Search Engine Journal

GBP Reviews Outage Is Over

Google announced that most Business Profile Reviews are returned to normal. Sites still missing reviews should be normal in a few days The post GBP Reviews Outage Is Over appeared…

Ahrefs

Top 40 Trending EV Companies (Q1 2025)

To find the top trending EV companies in 2025 we calculated the percentage growth of organic traffic to their websites between January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2025 using Ahrefs…

Ahrefs

Top 50 Trending SaaS Startups (Q1 2025)

To find the top trending startups in 2025 we calculated the percentage growth of their organic traffic to their websites between January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2025 using Ahrefs…

SE Roundtable

Google Article Links To Product Snippet Overlays

Google seems to be adding links to review publishers when you hover over some of the product results, popular products, snippets. The links show only after the box expands, and…

SE Roundtable

Bing Shopping / E-Commerce Card With Ads

Remember the Bing shopping / e-commerce cards? Well, now it looks like Bing is putting an ad slot in them and labeled them as ads.

Search Engine Journal

Google Reassures That #Anchor URLs In GSC Are Okay

Google’s John Mueller explains why Search Console shows URLs containing hashtags in them The post Google Reassures That #Anchor URLs In GSC Are Okay appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

SE Roundtable

Daily Search Forum Recap: February 13, 2025

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Reddit blamed Google’s…

SE Roundtable

Google Search Faster By About 60 Milliseconds

Google announced it is testing new pre-fetching methods that increase the speed (Largest Contentful Paint – LCP) of the first two results by 67 milliseconds and for the results after…

SE Roundtable

Yahoo Search AI Answers Now Showing Link Sources

Initially, when Yahoo Search launched AI-generated answers, they did not contain sources or links. Now it seems Yahoo is adding “Learn more” links to these AI answer boxes in Yahoo…

Search Engine Journal

Google CrUX Report Update Targets LCP & Network Delays

Google Chrome’s latest CrUX update delivers granular LCP and RTT insights. This can help with optimizing page speed and user experience. The post Google CrUX Report Update Targets LCP &…

SE Roundtable

Daily Search Forum Recap: February 12, 2025

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. The Google reviews…

SE Roundtable

Is Google Image Search Down Ranking AI Images?

There is some chatter in the SEO community that Google Image Search may be down ranking, lowering the rankings, of AI-generated images, in favor of non-AI-generated images within the Google…

SE Roundtable

Bing Webmaster Tools Updates Date Selectors

Microsoft has updated Bing Webmaster Tools to make selecting the date ranges a lot easier in the performance reports. Now the date selectors are very quick to select, and not…

SE Roundtable

Google Tests Filters On Latest Posts Carousel

Google is testing adding filters to the latest post carousel. These filters can show recent posts, video posts, posts from Instagram, or Facebook.

Search Engine Journal

Surprising Review Stats To Feed Your Local Strategy [Study]

Survey reveals trends in local reviews: trust in word-of-mouth, growing focus on recent feedback, and the importance of owner responses in shaping customer trust. The post Surprising Review Stats To…

SE Roundtable

Google Review Count Bug Fix Rolling Out

The big Google review count bug, that we first reported on Friday and that later Google confirmed on Monday afternoon, is now being fixed. We can now see review counts…

Search Engine Journal

Google Sitelinks Algorithm Bug Shows Wrong Links

An apparent bug in Google’s Sitelinks algorithm is showing links to unhelpful pages. The post Google Sitelinks Algorithm Bug Shows Wrong Links appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

SE Roundtable

Bing Tests Dropping AI Labels From AI Answers

Microsoft seems to be testing dropping the AI labels and other interaction features from the Bing Search AI Answers. Or maybe, Bing dropped its AI Answers for normal featured snippets…

Search Engine Journal

Google Confirms Business Profile Reviews Outage

Google confirms an outage in the Business Profiles reviews system and says a fix is in progress. The post Google Confirms Business Profile Reviews Outage appeared first on Search Engine…

SE Roundtable

Google Confirms Review Count Issue – Working On Fix

On Friday, we reported that the Google local reviews seem to be disappearing or being counted wrong. Well, Google finally confirmed the issue, just minutes ago, in the Google Business…

Backlinko

9 Shopify Blog Examples You Need to See (+ Pro Tips)

Want more traffic to your Shopify store? Start a blog. Why? Look at Gymshark. Its blog ranks for over 174K niche-related keywords and brings in over 673.1K visitors every month….

