Google Maps 2024: 999 Million Reviews & 752 Million Photos / ...
Last month we shared the spam efforts the Google Maps team announced – but did you know that in 2024 Google had almost one billion reviews published within Google Maps?…
Apple Maps Adds Insights, Ratings & Reviews From More Sources
Apple announced this week that it partnered with MICHELIN Guide; The Infatuation and Golf Digest to provide “insights, ratings, and reviews from expert sources” within Apple Maps.
Google Working To Make It Easier To Share AI Overviews & AI M...
Robby Stein, VP of Product at Google Search, confirmed Google is working on making it easier to share AI Overviews within Google Search and AI Mode responses.
Bing Shopping Tests Shading Site Names
Microsoft is testing shading the site names, the brand names, of retailers in the Bing Shopping search results. So the name Amazon is in a blue shaded background color as…
Google Search AI Shuffle Button
Google is testing a “Shuffle” button in some of its AI generated answers within the Google Search results. When you click the shuffle button, it seems to redo or change…
Googler’s Deposition Offers View Of Google’s Ranking Systems
Google engineer’s testimony gives an overview of how quality scoring works and reveals a hidden Chrome-based popularity signal. The post Googler’s Deposition Offers View Of Google’s Ranking Systems appeared first…
HTTP Status Codes Google Cares About (And Those It Ignores)
Google’s Search Relations team shares which HTTP status codes matter most for SEO. Learn how redirects, 1xx codes, and network errors impact your site’s performance. The post HTTP Status Codes…
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11 Best Market Research Tools: Features & Pricing
Get better insights into your industry, competitors, and target audience with these market research tools.
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 15, 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 is rethinking…
How Long Does It Take to Rank in Google? And How Old Are Top Rank...
Clients and stakeholders often ask, “How long till my website (page) ranks on top of Google?” You could say “it depends” and give a lecture on all the variables like…
Best PPC Tools: My 9 Top Picks Under $300
To help you with that, I looked at some of the best PPC tools and picked nine that stand out for their focus, features, and value, especially for teams looking…
Google Rethinking Search Stack From Ground Up With LLMs
Another Google court document from the DOJ trial showed that Google said it is currently rethinking its entire search stack, from the ground up, with LLMs playing a more fundamental…
Google Doc: Link Position & Click Bias Ranking Bias Adjustmen...
The details from the DOJ and Google monopoly case hearing exhibits just keep on flowing and with that, we have another mention of how Google does look at clicks from…
Google Ads New Ads Funded By Details
Earlier this month, Google updated its Ads Transparency policy to specify that it will display the payment profile name as the payer name for verified advertisers. Well, now we are…
Google Ads Device Targeting Controls For Performance Max Campaign...
Google is rolling out device targeting controls and features within Google Ads Performance Max campaigns. We knew this was coming and now it seems to be rolling out to some…
Google Search Tests Vertical Search Labels In Autocomplete
Google is testing showing the vertical search category a query belongs to in its autocomplete search suggestions. When you click into the Google Search box, even before you begin typing…
Google Search Testing New Sub/Second Menu
Google is testing a new sub or secondary menu under the search bar in Google Search. This secondary menu, or sub-menu, is below the main search vertical options and is…
How Referral Traffic Undermines Long-Term Brand Growth
Why relying on referral traffic may create an SEO weakness that can undermine long-term growth. The post How Referral Traffic Undermines Long-Term Brand Growth appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Clarifies: AI Overview Links Share Single Position In Sear...
Google clarifies that links in AI Overviews all share a single position in Search Console reports. The post Google Clarifies: AI Overview Links Share Single Position In Search Console appeared…
How to Create Your Buyer Personas: the What, the Why, and the How
Read this buyer persona creation guide to take a step towards making better business, product, and marketing decisions and investments.
