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When Google answers a question directly, you don't click through to the source. The source gets nothing; no traffic, no ad ...

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Google's Gary Illyes explains how web standards benefit SEO, focusing on the differences between robots.txt and sitemaps. Web standards help ensure that websites are interpreted in the same way across ...

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Does Microsoft's search engine have what it takes to compete with the all-powerful Google? After testing Bing and Google side by side on basic search, news, shopping, AI features, and much more, we ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. Perplexity on Wednesday unveiled Comet, an AI-powered ...

Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities category, with a focus on energy-saving advice, thermostats, and heating and cooling. Jon has more than a decade ...

Elizabeth Reid’s affidavit warns that court-ordered data sharing would expose Google's IP, invite spam abuse, and put user ...

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SEO plays a role in Automattic’s counterclaim against WP Engine. The legal document mentions search engine optimization six times and SEO once as part of counterclaims asserting that WP Engine ...