Search Engine Land: AI citations favor listicles, articles, product pages: Study. “AI search citations favor a small set of formats. Listicles, articles, and product pages drive over half of all mentions across major LLMs, according to new Wix Studio AI Search Lab research analyzing 75,000 AI answers and more than 1 million citations across ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, and Perplexity.”

Search Engine Land: Google may be cracking down on self-promotional ‘best of’ listicles. “Google may finally be starting to address a popular SEO and AI visibility ‘tactic’: self-promotional ‘best of’ listicles. That’s according to new research by Lily Ray, vice president, SEO strategy and research at Amsive.”

*said in allegro*

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Bait and switch and shovelware.
Farmers cranking out the wares.
AI multiplying spares.
Content, content everywhere. ♪

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Did Google's unconfirmed January updates hit self-promotional listicles hard - seems so https://www.seroundtable.com/googleself-promotional-listicles-update-40873.html via @lilyraynyc and commentary from @glenngabe about maybe a reviews update...

#google #seo #googleseo #googleupdate #listicles #ai #googlealgorithmupdate

I just happened to see a popular website published their '100 Must-Read Books of 2025' and it reminded me that December is swiftly approaching and that's prime time for end-of-year listicles.

Which publications do you trust to give you a good breakdown of books / movies / music / games / etc. across the year?

#Books #Movies #Music #Film #Games #Gaming #VideoGames #Boardgames #Listicle #Listicles #AskFedi #AskMastodon

Our favourites #electronicmusic releases during the last week's.

https://vibesmagazine.blog/from-lost-archives-to-future-sounds-this-weeks-9-vital-electronic-releases/

#newreleases #bestof2025 #listicle #underground #listicles

5 players to watch in Bills at Bears

Preseason game number two offers the Bills coaching staff another opportunity to evaluate not only individual skill sets,…
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