Learn how translated sites can boost SEO effectiveness. Discover the benefits of multilingual visibility in AI Overviews. The post Data: Translated Sites See 327% More Visibility in AI Overviews appeared…
Discover proven AI + review tactics that boost Google visibility, rankings & ROI. Join our free webinar to turn reviews into measurable SEO success. The post Beyond Just the Stars:…
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The Pulse covers the latest from Google and Open AI and the EU investigation into Google’s site reputation abuse enforcement The post SEO Pulse: AI Shopping, GPT-5.1 & EU Pressure…
This week, we had a pretty big update touch down early on and it really continued throughout the whole week, I named it the Movember update. Google Opal tool encourages…
Harry Clarkson-Bennett reveals how to turn Google Search Console’s constraints into enterprise-level SEO advantages through smarter property segmentation. The post How To Make Search Console Work Harder For You appeared…
Google said it has made significant improvements to the Google Ads advertiser suspensions. Google said it reduced incorrect suspensions by 80%, appeals are addressed 70% faster and 99% of appeals…
Supposedly, there is this “hack” to “crack the code” to make your Local Service Ads work in Google Ads that is fake and not recommended. Folks are saying if your…
Learn 7 AI SEO techniques to earn visibility in LLMs + how to track it.
Google announced a bunch of AI-based search features for Google Shopping, AI Mode and Gemini for the holiday season. Google is rolling out the AI Mode comparison feature (we saw…
Google Ads is bringing brand controls, like brand inclusion support, to Standard Shopping campaigns. This was supported for PMax and AI Max camapigns but now are showing up for Standard…
Google has clearly documented how it tracks link clicks, impressions and positions for AI Overviews in this help document. But if you ever saw an AI Overview and interacted with…
Google proposed a number of changes in the ”¬2.95B EU antitrust fine over its ad technology. The changes include changes to Google Ad Manager and increasing the interoperability between its…
Google’s upcoming shift to default AI Mode marks a turning point for SEO, forcing brands to optimize for AI citations, brand authority, and multi-platform presence. The post Is Google About…
Google updated its review snippet documentation to clarify that each review or rating in structured data should point to one clear target, reducing ambiguity. The post Google Reminds Websites To…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
When a publisher demands money for a link, Quid Pro No helps you turn the solicitation into a safer, higher-value outcome. The post The Quid Pro No Method Of Link…
The llms.txt proposal aims to guide AI systems through web content, but without governance or verification, it risks repeating old SEO trust failures. The post llms.txt: The Web’s Next Great…
Google responds to EU investigation into its site reputation abuse policy, defending enforcement against parasite SEO as essential for protecting search quality. The post Google Defends Parasite SEO Crackdown As…
This guide shows you how to run an AI search competitor analysis that reveals: Which brands in your industry dominate AI search today Where your competitors earn visibility, but you…
Google is rolling out AI shopping updates across Search and Gemini, including conversational queries, agentic checkout, and AI-powered local business calling. The post Google Adds AI Shopping Tools Across Search,…
How to build high quality links with very little effort. You might as well try them. The post Lazy Link Building Building Strategies That Work appeared first on Search Engine…
BrightEdge predicts that AI Overviews will play an important role for shopping in November through December. The post Data Shows How AI Overviews Is Ranking Shopping Keywords appeared first on…
The creator of a wildly successful website shares their secrets to how it all happened. The post Secrets Of A Wildly Successful Website appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
We are seeing some big movement and volatility in the Google Search results again, this one kicking up more yesterday, November 12th. This may be a continuation of the ongoing…
Google has been testing its AI advisor in Google Ads and Analytics since 2023, there were some bugs throughout that testing, promoted the test to the top menu and then…
Google has updated the review snippet documentation to explain that site owners should avoid using multiple ways of indicating what’s being reviewed, the search company announced. This is to make…
Google has documented a new user agent, a user-triggered fetcher, named Google-Pinpoint. “The Google-Pinpoint fetcher requests individual URLs that Pinpoint users specified as sources for their personal collections of documents,”…
Google has confirmed it is testing a feature to import campaigns and assets from X and other social networks into your Google Ads campaign. Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison,…
Google will be updating its Unacceptable phone number policy on December 10, 2025 and that update is causing some anxiety for some advertisers. The policy update says that “phone numbers…
Two ways to significantly boost the success of brand mention and link building campaigns The post Overcoming Skepticism In Brand Mention And Link Building Campaigns appeared first on Search Engine…
Ad intelligence software promises to show you everything your competitors are doing: their keywords, budgets, creatives, and landing pages. But many surface insights you could get for free. Meta’s Ad…
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 will fix…
Treat hosting as strategic SEO infrastructure, not a cost line, because no optimization can outrun a slow or unstable server. The post Why Web Hosting Is A Critical Factor To…
Google Search supports sitewide shipping policy markup, letting you surface delivery costs and transit times in results without relying on Merchant Center. The post Google Launches Structured Data For Merchant…
Google is testing showing normal search ads in an ad carousel at the top of the image search results on mobile. The ads take up a lot of the top…
Google is reportedly working on a “fix” for the AI spam that routinely shows up within users’ Google Discover feed. Google issued a statement to the Press Gazette saying, “We’re…
Google is now embedding its AI chat feature within the Google Ads advertiser console, specifically in some screens. The “Guide me” button that triggers an AI chat feature was spotted…
Google now lets you add your shipping and returns information within Google Search Console, even if you do not have a Google Merchant Center account. Previously, Google let you do…
Google emailed advertisers who are leveraging message leads within Google Local Service Ads telling them about the new value-based pricing. Basically, when a seacher uses the “Request multiple opinions” within…
Microsoft is testing placing site favicons at the top of the Bing search results page that when clicked on, anchor you down to the specific search result on the page….
