AISEO Round Table covers what actually changes your rankings: Google algorithm updates, AI Overviews and ChatGPT search, WordPress SEO, and step-by-step guides tested on real sites. Written and edited by Syed Zakir Hussain, an SEO specialist with 7+ years leading SEO teams across SaaS, eCommerce and enterprise brands.
Latest Google updates AI search playbook
OpenAI expanded ChatGPT Ads to 26 more countries, including Pakistan, for 89 total, and says 100,000+ advertisers have run ads. New formats are in testing.
Anthropic filed its S-1 on Oct 26, 2026 to list on Nasdaq as ANT, showing $16.3B in first-half revenue and an $80.7B net loss. Key numbers and risks.
OpenAI launched GPT-6.1 Terra on Oct 26, 2026: near GPT-6 Astra performance, 3x faster tasks and $1/$5 per million tokens. Features, pricing and access.
New studies from Marie Haynes, SEO Works and Kevin Indig find ChatGPT and AI assistants send a sliver of Google’s traffic and conversions. The numbers.
Google’s John Mueller confirmed JPEG XL isn’t supported in Google Images or Discover previews. See the supported image formats and what to use instead.
Google appears to be testing AI-generated summaries in AI Overview citation cards, replacing publisher text with query-tailored snippets. Here’s what changed.
New studies from Marie Haynes, SEO Works and Kevin Indig find ChatGPT and AI assistants send a sliver of Google’s traffic and conversions. The numbers.
Google’s John Mueller confirmed JPEG XL isn’t supported in Google Images or Discover previews. See the supported image formats and what to use instead.
Google appears to be testing AI-generated summaries in AI Overview citation cards, replacing publisher text with query-tailored snippets. Here’s what changed.
Google’s Universal Cart, first demoed at I/O, is now live in US Search and Gemini. Shoppers can add products from multiple stores to one cart. What to know.
Google updated its user-generated spam guidance on Oct 26, 2026, telling tools that publish shared pages, AI outputs or web apps to noindex them by default.
Rank trackers recorded heavy Google ranking volatility on Oct 24 and again on Oct 27, 2026, pointing to an unconfirmed update. Here is what the data shows.
Google’s John Mueller confirmed JPEG XL isn’t supported in Google Images or Discover previews. See the supported image formats and what to use instead.
Google updated its user-generated spam guidance on Oct 26, 2026, telling tools that publish shared pages, AI outputs or web apps to noindex them by default.
Gary Illyes shared Google crawl, index and serve times: new URLs ~20 hours, indexing ~1.5 hours, core update recovery 3–6 months.
Google added main content and EOT/SA (effort, originality, talent/skill, accuracy) sections to its helpful content guidance. What it means.
Google updated its Page Experience documentation to include Core Web Vitals ad metrics from CrUX, explicitly clarifying these new metrics are informational and not a ranking factor.
Google removed public documentation for a Web Search Service API that had been accidentally published weeks earlier, an API that appears to serve select partners rather than the public.
Ahrefs and Mangools sit at almost opposite ends of the SEO tool spectrum. One is a deep, data heavy platform built for professionals who live
Ahrefs and Semrush are the two names that come up in almost every SEO tool conversation, and for good reason. Both cover keyword research, backlinks,
Google stopped ranking websites on matching words alone a long time ago. Today it ranks things people, brands, products, places, and concepts and how well
The All-in-One SEO plugin reviewed for 2026: core features, pricing tiers, setup steps, speed impact, and how it compares to Yoast and Rank Math. Read before you install.
Is Rank Math better than Yoast for WordPress SEO? Compare features, pricing, schema, and performance in 2026 — and find the right plugin for your site.
Learn Yoast SEO the right way with this beginner’s tutorial: install the plugin, run the wizard, optimize posts, and connect Search Console in 2026.
