Google Discusses Chunking, Site Signals, Paywalls, and AI Overview Clicks at Search Central Live Milan
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Barry Schwartz
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Google held a Search Central Live event in Milan where they discussed multiple SEO and search-related topics including chunking (content segmentation), site-wide signals, AI settings in Search Console, commodity versus non-commodity content, paywalled content and subscriptions for news sites, branded vs. non-branded filters in Search Console, and what clicks look like from AI Overviews. The event covered Google's evolving approach to content evaluation and search features.
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Google covered commodity versus non-commodity content, paywalled content, subscriptions for news sites
Google discussed branded vs. non-branded filter in Search Console, what clicks look like from AI Overviews and much more
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