Live AI search news feed
Live from Momentic Studio, this news feed is curated by the Momentic team so you can stay up to date on AI search, SEO, GEO, AEO, AI search, frontier AI models, and relevant tools.
This is a new take on what boosts visibility in AI tools (at least to me) - according to Dan Taylor, data from 2138 websites cited in AI search shows a correlation between CWV performance & visibility in generative answers:
- Sites with CLS ≤ 0.1 recorded a 29.8% higher inclusion rate in generative summaries compared with sites above this threshold.
- Pages delivering LCP ≤ 2.5 seconds were 1.47 times more likely to appear in AI outputs than slower pages.
- Crawlers abandoned requests for 18% of pages larger than 1 MB of HTML, highlighting the need for lean markup.
- TTFB under 200 ms correlated with a 22% increase in citation density, particularly when paired with robust caching strategies.
Lots more in the study linked above - plus at the end he offers to share the full deck if you email and ask for it.
Google Workspace updates:
- Supposedly Gemini is now better at creating & troubleshooting formulas in Google Sheets
- Now you can convert the Google Slides of your choice into "shareable, engaging video" using Google Vids
Similarweb is launching an MCP server. Here's the documentation. They say the fastest way to use it is through tools like Claude or Zapier via the Similarweb API key.
GMC Next is testing a new Brand option (in the Marketing section of the left-hand nav) that says:
"Coming soon: Shape how customers see your brand. Influence how your business appears on Search when customers type your brand name. You'll be notified when you're able to manage your brand profile."
Looks like brands will be able to review/add images, choose a business description (why "choose" and not "write"?) and review videos (but not add videos?). Keep an eye out for the email I guess! This feature was first mentioned at Google Marketing Live in May 2025.
I've been sleeping on DDG lately but they've been keeping up with AI chat & search too, in ways that align with their brand:
- Free access to various AI chatbots on duck.ai
- Opt-in AI-assisted answers on duckduckgo.com
- DDG subscription model with more advanced AI chat models, VPN & more
- DDG browser visual design overhaul with button shortcut to duck.ai (and option to disable/hide button)
Their pitch is that when you use AI chat/search on one of their platforms your chats/searches are anonymized because DDG calls the AI models on your behalf, none of the data is used for training, chats are stored on your device, and you can delete all of it instantly with the "Fire Button" :fire:
According to statcounter, DDG averages 2.5% of U.S. SE market share over the past year. If you know your audience values online privacy (maybe even more than quality of search results) it could be worth doing some SERP analysis on there. SerpAPI has a DDG SERP scraper if you really want to dig in.
Google has streamlined the process for implementing a local inventory feed in GMC. It's a little weird that it's spelled "Merchant Centre" in this documentation but as long as it works, who cares!
Google is officially launching Search Live (English/U.S.) today outside of Labs - only in the Google app for Android/iOS.
"When you go Live with Search, you can have an interactive voice conversation in AI Mode and share your phone’s camera feed. This means Search can see what your camera sees, respond to your questions in real time and connect you with helpful web links to dive even deeper."
New Google Labs experiment: Mixboard, "an AI-powered concepting board that helps you explore, expand, and refine your ideas". Use cases are myriad:
- World-building for a story/game
- Planning photo shoot
- Moodboard for a fashion collection
- Redecorating a space
- Landscaping planning
- Event planning
- Product ideation
- Branding design
- Ad campaign visualizing
- Practically any creative visual project you can think of!
Great guide to marketing on Reddit, but only for those willing to invest substantial time and effort in doing it the smart way.
Really enjoying the (free) Impolighthouse tool that audits your website like Lighthouse & gives you a summary of what's hurting performance, with the spice level of your choice - Irritated (Default) definitely resonates.
Perplexity has a new Email Assistant that connects with Gmail and Outlook - currently only available for Perplexity Max subscribers.
Gemini is now integrated with Google TV and here's why it matters for search: viewers will be able to conversationally search with Gemini on their TV and it will provide "helpful answers with supporting YouTube videos, letting you dive deep right on your TV"
Google plans to expand Gemini capabilities on TV, as well as the quantity of different TV models that come with Google TV.
Google published a Startup technical guide for building agents on Google Cloud - it's a 60+ page PDF with the option to listen to a podcast version (includes the prompt used in NotebookLM to make the audio).
I don't have an Android phone so wasn't able to see this for myself, but apparently Google Chrome on Android can turn any webpage into a podcast-style conversational audio overview. Seems like a big accessibility improvement since the regular Read Aloud feature was a rather flat, mechanical voice reading the page text verbatim.
The August Spam update ended overnight at 00:00 - it lasted 26 days which is longer than average (the last spam update in Dec. '24 only took 7 days, and the last core update in June of this year took 16 days).
If you've noticed GSC impressions fall off a cliff recently, you're not alone:
- Most websites are seeing a significant drop in impressions since Google disallowed the num=100 parameter
- Google finally commented on this change, saying "The use of this URL parameter is not something that we formally support."
It seems like they're implying that since they never officially supported the parameter, they didn't really take anything away. Anyway, it's helpful to understand why impressions data changed in GSC in case you need to explain it to stakeholders.
Google is rolling out some significant AI-powered Chrome updates:
- Gemini in Chrome - chat with Gemini about any web page you have open (rollout starts today)
- Agentic capabilities - tell Gemini in Chrome to do stuff for you, like buy groceries (in the coming months)
- Context across tabs - Gemini can help you compare/summarize info from all your open tabs
- Find a page you visited but can't remember - Describe to Gemini the page you want to revisit (I will definitely use this)
- Works with apps too - from any web page, chat with Gemini to do stuff in Google apps like Calendar, Maps, YT
- More omni in the omnibox - AI Mode is coming to the Chrome address bar (omnibox) so you can bypass the traditional SERP more easily
- Contextual autosuggest in omnibox - when you click into the omnibox while on a web page, the autosuggest will be tailored accordingly
- More scam protection
- Better at detecting spammy/scammy notifications and requests for camera/location permissions
- AI as a password agent so you can change compromised passwords faster
Meta has new AI glasses with a Neural Band that uses surface electromyography to detect tiny muscle signals when you move your hand and fingers.
They claim it's about “staying present” and “not breaking your flow.” But really they want to cultivate dependency. What good is “looking up” if you’re just looking at a screen only you can see? Great news if you want to pay $800+ for the privilege of tethering your attention to Meta’s technology all day long. There is a legit upside to the Neural Band for people with disabilities, but that's not why they developed it.
Google now offers an interactive store widget to add to your ecommerce website:
- 3 tiers available: Generic, Store rating, Top Quality
- Embed on any web page
- Displays store quality rating from Google & other important details (policies, reviews)
- Stays up to date with your current ratings
LinkedIn is updating their terms on November 3, 2025:
- Sharing more info with Microsoft "so the Microsoft family of companies can show you more personalized and relevant ads"
- Expanding & reformatting User Agreement (one that stood out is clarifying that deep fakes are a violation)
Plus some changes that vary by region. Looks like you can still opt out of things.
- More social posts & videos, in addition to articles
- Personalize your Discover feed by following publishers & creators
