking your performance in Google’s AI Overviews AI Mode Google is giving us brand new information within our Google Search Consoles to tell us how our content is being used in AI Overviews, AI Mode, and the AI features in Discover. If you have been wondering whether your SEO efforts are actually landing you [ ] The post GSC s new AI Overview reporting How can we use this information? appeared…
Google just shared more information to help us get our websites ready for agents. There is a new report from Lighthouse which anybody can run. You do not need external software to run it. You can do it right from within your Chrome browser. The report tells you whether your website is discoverable for AI [ ] The post How to use the new Lighthouse Report to see if your website is agent ready…
Search News You Can Use May 12, 2026 Here are the topics I have been discussing with my clients recently. 1. A rise in crawled - currently not indexed pages There has been significant chatter on social media about Google showing more pages in the Page indexing section of GSC that are marked as “crawled [ ] The post Rise in Crawled currently not indexed, preparing websites for agents, and how I m…
Search and AI News You Can Use (Marie's Newsletter) In this episode I’m going to share the top five things I’ve been discussing with clients this week. I’m finding that playing around with some of these new capabilities of Gemini, in particular Gemini in Chrome has given me a bit of an existential crisis! The [ ] The post The Agentic Web is Here: 5 AI Shifts I m Discussing with Clients about AI…
Hello! 👋 This started off as a quick post about why I'm moving my newsletter back to my blog and ended up turning into a full article of my thoughts on the value of blogging today. In 14 years of writing my newsletter, it has gone through a lot of changes. I want to share [ ] The post I m rethinking blogging appeared first on Marie Haynes .
I really enjoyed this interview with Sundar Pichai by John Collison and Elad Gil of Stripe. Here are the 5 most interesting things I learned. 1. Search will still exist in the future, but much of it will be agentic Sundar was asked if agents will replace Search. He said, “If I fast forward, a [ ] The post What I learned about the future of Search and AI from Sundar Pichai s latest interview…