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Making AI search smarter

Jul 1, 2026Matthew Conroy
Making AI search smarter
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This post introduces initiatives to make AI search smarter by leveraging network signals for content freshness and relevance, aiming to reduce unnecessary crawling and establish new economic models for content creators. It also details the evolution of 'Pay Per Crawl' to 'Pay Per Use' with partners like Ceramic.ai and You.com, enabling content owners to be compensated based on usage in AI answers and providing new reporting for answer engine optimization.

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