News on AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT search and the rest: what changed, and what to do if you rank but lose the answer.https://aisearchwar.com/https://aisearchwar.com/journal/google-now-emails-how-many-readers-picked-your-site-as-a-preferred-source-write/https://aisearchwar.com/journal/google-now-emails-how-many-readers-picked-your-site-as-a-preferred-source-write/Search Console is emailing owners a count of Preferred source selections, dated October 5. What the email says, what it leaves out, and what to do with it.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aisearchwar.com/journal/ai-overviews-cite-pages-that-are-not-on-page-one-check-what-they-say-about-yours/https://aisearchwar.com/journal/ai-overviews-cite-pages-that-are-not-on-page-one-check-what-they-say-about-yours/A WashU study of 55,393 Google searches found 29.8% of cited domains were off page one, and up to 11% of verifiable claims were not backed by the cited page.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aisearchwar.com/journal/cloudflares-block-setting-now-stops-google-bing-and-apple-search-crawlers-too-ch/https://aisearchwar.com/journal/cloudflares-block-setting-now-stops-google-bing-and-apple-search-crawlers-too-ch/Since September 15, choosing Block for AI training on Cloudflare also stops Googlebot, Bingbot and Applebot, search included. How to keep search and refuse training.Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://aisearchwar.com/journal/google-added-two-new-views-of-ai-search-this-month-here-is-how-to-read-them/https://aisearchwar.com/journal/google-added-two-new-views-of-ai-search-this-month-here-is-how-to-read-them/Merchant Center now compares your share of voice with other brands in AI Mode and AI Overviews, and Search Console now counts searches made with images. What to check.Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT