"Google's search rankings are highly volatile, and Google has not yet confirmed any official updates. Google seems to have targeted self-promotional listicles from showing up in the search results, at least many. Microsoft released the Publisher Content Marketplace to pay publishers to license its content for AI. Google commented about serving markdown pages to LLM crawlers. Google Ad Network was investigated for invalid clicks. Googlebot's limit for web pages is 15MB, 64MB for PDFs and 2MB for other file types."
"ChatGPT vs. Gemini website visit growth chart, including January 2026. Preliminary data indicates that Gemini topped 2 billion monthly visits for the first time, while ChatGPT, though not recovering to its October 2025 peak, grew af, Similarweb on X Generative AI was the fastest-growing online industry in 2025, jumping from 4.401 billion to 8.017 billion monthly visits., Similarweb on X"
Google search rankings continue to show high volatility with no confirmed official update from Google. Many self-promotional listicles appear to have reduced visibility in search results. Microsoft launched the Publisher Content Marketplace to compensate publishers for licensing content for AI. Google reported serving markdown pages to large language model crawlers. The Google Ad Network underwent investigation for invalid clicks. Googlebot enforces file-size crawl limits: 15MB for web pages, 64MB for PDFs, and 2MB for other file types. Generative AI usage surged in 2025 and platform traffic patterns shifted between major AI providers.
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