Search engines stories

Google adds restaurant bookings to AI Mode in Search for New Zealand users, linking diners to live table availability from OpenTable and Wowapps.

SEO remains vital as AI reshapes search, with intent-led content, technical strength and clear strategy now key to online visibility.

LoopMe unveils Chartboost Direct to help app publishers tap brand ad spend as AI usage reshapes search, web traffic and mobile gaming habits.

Thryv says Australian and New Zealand small businesses need tidy websites, consistent listings and fresh reviews to win AI-driven recommendations.

Trustpilot rolls out AI search metrics and review tools as brands race to stay visible in generative shopping results.

Akamai warns AI bots are slashing publisher referrals by 96% as automated scraping surges 300% and ad, subscription revenue comes under strain.

Cloudflare and GoDaddy team up to give site owners more control over AI crawlers while backing open standards to verify agent identity.

Anaxi Labs and Carnegie Mellon probe how AI agents and datasets should be priced as generative tools reshape search, advertising and subscriptions.

Google rolls out conversational Search Live to New Zealand, adding voice and camera support in AI Mode across more than 200 countries.

OpenAI is turning ChatGPT into a visual shopping hub, adding side‑by‑side comparisons and richer merchant data for in-chat product discovery.

Google Research says its TurboQuant method and related algorithms can slash memory use in large language models and vector search without hurting accuracy.

Google's generative AI update pushes SEO into a new era, forcing specialists to prioritise intent, E-E-A-T and NLP over rankings alone.

AI is reshaping content creation, boosting speed and scale while raising urgent concerns over quality, authenticity and reader trust.

As AI transforms search, traditional marketing metrics lose clout, making always-on brand visibility the new make-or-break advantage.

As AI reshapes search, B2B brands must fuse thought leadership, media clout and GEO to stay visible, trusted and cited in summaries.

saas.group surpasses USD $100m ARR as it doubles down on AI-led upgrades and fresh acquisitions across its 25-plus software brands.

Elastic argues that in an AI-obsessed market, robust search across messy data is the real foundation of trustworthy, profitable experiences.

AI search tools cast brands in starkly different lights, with Google skewing early negative and ChatGPT souring sentiment near purchase.

From gaming roots to AI-era PR, women in tech can turn media visibility into authority, unlocking investors, customers and influence.

Shoddy search tools are driving Australians from favourite online retailers, with 72% abandoning brands and many paying rivals more.