A software engineer creates a new search engine designed to resist SEO spam and provide better search results.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

Google has released version 21 of the Google Ads API, this is a major release with dozens of updates. Updates include AI Max for Search campaigns, PMax changes, reporting updates and much more.

Reddit is going to be leaning even harder into search in the coming months as Steve Huffman wants the site to become a "go-to search engine." ...

Cerebras, the fastest AI provider in the world, and Core42, a G42 company specializing in sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure, announced the global availability of OpenAI’s gpt-oss-120B. Core42 AI ...

Duda, the leading white-label website builder for agencies and SaaS platforms, is helping agencies future-proof their SEO strategies with scalable workflows and built-in support for Answer Engine ...

AI's appetite for scraped content, without returning readers, is leaving site owners and content creators fighting for survival.

The two European search engine providers are gradually using their own search engine index for their web search. This is also ...

Apple has established the Answers, Knowledge, and Information (AKI) team that will focus on AI-based search technology. Its long-term goal is to develop various AI capabilities and eventually ...

Search-engine optimization now feels dated. Generative-engine optimization is all about trying to trick AI chatbots.

On August 19, 2025, Firecrawl announced the closing of a $14.5 million Series A funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners, ...