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23 Jun
Google Cautions Against Markdown Versions Of Websites For AI SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster

<p>Google's John Mueller and Martin Splitt cautioned against parallelizing content with markdown for AI SEO.</p> <p>The post <a

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16 Jun
Google Says Markdown For AI SEO Strips Away The Parts That Matter via @sejournal, @martinibuster

<p>Google says that markdown solves one problem while potentially creating others for search visibility.</p> <p>The post <a

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16 Jun
Google: HTML The Standard For SEO, Not Markdown Files

Google's latest Off The Record podcast was titled Markdown vs HTML with John Mueller and Martin Splitt talking about the use cases for both. In short, both said that when it comes

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10 Jul
Google Adds Social Reporting; Mueller Warns Against Markdown – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>Google rolls out Search Console reports for social posts, updates product markup guidance, and warns against building separate markdown pages for AI.</p> <p>The post <a

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9 Apr
Google’s CEO Predicts Search Will Become An AI Agent Manager via @sejournal, @martinibuster

<p>Google's CEO says that informational queries will become agentic search and that search itself will be an agent manager.</p> <p>The post <a

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17 Jun
Google’s Updated Guidance Now Says It’s “Fine” To Use LLMs.txt For AI SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster

<p>Google updated its guidance to strike a less discouraging tone about the use of LLMs.txt, special markup, and markdown for AI SEO.</p> <p>The post <a

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27 Mar
Google Tests AI Headlines, Rolls Out Spam Update – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>Google tests AI headline rewrites in Search, completes the March spam update in under 20 hours, and adds AI content labeling to structured data docs. </p> <p>The post <a

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7 May
Google’s Mueller: Vibe Coding Won’t Handle Your SEO For You via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>Google's John Mueller and Martin Splitt shared their vibe coding experiences, noting that AI tools still need specific SEO instructions to work well. </p> <p>The post <a

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