We pulled the most recent, B2B-specific stats and organized them around the most important things in B2B SEO. Below are the stats worth citing in 2025. Organic search is still…
Ahrefs podcast explores how efforts to get ahead in AI SEO may come at the expense of higher-value opportunities elsewhere. The post Is AI Search SEO Leaving Bigger Opportunities Behind?…
See how AntheDesign helped a family-run campsite get to #1 on Google within 4 months through data-driven SEO, powered by SE Ranking.
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 not…
Marketing leaders need to stop funding SEO for clicks and start designing budgets around brand authority in AI-first search. The post Budget SEO For Capacity, Not Output appeared first on…
Expert Mordy Oberstein shares insights on whether you need to rethink your content strategy for LLMs and enhance your SEO efforts and what to consider. The post Ask An SEO:…
Microsoft is now requiring all third-party publishers to have Microsoft Clarity in order to be paid out for impressions and clicks from Microsoft Advertising.
A month ago, we reported Google added a new form to report negative review extortion scams on your Google Business Profiles and local listings. Google also listed some tips on…
Discover how French agency AntheDesign simplified reporting, boosted productivity, and built stronger client trust with SE Ranking’s SEO platform.
Google’s John Mueller confirmed that Google is not killing off all forms of schema and structured data support for Google Search. The question came up in a Reddit thread after…
There are reports that Google is showing more free product listings from Google Merchant Center in the Google AI Overview responses. I am told there are two variations of this…
Google Ads is now showing summaries of your budget settings in the budget and bidding optimization setting. This will summarize what your settings are configured for, at a glance.
A Google blog post triggered a misunderstanding that structured data use will be diminished in 2026. The post Google Is Not Diminishing The Use Of Structured Data In 2026 appeared…
This shift happened fast. In 2024, AI Overviews rolled out to millions of searches, ChatGPT climbed into the top ranks of global websites, and the once-reliable #1 Google spot began…
To find the answers, our data scientist, Xibeijia Guan, analyzed over 43,000 keywords—each with at least 16 recorded AI Overviews—over the course of a month. She extracted this data from…
AI search results tend to recommend sites that are recommended by other sites, which makes cultivating brand mentions a key SEO strategy. The post How To Cultivate Brand Mentions For…
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. Late last week,…
We analyzed 248,000 Reddit posts to uncover what makes certain threads appear in AI search results. Learn which post types, engagement levels, and formats drive visibility.
Reassess your SEO strategy to prevent drift and keep performance aligned with real business outcomes. The post Why Strategic Review Is The Missing Layer In Many SEO Campaigns appeared first…
Microsoft announced on Friday afternoon that Copilot now has its own dedicated search experience. Plus, because Microsoft knows how important publishers are to the ecosystem, it is making citations and…
There have been a number of threads on LinkedIn over the past week about how poorly Google Ads AI Max is performing compared to other match types. The conversions or…
Google’s John Mueller responded with SEO advice on how a company can use two different TLDs for its company. The company wants to use the .co.uk for normal search and…
Last week, Google announced Opal, a Google Labs project, expanded to more regions. Well, it also explained how you can use this tool to create optimized content in a scalable…
Google seems to have fixed a bug with inviting others to access your Google Ads account. This bug appeared about a week ago and it Google seemed to start to…
To answer these questions, we analyzed our database of 146 million SERPs and explored how often AI Overviews appeared for 86 different keyword traits, from YMYL to CPC to query…
The men’s fashion world has evolved into a thriving online marketplace, ranging from timeless tailoring and premium streetwear to sustainable basics and cutting-edge accessories. For creators, bloggers, and influencers, joining…
With beauty enthusiasts constantly searching for the next must-have product, niche affiliate programs are the ultimate secret weapon for creators looking to turn passion into profit. But the real challenge…
We studied the domains most frequently cited by AI tools and found a significant drop for Reddit and Wikipedia. See the research.
