News & Editorial SEO Summit (NESS) 2026

NESS is a virtual summit on SEO for news and editorial publishers, now in its sixth year. It runs for three days of keynotes and talks, with all times in Eastern time.

Day one covers news SEO, including audience growth, Google Discover, paywalls and relationships in the age of AI, n8n automation and newsroom workflows. Day two covers SEO and AI, including the Google updates publishers cannot ignore, SEO automation at enterprise scale, semantic SEO for news and AI Overviews. Day three covers alternative audience growth channels: YouTube and Reels, Reddit, newsletters, podcasts and new channels beyond search.

Tickets give access to all sessions, presentations and recordings, with live Q&A. Group tickets are available for five or more.