SE Roundtable

Daily Search Forum Recap: February 10, 2025

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. We are seeing…

Search Engine Journal

How To Use XML Sitemaps To Boost SEO

Learn the ins and outs of using sitemaps to improve content discovery and indexing. The post How To Use XML Sitemaps To Boost SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

SE Roundtable

Google Super Bowl LIX Search Ranking Update

Over the weekend, the Super Bowl LIX weekend, there has been a lot of chatter about ranking volatility and traffic losses. Truth is, I feel there is often chatter about…

SE Roundtable

Google Search AI Organized Local Events

Earlier we reported that Google was testing AI-organized restaurant results in the Google Search results. Now, Google is doing the same for local events; and organizing them with AI.

SE Ranking

16 digital marketing metrics used in SE Ranking

To outrank your rivals with SE Ranking, you must understand competitive domain and keyword data. Learn about the diffeerent metrics and other data we use.

SE Roundtable

Google Search Bitcoin Charts Gone – It’s A Bug

Google is no longer showing the price of Bitcoin when you search for it in Google Search. Google’s VP, Engineering for Search, Rajan Patel, said this is “Not intended” and…

Search Engine Journal

Google’s Advice on Fixing Unwanted Indexed URLs

Google’s John Mueller offers advice on dealing with indexed URLs that shouldn’t be indexed The post Google’s Advice on Fixing Unwanted Indexed URLs appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

SE Roundtable

More Details & Screenshots Of Google’s AI Mode

In December, we reported that Google was experimenting with something they call AI Mode. Well, now, we have more details and even screenshots of AI Mode in Google Search.

SE Roundtable

Google Local Reviews Decreasing Over Past 24 Hours

I am seeing a ton of complaints in the Google Business Profiles forums about reviews going missing. A lot of people are saying the review counts have dropped from one…

Backlinko

How to Build a Competitive Intelligence Strategy from Scratch

Competitive intelligence (CI) gives you the clarity to make the right moves for your business—whether that’s meeting customer needs, finding new opportunities, or outsmarting competitors. Marketing agency Thrive proves this…

SE Ranking

test Victor Schmitt-Bush

The post test Victor Schmitt-Bush appeared first on SE Ranking Blog.

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Google’s Gary Illyes: Focus On Originality In 2025

Gary Illyes from Google reportedly said at event the other day that it is important for us to focus on originality in the coming year. “Originality is something we’re going…

Backlinko

How to Do a Website Audit in 5 Steps (+ Checklist)

A website audit helps you find what’s holding your site back. It highlights technical issues that affect your rankings and UX problems that hurt conversions. In this guide, I’ll walk…

Backlinko

Top 5 YouTube Keyword Tools (Field-Tested For Growth)

The difference between getting discovered on YouTube search and being invisible? Strategic keyword research. By optimizing videos with the right terms, you can dramatically increase your organic traffic. Take YouTuber…

Backlinko

DeepSeek AI Usage Stats

Founded in 2023, DeepSeek is a Chinese AI startup known for its new chatbot beating many existing models and rivaling dominance of ChatGPT. Since the public release of DeepSeek-R1 on…

SE Roundtable

Google AI Overviews With Detailed Comparison Mode

Google AI Overviews are now able to show super detailed comparison within Google Search. If you search for two very specific models, Google may give you a ton of details…