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1 Oct
Google AI Pilot Pays Some Sites Under 0.1% Of Ad Revenue via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>A new report says Google's AI contribution pilot pays publishers widely different amounts, and some participants still can't tell how payouts are calculated.</p> <p>The post <a

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19 Sept
Google AI Payment Pilot, Search Profiles At 10,000 – SEO Pulse via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>Google is testing payments for content contributing to AI answers, Mueller says AI position data is hard to report, and Cloudflare splits training from search.</p> <p>The post

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14 Sept
Google Tests Paying Publishers For AI Answers Via Search Console via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>Google is testing a Search Console pilot that pays publishers when their content contributes to Gemini, AI Overviews, and AI Mode answers.</p> <p>The post <a

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12 Aug
Cloudflare Gives AI Agents Wallets That Pay For What They Access via @sejournal, @slobodanmanic

<p>Cloudflare announced wallets and optional identity handles for AI agents on August 4, extending paid access past crawlers to any caller and any resource.</p> <p>The post <a

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14 Sept
Google is doing a test where it is paying publishers for using their content within the Google AI features:

Google is doing a test where it is paying publishers for using their content within the Google AI features: www.seroundtable.com/google-al-co... Vía @rustybrick.com

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6 May
Google Adds More Links & Link Context To AI Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>Google is adding subscription labels, inline links, discussion previews, and desktop link previews to its AI Search experiences.</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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9 Apr
OpenAI, Meta, ByteDance Lead AI Bot Traffic In Publishing via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>Akamai breaks down which AI bots are hitting publishing, who operates them, and why fetcher bots may pose a more immediate risk.</p> <p>The post <a

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