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Business websites dominate Gemini’s local AI citations

Nearly 60% of Gemini’s local citations point to business websites, but recommendations can change dramatically when using identical searches. By Danny Goodwin   Published on August 20, 2026   Business websites accounted for nearly 60% of Gemini’s citations in local AI search, according to a new study. Steady Demand’s analysis of 14,472 citations from 1,487 … Continue reading Business websites dominate Gemini’s local AI citations →

Evolution pays UK settlement after gambling games reached unlicensed British websites investigation

Evolution pays UK settlement after gambling games reached unlicensed British websites investigation suswati     Evolution Malta Holding Limited has agreed to pay £4.75 million ($ 6.38 million) after a UK Gambling Commission investigation found its online casino games were being supplied to unlicensed gambling websites that could be accessed by consumers in Great Britain. … Continue reading Evolution pays UK settlement after gambling games reached unlicensed British websites investigation →

Traditional Search Engines Rank Websites. LLMs Rank Brands

Traditional Search Engines Rank Websites. LLMs Rank Brands Wisam Abdulaziz   May 25, 2026     For more than two decades, digital marketing strategies have been built around one primary objective: ranking websites in traditional search engines like Google and Bing. Success in SEO was largely determined by a familiar set of factors: Backlinks, anchor … Continue reading Traditional Search Engines Rank Websites. LLMs Rank Brands →

Expedia is preparing for a future beyond travel websites

May 19, 2026 Expedia is preparing for a future beyond travel websites BY Victor Dey The internet has repeatedly changed how people travel. First came the browser, then smartphones. Each shift promised to flatten the industry further, cutting friction, shrinking the role of middlemen, and pushing more of the experience into software. But AI introduces a … Continue reading Expedia is preparing for a future beyond travel websites →

When Google Changes Brand Websites To AI Pages In Dynamic Takeover

When Google Changes Brand Websites To AI Pages In Dynamic Takeover by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, February 27, 2026 There has been so much discussion about the value of websites in the future that after seeing this patent, it all makes much more sense. Google’s patent — titled AI-generated Content Page Tailored To A … Continue reading When Google Changes Brand Websites To AI Pages In Dynamic Takeover →

Websites Are Fading: Brands Prepare For What’s Next

Websites Are Fading, Brands Prepare For What’s Next by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, February 25, 2026 Agentic technology still allows human engagement with traditional screens — including computers, mobile phones, and television — but the technology continues to change the discovery process and how people search. Companies are moving too slowly, and that sloth-like … Continue reading Websites Are Fading: Brands Prepare For What’s Next →

Ecommerce Growth Shifts To Apps And AI From Websites

Ecommerce Growth Shifts To Apps And AI From Websites by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, September 19, 2025 Apps win loyalty, marketplaces dominate, and specialty brands win consumer choices, according to data released earlier this week. Similarweb released its Global State of Ecommerce 2025 report demonstrating how consumer habits are changing from websites to apps … Continue reading Ecommerce Growth Shifts To Apps And AI From Websites →

Pro Chinese cybercrime group manipulates SEO to boost gambling websites

Pro Chinese cybercrime group manipulates SEO to boost gambling websites Rachael Davies ESET researchers have uncovered a professional Chinese cybercrime group that’s manipulating SEO to boost traffic to gambling websites. Nicknamed GhostRedirector by cybersecurity software company ESET, the bad actor is believed to have compromised at least 65 Windows servers located mainly in Brazil, Thailand, … Continue reading Pro Chinese cybercrime group manipulates SEO to boost gambling websites →

Brand Websites See Less Traffic, Reddit And Wikipedia Lead ChatGPT Citations

Brand Websites See Less Traffic, Reddit And Wikipedia Lead ChatGPT Citations by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, August 21, 2025 OpenAI continues to experiment with presenting the most critical information and sources first, as the company weighs the impact of citation on publishers and websites. It’s a shift toward sites that provide answers to queries. … Continue reading Brand Websites See Less Traffic, Reddit And Wikipedia Lead ChatGPT Citations →

AI Digs Deep To Surface Content, Makes Websites Conversational

AI Digs Deep To Surface Content, Makes Websites Conversational by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, July 1, 2025 Startups have sparked debate on whether websites will survive the transition to artificial intelligence (AI).  AI will not render websites obsolete, but the technology can transform them into conversational experiences to support the next phase of advertising … Continue reading AI Digs Deep To Surface Content, Makes Websites Conversational →