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AI Answers Are Becoming the New SERPs: Brands Now Scrape ChatGPT and Perplexity to Monitor What Users Are Being Told
AI answer engines are becoming a new data source for competitive intelligence. ChatGPT and Perplexity have entered Decodo's annual list of the most-scraped websites for the first t...
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Google’s New Goto Redirects Obscure Destination URLs: Another Data-Collection Challenge for SEO Tools
Google has introduced another technical complication for companies that collect large-scale search-result data. SISTRIX says Google is now using internal Goto URLs for some clicks,...
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Shopify’s Crawler Throttling Was Hiding SEO Problems: SISTRIX Adds Authorized Crawling
SISTRIX has added a practical workaround for a Shopify change that was making technical SEO audits look incomplete—or even completely empty. Onpage projects can now send custom HTT...
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SISTRIX Opens 62 Million Real AI Prompts to APIs and MCP: Automated AEO Research Gets a New Dataset
SISTRIX has opened one of its most interesting AI-search datasets to automation. Prompt Research data—built from more than 62 million real user questions grouped into over 1.4 mill...
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AI Visibility Reports Become Conversational: SISTRIX Turns Measurements Into Action Plans
SISTRIX is making AI visibility analysis conversational. Completed AI Deep Dives now include a contextual chat that allows users to ask follow-up questions about the analysis, requ...
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SISTRIX Moves Beyond AI Mentions: Brand Sentiment and Recommendation Roles Become Measurable Across Six Engines
SISTRIX is expanding AI visibility measurement beyond a basic question—whether a brand appears in an AI answer. Its AI Check now measures brand sentiment, competitive perception an...
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Yahoo Turns Scout Into a Primary Search Entry Point: AI Search Moves Onto the Homepage
Yahoo is giving its AI search product a much more prominent route into the search journey. A dedicated Yahoo Scout button has been observed directly on the Yahoo homepage, putting....
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Google Reveals Its Internal SEO Timelines: Indexing Can Take 90 Minutes—but Quality Can Delay It Forever
Google has shared unusually specific internal timing data for some of the most common crawling, indexing and Search recovery processes. During Search Central Live Deep Dive in Barc...
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New Wave of Volatility Hits During Google's September 2026 Spam Update
A new wave of Google Search volatility is appearing while the September 2026 Spam Update is still officially active. Multiple independent tracking systems showed another accelerati...
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ChatGPT Tests Comparative Labels on Organic Shopping Products
ChatGPT appears to be testing a new classification layer in organic shopping results: highlighted comparative labels that explain why a particular product may be a strong fit for a...
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Google Ads Tests Advertiser Names Inside Call Assets
Google Ads is testing a more branded presentation for call assets in sponsored search results. In the observed test, the click-to-call element displays the advertiser's name alongs...
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