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fromSearch Engine Roundtable
4 days ago

Google Analytics Showing Surge In Organic Search Traffic But Search Console Flat

So I dug deeper into GA, and across all four sites I noticed a clear pattern. The spike in Google organic traffic is coming from desktop users on Windows with a screen size of 1280x720. Engagement metrics are terrible, like 2 seconds on site. It's not coming a from a specific country or just to the homepage. Traffic is spread out.
Online marketing
Online marketing
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
5 days ago

Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up October 7th and 8th

Search ranking volatility began around October 7–8, producing bot-driven, geo-misdirected traffic spikes and sudden traffic drops that appear unrelated to a core update.
#ai-crawlers
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
3 months ago

The internet of agents is rising fast, and publishers are nowhere near ready

AI-driven bot traffic is disrupting traditional publishing revenue streams, leading to a reevaluation of access and monetization strategies.
fromNature
4 months ago

Daily briefing: NIH foreign-grant cuts could leave thousands without care worldwide

Cuts to US foreign funding will abruptly halt hundreds of crucial clinical trials overseas, jeopardizing medical advancements and compromising global health initiatives.
Science
Artificial intelligence
fromHackernoon
9 months ago

The Dead Internet is Very Real and Very Profitable | HackerNoon

The dead internet theory suggests majority of online content is now bot-generated.
AI and bots are increasingly profitable, leading to more engagement farming on social media.
Ad fraud driven by bots is projected to cost marketers significantly by 2028.
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