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Google Expands Video Structured Data Options With New Property

Google adds ‘ineligibleRegion’ property to video structured data, allowing publishers to specify regions where videos shouldn’t appear in search results. The post Google Expands Video Structured Data Options With New…

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Google Says Fixing Headings Won’t Change Rankings

Google’s John Mueller says fixing hierarchical structure of headings won’t change your rankings The post Google Says Fixing Headings Won’t Change Rankings appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 10, 2024

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. Apple Visual Intelligence…

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Keyword stuffing in a nutshell

Keyword stuffing is the process of overloading web pages with keywords or numbers to manipulate search rankings. Find out why it’s harmful and what to do instead.

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Apple Visual Intelligence – Local, Shopping & More

Apple had its big event yesterday, and during the iPhone talk, they announced Apple Visual Intelligence. Where you can take photos of anything, and it will use Apple Intelligence for…

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Bing Search Footer Message To Encourage More Searches

Microsoft is testing, showing a notice at the bottom of the Bing search results that says, “Search by typing anything on the keyboard.” This happens when you reach the footer…

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Google Maps Showing Business Photos On Review Sentiments

Google is now showing business submitted photos from Google Business Profiles in the Google Local and Maps review sentiments section. So above the reviews, Google may show photos submitted by…

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9 Tips To Optimize Crawl Budget For SEO

Understanding crawl budget for SEO optimization. Discover how to improve your website’s crawl budget and enhance search engine visibility. The post 9 Tips To Optimize Crawl Budget For SEO appeared…

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SEO In The Age Of AI: Build AI Best Practices

Explore the intersection of SEO and AI. Discover how AI is transforming the digital marketing landscape and get practical tips to optimize your SEO strategy. The post SEO In The…

Ahrefs

The 25 Biggest Traffic Losers in SaaS

…and those that work the worst. In this article, we’re looking at the companies that lost the greatest amount of estimated organic traffic, year over year. This is a list…

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Google Ads Saying Goodbye To Enhanced CPC In March 2025

Google Ads emailed advertisers using Enhanced cost-per-click (eCPC) to let them know that in March 2025, Enhanced CPC will be sunset and any campaigns using Enhanced CPC will be migrated…

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Bing May Use ProductGroup Markup In The Future

Microsoft Bing may use ProductGroup markup in the future for its “captions” in the Bing Search results. Fabrice Canel from Microsoft said while they do not support it yet, “it’s…

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Bing Treats 308 Redirects Same As 301 Redirects

Fabrice Canel from Microsoft said that Bing Search treats 308 redirects the same as they treat 301 redirects. This is the same as what Google said back in 2021, although…

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Bing Product Search Results With See Details Button

Bing is testing a big blue “see details” button for some of the product listings in its search results. Normally when you hover your mouse cursor over the products, they…

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15 Project Management Tools For SEO Professionals

Find the perfect project management tool for your SEO team. Compare the pros and cons of 15 platforms and optimize your campaigns. The post 15 Project Management Tools For SEO…

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Google’s Guidance About The Recent Ranking Update

Google’s Danny Sullivan published a statement about the recent ranking update, stressing not to make radical changes to improve rankings The post Google’s Guidance About The Recent Ranking Update appeared…

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Google Business Profile Video Verification Best Practices

Ensure the legitimacy of your Google Business Profile with video verification. Learn the best practices to increase online visibility for your local business. The post Google Business Profile Video Verification…

Backlinko

AI Copywriting: Top 4 Tools and Best Ways to Use Them

AI copywriting involves using artificial intelligence tools to generate compelling marketing copy. With the goal of driving more sales for your business (or your client’s business). You can use it…

Backlinko

7 Top Google Analytics Alternatives (Free and Paid)

Let’s face it: When it comes to analytics tools, we want it all. Advanced metrics, intuitive dashboards, and seamless integrations. But we don’t always get what we want—especially as a…

Backlinko

9 Best Chrome Extensions for SEO: Our Top Picks

You know the saying “work smarter, not harder”? That’s what Chrome extensions can do for you. In fact, Leigh McKenzie, head of SEO at Backlinko, uses Chrome extensions to speed…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 6, 2024

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. I know the…

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The Complete Guide to URL Redirects in SEO

URL redirection forwards users and search engines from one URL to another. Learn about redirect types, the issues they solve, and how to use them effectively.