Title Tags: How to Write Them (+ Steal Our Formulas)
You can create the most helpful, well-optimized content on the web. But if you mess up the title tag, none of that will matter. The title tag is the blue,…
Canva User and Revenue Statistics
Substack was initially released in August 2023 as a graphic design platform. Within its first year since release, Canva hit a milestone of 600 thousand users. Now, over 220 million…
How to Do Realistic SEO Forecasting Step-by-Step (+ Template)
You’re setting goals. Publishing content. Reporting on growth. But deep down, you’re still asking: “Are we aiming too high? Too low? Are we even on track?” That uncertainty is normal…
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 14, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
The Rise Of Privacy-First Search Engines
Users are rethinking their search habits in response to rising privacy concerns and the growing influence of AI in mainstream search engines. The post The Rise Of Privacy-First Search Engines…
Create Your Own ChatGPT Agent For On-Page SEO Audits
Create your own ChatGPT agent to streamline your SEO audits and analyze website elements like page structure. Here’s how. The post Create Your Own ChatGPT Agent For On-Page SEO Audits…
Google Search Console Tests Add Annotation In Performance Reports
Google is testing adding the ability for you to add your own annotations to the Google Search Console performance reports. This is one of the requests SEOs have been asking…
Google Business Profiles What’s Happening Feature
Google is rolling out a new feature for Google Business Profiles named What’s Happening. This feature is for bars or restaurants to better promote events, deals, and specials prominently at…
Bing Search APIs To Retire August 11, 2025
Microsoft is going to do away with the Bing Search and Bing Custom Search APIs as of August 11, 2025. Microsoft posted a notice on its API documentation pages with…
Google Internal Emails On Google Marketing Live 2024 (Last Year)
Remember the Power Pair from Google Marketing Live 2024? Well, that and several other items of discussion were found in internal emails at Google about the GML 2024 event. It…
Google Tests New Pagination Bar On Mobile
Google is also testing a new pagination bar with page numbers and previous and next icons, instead of the “more search results” button. Bing was recently just testing this too…
Top 40 Fastest-Growing Cybersecurity Companies
Using Ahrefs’ website growth data, we’ve found the 40 fastest-growing cybersecurity companies of 2025 based on estimated year-over-year (YoY) organic traffic growth. We analyzed 4,300+ global cybersecurity companies and filtered…
Top 50 Fastest-Growing EdTech Companies
From AI tutors to classroom management platforms, both new startups and established players are racing to capture attention and market share. Using Ahrefs’ website data, we’ve found the top 50…
Market Segmentation: Types, Examples, and Strategies
Market segmentation is essential for your total marketing strategy. Learn about the different types of market segmentation, choose the right one for your business, and build your market segmentation strategy.
How to Do Digital Marketing Competitor Analysis with Semrush
Learn how to analyze digital marketing competitors’ strategies for SEO, PPC, social media, content, and more using Semrush tools, and get insights to optimize your online campaigns.
How To Increase Google Discover Visibility Naturally Using These ...
Maximize your chances of being featured in Google Discover. Discover how algorithmic signals can impact your content visibility. The post How To Increase Google Discover Visibility Naturally Using These Ranking…
6 Powerful Ways to Use Semrush Historical Data
Analyze competitors and keyword trends back to 2012 with Semrush historical data.
Understanding Porter’s Five Forces Model (How to Use It + T...
Learn about Porter‘s Five Forces, a competitive analysis framework, and how to begin using it to boost growth and success at your organization. Learn more here.
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 13, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
How to Build an Effective Data Strategy for Your Business
A data strategy is crucial for any business hoping to stay competitive in today‘s highly dynamic marketplace. In this article, we’ll walk you through the benefits and challenges of developing…
ToFu, MoFu, BoFu: A Practical Guide to the Conversion Funnel
Learn how to build a conversion funnel that transforms potential customers into paying customers. This practical guide offers strategies, content ideas, and metrics to track from the top of your…
Ask An SEO: How Do I Rebuild My Website After A Dispute With The ...
Lost your website after a hosting dispute? Here’s how to bounce back with recovered content, smart redirects, and a stronger foundation. The post Ask An SEO: How Do I Rebuild…
Google Search Ranking Volatility Spiked Thursday – May 12 &...
Google Search may be pushing out another search ranking update of sorts, I am seeing more signs of tremors and volatility over the past 24-hours. Some of the tools are…
Google Updated Its Super G Logo In The iOS App
Google has updated its Google iOS app and with that, the most noticeable change was it updated the super G logo, with a more blended version of the logo. I…
Google: Stop Using Different URLs For Same Image
Google made what I would consider a logical clarification to its image SEO best practices help document. It now says don’t upload the same image under different URL/file names to…
Google Navboost Is Not A Machine Learning System & More DOJ L...
We’ve only covered the Department of Justice vs Google documents here and there but here are some documents that may be of interest to the community here. Google said Navboost…
18 Year Google Search Engineer Rants On DOJ’s Anti-Trust Ca...
Ryan Moulton, a Google Search engineer who worked on Google’s search rankings algorithms for over 18 years now, went to X to call out some of what the courts are…
Google: Hreflang Doesn’t Guarantee Indexing
Google’s John Mueller explained that just because you use hreflang tags on your pages, it doesn’t mean those pages will be indexed and/or ranked in Google Search. He said on…
AI Overviews Have Doubled (25M AIOs Analyzed)
This chimes with what we’re seeing in Ahrefs Brand Radar, our new marketing intelligence tool which lets you track your brand presence in AI search. We analyzed 25M AI overview…
The B.R.E.W. Framework: How We Decide Which Marketing Ideas to Pu...
