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Search engines have evolved significantly from basic keyword matching to intelligent systems leveraging artificial intelligence (AI). This transformation prompts an important question: when it comes ...

Nearly 30 years ago, when Google launched the search engine that started its long march to dominance, its founders started without much hardware. Known at first as Backrub and operated on the Stanford ...

Judge Amit P. Mehta said the company must hand over some of its search data to rivals, but did not force other big changes the U.S. wanted. By David McCabe David McCabe has covered the Google search ...

For years, optimizing content meant focusing almost entirely on Google and other traditional engines. But with the rapid rise of generative AI chatbots – tools that don’t just link but summarize – ...

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Google's Barry Pollard explains why CrUX and Search Console often report different Core Web Vitals results. Learn how page-view vs. URL-level methods lead to mismatches. CrUX reports user experience ...

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 ...

Beyond AI Overviews and AI Mode, Google is working on “Web Guide” to better organize Search results into categories with additional context and insights. Simply, “Web Guide groups web links in helpful ...

Google is rolling out a new search labs experiment feature named Web Guide. Web Guide uses AI to organize the results page, grouping web links into helpful categories with added context and insights, ...

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 ...

Australia’s search engines are about to have age restrictions similar to the ones in effect for Porn Hub in the UK. Starting at the end of 2025, Australians will have to verify their ages when surfing ...