Learn how to improve your website’s visibility with our comprehensive guide for growing AI engine engagement and citations. The post A Step-By-Step AEO Guide For Growing AI Citations & Visibility…
Starting maybe late Thursday, into Friday, November 7th, I started to feel a Google Search ranking update and volatility brewing. Like I’ve been saying since the num=100 parameter change, it…
If your business depends on local traffic, this audit checklist highlights where to focus for stronger visibility in both organic and AI search. The post How To Do A Complete…
AI search is still moving. What’s cited today across Google (AI Mode + AI Overviews) and ChatGPT might look different in a month. But there’s no need to scramble. For…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google dropped a number of search features and structured data types. Google is testing a new version of AI Mode. Google AI Mode gained three new agentic capabilities. Google AI…
Google added a new promotion targeting option to Google Merchant Center for audience targeting. The option is labeled “preferred audience” and is available when setting up a promotion.
Google announced it has added Waze ads inventory to Performance Max for store goals campaigns and Channel performance reporting is now available in all Performance Max campaigns in Google Ads.
Google has been adding AI features to Google Finance – like what can go wrong? Recently Google’s Rose Yao announced Google Finance added live audio, instant transcripts and AI insights.
Google added a new navigation button to Google Merchant Center labeled “Creative Content.” I believe this is where you access Product Studio, and all your videos and assets for your…
As VP of Engineering for Search at Google, Rajan Patel said months ago – “We’re experimenting with various approaches to X in Discover.” Google has been super busy with testing…
We examined 300,000 domains to understand how widely LLMs.txt is used and whether it impacts AI citations. See what our findings show.
Google’s Preferred Sources tool is surfacing parked domains, spammy domain squatters, and random websites, detracting from legit sites that should be benefiting. The post Google’s Preferred Sources Tool Is Jammed…
Google published guidance emphasizing context-driven technical SEO audits over tool-generated scores, explaining when high 404s are normal. The post Google Warns Against Relying On SEO Audit Tool Scores appeared first…
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 dropped a…
The discovery stack is evolving from crawl and index to retrieval and reasoning, changing how authority and attribution are built. The post The New Optimization Stack: Where SEO Meets AI…
Google’s John Mueller announced Google is “simplify the search results page” by removing “some features that aren’t being used very often and aren’t adding significant value to users.” This means…
Google is testing a tinted brownish/yellowish background color for the search results page. It turns the white background into a brownish/grayish/yellowish background and then the gray boxes into a darker…
Google updated its Circumventing systems policy to add a new section for Advertiser verification. In short, and as Google wrote, “Providing false or fraudulent information as part of our Advertiser…
Google is testing replacing the definitions box in the search results with AI Overviews. I am personally able to replicate this but this was posted in Reddit a couple of…
Google has released version 2.11 of the Google Ads Editor, which includes over 15 new features and removes a couple of older features.
Google Maps is getting an update from Gemini where you can ask Google Maps questions about locations, where Google Maps can give you more human directions and Google Maps with…
Traditional SEO optimizes for search engines like Google. AI SEO optimizes for AI platforms and search features.
Check out our AI Mode shopping analysis: see why eBay leads, high-rated products get priority in listings, and Reddit shapes product trust.
This year? We barely talked about algorithms. Instead, more than 500 marketers gathered and listened raptly as every conversation circled back to AI. Its meteoric impact on our industry cannot…
Learn how to get cited by AI search engines like ChatGPT and Google in 7 straightforward steps.
Unlock the secrets of AI content creation that actually gets cited. Learn how to enhance your visibility with unique AI-generated articles. The post Why AI Content All Sounds the Same…
Google will deprecate practice problem structured data in January and clarifies Dataset markup is only for Dataset Search. Book actions remain supported. The post Google Deprecates Practice Problem Structured Data…
Managing local search marketing for one location is straightforward. But managing multi-location SEO — whether it’s 10, 50, or 100 branches — gets complicated fast. Each location needs unique content….
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 AI Overviews…
When marketing and technology clash, SEO and site performance suffer. Bill Hunt outlines how to unify both for long-term digital resilience. The post The CMO-CTO Power Struggle: Solving The Web…