New technologies, channels, strategies, and tactics are constantly emerging. It’s impossible for any team to pursue every idea. What do you do then? How do you vet each idea and…
Clickstream Data: What Is It and How Does Semrush .Trends Use It?
Clickstream data opens up a world of possibilities when it comes to understanding and outpacing your competitors. In this article, we explore what Clickstream data is, how Semrush uses it,…
How to Do a Competitive Landscape Analysis (If You’ve Never Done ...
Running a competitive landscape analysis can help you develop a strategy for outsmarting the competition and capturing more of the market. In this guide, we’ll explore how competitive analysis works,…
How to Create .htaccess Redirects (Most Common Use Cases)
Whenever you move content, change domain names, or simply tweak a page’s URL, you’ll likely use a redirect. This ensures your users (and Google) get to the right page, and…
What is Keyword Stuffing? How to Avoid Doing SEO Like It’s 2005
Back in the early 2000s, keyword stuffing actually worked. All you had to do was repeat the same phrases, and you could rank pretty well. (Readability be damned.) I’m not…
6 Best Social Media Management Tools (Tried & Tested)
There are many tools that let you schedule content across different social media platforms. But: Not all of them are built to match your unique workflow. Some focus on collaboration,…
Getting Started with Semrush: A Tutorial for Navigating the Essen...
When you’re new to the software, there’s a lot to take in. To start off on the right foot, let’s begin with the basics.
The 7 Best PPC Tools for Your Goals, Budget, and Workflow
Running PPC campaigns isn’t for the faint of heart. You’re constantly juggling dashboards, tweaking campaigns, and fielding requests from clients who wanted performance reports yesterday. That’s why the best PPC…
19 Sitemap Examples for Any Type of Website (+ Best Practices)
Your sitemap is exactly what it sounds like: a map of your site’s pages. A good sitemap organizes all your most important pages logically, and it can help Google crawl…
Google Updates Image SEO Best Practices: Use Consistent URLs
Google’s updated image SEO best practices recommend using consistent URLs for images across your site to preserve crawl budget. The post Google Updates Image SEO Best Practices: Use Consistent URLs…
Google Reminds That Hreflang Tags Are Hints, Not Directives
Google’s John Mueller explains that Hreflang tags act as suggestions, not directives. Learn how canonical tags impact international SEO and what adjustments your strategy needs. The post Google Reminds That…
Semrush Pro vs. Semrush Guru: Which Is Right for You?
Semrush historical data lets you analyze past SEO performance, uncover trends, and drive smarter strategy.
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 12, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
8 Insights You Can Gain from Competitors’ Top Pages
Which of your competitors‘ products, services, and blog articles receive the most traffic? Analyze top pages with this tool to reveal valuable insights and hack your rivals‘ strategies. Add Semrush…
Turning SEO into sales: Pilote Consulting slashed ad costs and gr...
Discover how Pilote Consulting used SE Ranking to help an eco-hotel brand triple organic traffic, cut ad spend by 30%, and increase direct bookings by 38%.
Google Tests AI Mode Button On Google Search Box
Google is testing ways to get more people to try AI Mode with a new AI Mode button in the Google Search bar on the Google home page. We’ve seen…
Google Tests AI Overviews In Turkey, Sweden, Netherlands & Mo...
Google seems to be on the verge of rolling out AI Overviews in within Google Search in more countries and regions. We are seeing signs of Google testing AI Overviews…
Rare Google Ads Reporting Bug Led To Over Reported Click-Through ...
Google has confirmed a “rare” bug with Google Ads reporting where it can lead to over-reporting click-through rate percentages. Brad Geddes posted about the issue on LinkedIn, and Ginny Marvin,…
Google Tests Recipes With Interactive AI Overviews
Google is testing a new recipe search feature that seems to be powered by AI Overviews, it also seems to be a Search Labs feature. This allows you to see…
Google Search Discussions Beta May One Day Replace Reddit Results
Google has a new beta feature to encourage searchers to add comments and have discussions around a specific topic. It is called “Discussions” and has a beta label on it….
Programmatic SEO: What It Is and How to Make It Work for You
Learn what programmatic SEO is and how to create programmatic SEO pages in six steps, from keyword pattern discovery to automated content generation setup.
The Triple-P Framework: AI & Search Brand Presence, Perceptio...
This article explores how AI-driven search is reframing brand visibility and offers a framework to help marketers respond effectively. The post The Triple-P Framework: AI & Search Brand Presence, Perception…
Is The SEO Job Market Undergoing A Major Shift?
Experienced SEOs report trouble getting hired. Is AI screening to blame? The post Is The SEO Job Market Undergoing A Major Shift? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 9, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Volatility, D.C. Creator Sum...
