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Google puts inline links higher in AI Overviews, and preferred-source usage is up sevenfold this year

Google is placing inline links higher in AI Overviews and AI Mode, and preferred-source usage has grown 7x since January.

Sienna Mcpherson · 4 min read

Tools & Analytics

Bing Webmaster Tools adds topic-level AI citation data, and shows exactly where rivals get cited and you don't

Bing's AI Performance report now groups citations by topic and flags where rivals get cited and you don't.

Sienna Mcpherson · 4 min read Distribution

Google Ads adds channel prioritization and budget allocation, and your current Display setup expires in February

Google Ads lets marketers rank and cap channel spend instead of opting out entirely, but the old Display setup goes away in February 2027.

Sienna Mcpherson · 4 min read Search

Google is poisoning SERPs to stop scrapers, and rank trackers can't tell the difference

Google has been feeding rank trackers wrong SERPs since mid-September, and two vendors confirm it independently.

Sienna Mcpherson · 5 min read

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Pageviews.ai

A credible analytics stack without the GA4 tax: cookieless, unsampled, and an AI layer that saves real analyst time. Thin on session replay and integrations.

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News and reviews for the people who market software.

Google puts inline links higher in AI Overviews, and preferred-source usage is up sevenfold this year

Bing Webmaster Tools adds topic-level AI citation data, and shows exactly where rivals get cited and you don't

Google Ads adds channel prioritization and budget allocation, and your current Display setup expires in February

Google is poisoning SERPs to stop scrapers, and rank trackers can't tell the difference

Salesforce buys Loops to make Tableau explain why your numbers moved

Honeyjar launches an AI PR agent that pitches reporters, but says when you're not ready

One briefing, every Tuesday — get the next piece first

Pageviews.ai

News and reviews for the people who market software.

Google puts inline links higher in AI Overviews, and preferred-source usage is up sevenfold this year

Bing Webmaster Tools adds topic-level AI citation data, and shows exactly where rivals get cited and you don't

Google Ads adds channel prioritization and budget allocation, and your current Display setup expires in February

Google is poisoning SERPs to stop scrapers, and rank trackers can't tell the difference

Salesforce buys Loops to make Tableau explain why your numbers moved

Honeyjar launches an AI PR agent that pitches reporters, but says when you're not ready

One briefing, every Tuesday — get the next piece first

Pageviews.ai

One briefing, every Tuesday.