Search Engine Journal

Yoast SEO Plugin Bug Injects Hidden AI HTML Classes

Yoast fixed an AI-related bug that injected unintended HTML classes into content generated by its SEO Premium plugin. The post Yoast SEO Plugin Bug Injects Hidden AI HTML Classes appeared…

SE Roundtable

Daily Search Forum Recap: June 18, 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. There are new…

SE Roundtable

The Great Decoupling Explained By A Googler

The term, The Great Decoupling has really been catching on over the past couple of weeks. It is being used to describe what we are seeing with impressions and clicks…

SE Roundtable

Google: No AI System Currently Uses LLMs.txt

There has been a lot, I mean, a lot, of chatter around if one should add an LLMs.txt to their website. Many are starting to add it while others have…

SE Roundtable

Google Merchant Center New Website-Reported Autofeeds

Google has rolled out a new feature to automate the process of updating your inventory with Google Merchant Center. It is called Website-reported Autofeeds and it uses Google Tag Manager…

Search Engine Journal

Yoast SEO WordPress Plugin Adds Support For LLMs.Txt

Yoast has added a one-click llms.txt feature designed to guide AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini to important website content. The post Yoast SEO WordPress Plugin Adds Support For LLMs.Txt…

SE Roundtable

Daily Search Forum Recap: June 17, 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. Google Search Console…

SE Roundtable

Google Search Previously Visited Links Issue

Google is investigating reports of a number of searchers seeing that all the links shown in the Google search results are marked as previously visited. When you click on a…

SE Roundtable

Google Ads New Step-By-Step Conversion Setup

Google Ads is refreshing the interface for the conversion actions and conversion setup process. It is a new step-by-step process that is much easier to use than the old version.

SE Roundtable

Google AI Mode Within People Also Ask & Chrome

Just like Google had AI Overviews (also featured snippets) in the People also ask section of Google Search, Google is now testing AI Mode within People also ask. Plus, Google…

SE Roundtable

Daily Search Forum Recap: June 16, 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. Google Search is…

Ahrefs

Content Marketing Analytics, Without the Fluff

But marketers have learned something important along the way: don’t try to measure everything. It’s more helpful to track a few key numbers that give you useful insights. This guide…

SE Roundtable

Google Search Tests Audio Overview

Tired of all that reading in the Google Search results, is it too hard to read the AI Overviews? Well, Google has a solution for you, they are called “Audio…

SE Roundtable

OpenAI Improves ChatGPT Search Quality

OpenAI announced it has released several improvements to the ChatGPT search response quality. These improvements include “more comprehensive, up-to-date responses,” according to the AI company.

Search Engine Journal

OpenAI Rolls Out Update To ChatGPT Search

OpenAI quietly updated ChatGPT search to improve its ability to understand user queries and to answer increasingly complex questions. The post OpenAI Rolls Out Update To ChatGPT Search appeared first…

Search Engine Journal

Recipe Intent Keywords Are Triggering Google AI Overviews

Google AI Overviews is surfacing AI-generated search results for queries with recipe intent. The post Recipe Intent Keywords Are Triggering Google AI Overviews appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

SE Roundtable

Daily Search Forum Recap: June 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. Google had some…

SE Roundtable

Google Is Now Rolling Out AI Mode In The US

At Google I/O, Google said it will roll out AI Mode to all users based in the U.S. Well, that rollout seems to have started some time yesterday. If you…

SE Roundtable

Google Search Autocomplete With Back To All

Google recently was testing showing vertical search shortcuts in the autocomplete search suggestions. Now Google is testing a “back to all” option in the autocomplete.

SE Roundtable

Google AdSense Removing More Opt Out Options

Google announced that it will be dropping more of the opt-out options available to Google AdSense publishers. Specifically, Google said that by July 7th it will remove the additional ad…

Ahrefs

44 AI Marketing Statistics for 2025

Staying ahead and making great decisions on what to do next means understanding the data. We’ve run dozens of data studies helping SEOs and marketers figure out what’s going on…

SE Roundtable

Google Search Broken – Not Serving New Content

Google Search, the main search engine, is not serving new content. It might be an indexing issue or a serving issue, but if you try to find new content across…

Search Engine Journal

Google Search Team Explains The “It Depends” Response

Why Google’s SEO advice often sounds vague: Search Relations team explains the reasons behind “it depends” answers. The post Google Search Team Explains The “It Depends” Response appeared first on…

SE Roundtable

Google Business Profiles Changes Add Updates To Posts

Google seems to be flip-flopping between calling it Google Posts and Google Updates within Google Business Profiles. When a business owner wants to post an announcement of sorts on their…

SE Roundtable

Google Search Tests Stock Level Colors

Google is testing adding colors to the in stock and out of stock labels or extensions in the search result snippets. So if a product is in stock, the icon…

Search Engine Journal

Google Removes Robots.txt Guidance For Blocking Auto-Translated P...

Google removes robots.txt guidance for blocking auto-translated pages. This change aligns Google’s technical documents with its spam policies. The post Google Removes Robots.txt Guidance For Blocking Auto-Translated Pages appeared first…

Backlinko

HTML Link Code: How to Create Hyperlinks on Your Site

HTML links (also called hyperlinks) are some of the most important functions of the internet. Google literally relies on them to find, crawl, index, and rank pages. Links have a…

SE Roundtable

Google On Unrelated Content As A Search Ranking Issue

Google’s John Mueller responded to a complaint about indexing issues and ranking drops within Google Search, citing that the possible reason is unrelated content on the site. John said in…

Search Engine Journal

Google AI Mode: First Thoughts & Survival Strategies

Learn more about Google AI Mode through Barry Adam’s perspective and its impact on search results and user interaction. The post Google AI Mode: First Thoughts & Survival Strategies appeared…

SE Ranking

Try these 8 game-changing SEO automations

Combine reliable SEO data with cutting-edge AI technologies to gain a competitive edge. Pick one of the eight use cases and start innovating.

Search Engine Journal

Google Shows Why Rankings Collapsed After Domain Migration

Google’s John Mueller showed how to diagnose a search visibility issue that was apparently triggered by a domain migration. The post Google Shows Why Rankings Collapsed After Domain Migration appeared…

Search Engine Journal

Google Launches Loyalty Program Structured Data Support

Google rolls out support for loyalty program structured data, which allows businesses to display member benefits in search results. The post Google Launches Loyalty Program Structured Data Support appeared first…

Search Engine Journal

3 Examples Of Product-Led SEO

Not all SEO scales the same. This piece breaks down when product-led strategies work – and when they don’t. The post 3 Examples Of Product-Led SEO appeared first on Search…

SE Roundtable

Google Ads AI Max Coming To All In Q3 2025

Google’s new AI Max in Google Ads for Search campaigns is coming to all advertisers in Q3 of 2025. As a reminder, Google says AI Max for Search campaigns is…

SE Roundtable

Google Ads At Bottom Of Google Local Map Pack

Google seems to be testing displaying local ads at the bottom of the Google local map pack in the Google Search results. Normally the sponsored ads are at the top…