It’s been calm for the past two weeks but we are seeing Google ranking volatility hit on May 8th. Google held another creator summit, this one in Washington, D.C. Apple…
Google Ads With Number Of Followers
Google is showing the number of followers for a Facebook profile in the Google Ads, the search ads. We saw Google testing this for organic / free results two years…
AI Overviews Research: How Google’s AI answers vary across five s...
We analyzed AI Overviews across five states in the US to uncover how regional location impacts sources, citation patterns, domain diversity, and more.
Google Search Country & Language Parameters
Did you know that you can quickly add parameters to the end of your Google Search URL to see search results in a specific language and/or country? Yes, you can…
Google Search Stops 20X More Scammy Pages With Better AI
Google said it is now able to catch “20-times the number of scammy pages,” that it did in the past, leading to a reduction of “these scams by more than…
Google AdSense Auto Optimize Adds Site Level Controls
Google AdSense announced that the Auto optimize feature is now configurable at the site level. Google moved it out of the Experiments section and made several improvements to Auto optimize.
Bing Search Tests Next/Prev Pagination
Microsoft is testing a new pagination bar for its Bing Search results. Instead of the left arrow, page numbers and then right arrow, Bing is testing showing a “Next” button…
How Google Protects Searchers From Scams: Updates Announced
Google’s AI-powered security now blocks 20x more scams in search results, Chrome, and Android. The post How Google Protects Searchers From Scams: Updates Announced appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 8, 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 ranking…
Google Search Ranking Volatility Spiked Friday – May 8th
It has been a couple of weeks since we last reported on a Google search ranking update, I bet a ton of you were wondering if I was feeling off….
Google Ads Launches New Charts: Bar, Column and Time-Series
Google has launched several new charts within the Google Ads interface. We recently saw the table tree view (which was not 100% new, I was told) and now we are…
Google Tests Read Reviews Button & Appointment Tags On Local ...
Google is testing new buttons and tags on its local listings and local ads. These include a new “read reviews” button, various appointment tags and other business descriptive tags.
Apple Says Google Searches Down On Safari & Google Says Searc...
Yesterday, Apple’s Eddy Cue said searches on Google via Safari were down last month for the first time in 22 years. Then later, Google issued a statement saying there was…
Google Tests Alignment Changes To Search Result Snippets
Google is testing a slightly different layout for its search result snippets. Google seems to be indenting the title link, URL and description to the right and placing the favicon…
Google Business Profiles Show Business Address Toggle Broken
Google Business Profiles has another bug, this time with the toggle to hide or show the business address. The toggle for “Show business address to customers” just does not work…
Google Analytics Real Time Reporting Lagging Again
Google Analytics real time reporting seems to be lagging again this morning. I woke up to a ton of complaints on social about the real time reporting reports in GA4…
Google Disputes News That Search Engine Use Is Falling
Google pushed back against news reports of shrinking Search demand, pointing to “overall” search query growth and feature adoption The post Google Disputes News That Search Engine Use Is Falling…
Apple May Add AI Search Engines to Safari As Google Use Drops
Apple is exploring AI search engines like ChatGPT for Safari, signaling a shift from Google’s $20B deal. How will this reshape search competition? The post Apple May Add AI Search…
PPC Keyword Research for Google Ads: A First-Timer’s Guide
When I asked experts for their #1 PPC tip for beginners (see my introduction to search ads), many said it’s smart to focus on keywords that are less popular, more…
Share of Search: How to Calculate, Use, And Improve It
For example, let’s say your brand gets 20,000 searches in a month, and your three main competitors get 15,000, 10,000, and 5,000 searches, respectively. The total branded search volume in…
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 7, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Factors To Consider When Implementing Schema Markup At Scale
Structured data isn’t just for rich results; it helps AI to understand. Learn how Schema Markup at scale drives visibility, authority, and real business outcomes. The post Factors To Consider…
Google Held Another Google Creator Summit – This Time In D....
Google held another Google Creator Summit where they invited 7 creators on a fully paid expense trip to their Washington, D.C. office to spend the first two days in some…
Google Search Results Page With Large Sponsored Results Ad Groupi...
Google is testing showing a large “Sponsored results” header in the search results that can lead to more search results and grouping various Google search ads together.
Google Ads New AI Max For Search Campaigns
Google has announced a new Google Ads search campaign feature named AI Max. Google says AI Max for Search campaigns is a “new, one-click feature suite” that brings you a…
Google Search Tests Moving About Results Count Within Tools Menu
Google is testing moving the about results text, where it shows the count of results, to within the search tools menu. So when you click on “Tools” under the search…