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Key Takeaways: Dan Petrovic analyzed 7,060 queries via Google's Vertex AI Search that likely powers Gemini Chunk size: The total words retrieved for grounding is surprisingly stable throughout queries at a median of 2.000 words (within 1.500 to 3.000 words) This budget is devided among sources based on their relevance ranking: First position with 28% to 5th position with 13% share. 77% of pages get 200-600 words selected. The typical page gets ~377 words. Longer, more exte

Key Takeaways: Anderson analyzed the Google Leak & DOJ testimony: A deep dive mapping Google's Search Essentials and Helpful Content questions to leaked Content Warehouse attributes like Q*, siteAuthority, contentEffort, and predictedDefaultNsr. From Navboost to contentEffort he provides a clear understanding of how Google is or likely is working ICYMI: Back in 2024 the Website Boosting article from Mario Fischer visually outlined it pretty well Example I: EEAT decoded E-E-A-

Key Takeaways: Based on SEMrush data Long found that major social media channels like X, linkedIn, Threads gained visibility in Google Search since mid of October Inline with this development, Google added a new social feature in the Google Search Console that is controversely discussed - as the data it provides is of low quality and full of anomalies especially with the introduction of AI Overviews and the push of AI Mode Clark shared first insights that he was surprised a