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Google Clarifies Indexing API Quota & Pricing Information

Google has made several changes to its indexing API quota and pricing information document for clarification purposes. Google said this was to clarify “the default quota is for setting up…

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Google Ads Try On Icon

Google launched its try on feature a year or so ago and now Google may have just added a new icon to visualize the try on feature. Below is a…

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Google Ads Audience Insights Missing For Some

There is another Google Ads bug, this time with the Audience insights going missing for some advertisers. Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ads Liaison, said on X, “Audience Insights is not being…

Search Engine Journal

Why Google Indexes Blocked Web Pages

Google’s John Mueller explains why disallowed pages are sometimes indexed and why related Search Console warnings can be ignored The post Why Google Indexes Blocked Web Pages appeared first on…

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11 HTML Attributes For SEO & Why They Matter

Discover the key HTML attributes that are crucial to good SEO. Understand their uses and how to code them. The post 11 HTML Attributes For SEO & Why They Matter…

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The Definitive Guide to SEO Taxonomy Strategies

Learn about four main SEO taxonomy types, their key benefits, and expert optimization tips to improve your search engine visibility and user experience.

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SearchGPT vs. Google: Early Analysis & User Feedback

OpenAI’s SearchGPT prototype shows potential to challenge Google, but early analysis reveals limitations and need for further development. The post SearchGPT vs. Google: Early Analysis & User Feedback appeared first…

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How to Choose and Check a Domain for SEO

Domain SEO is about choosing and optimizing your website’s name. Learn what the perfect domain name should look like and what to check before buying one.

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SXO Explained: How to Adapt to the New Era of Search

As search marketers, that’s often what we think happens. But here’s what actually happened: The branch of SEO that cares about journeys like this is search experience optimization (SXO). It…

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Google Ads Gains Merchant Products Tab For Images

Google Ads seems to be rolling out a new tab in its image assets library named “Merchant products.” This tab shows images you uploaded to your linked Google Merchant Center…

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The Essential Guide to SEO Benchmarking

SEO benchmarks are metrics that measure your website’s performance. Learn how to benchmark your SEO efforts and which key metrics to analyze and track.

Search Engine Journal

Google Confirms It’s Okay To Ignore Spam Scores

Google’s John Mueller recommends ignoring spam scores, which he views as insignificant The post Google Confirms It’s Okay To Ignore Spam Scores appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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How New Chrome AI Feature Challenges SEO To Evolve

Chrome’s new AI History feature shows that AI is diversifying traffic sources and SEO must evolve in response The post How New Chrome AI Feature Challenges SEO To Evolve appeared…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 4, 2024

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 finished rolling…

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Survey Shows Ecommerce Strategies For 2024 Holiday Season

WooCommerce survey shows the strategies you need to know to increase Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales volume The post Survey Shows Ecommerce Strategies For 2024 Holiday Season appeared first on Search…

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Google Docs: Do Not Specify A Fragment URL As Canonical

Google has updated its search developer canonical documentation to specify that you should not set specify a fragment URL as canonical. Google added that bullet point to the best practices…

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Google Image Search: From This Image

Google is testing a new feature, or search refinement, within the image search results that shows you “from this image.” I suspect this shows you matches of other image search…

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Google’s August Core Update Rollout Completed

Google confirms the August core update has finished rolling out, taking 19 days to complete. The post Google’s August Core Update Rollout Completed appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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September 2024 Google Webmaster Report

It finally happened, we got a new core update, the Google August 2024 core update touched down on August 15th. It resulted in some movement with some sites hit by…

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YouTube SEO Questions Answered

A few months ago, we posted some answers about how YouTube ranking is affected by various variables and factors – YouTube SEO questions and answers, if you will. Well, the…

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Google Trends Email Subscriptions Going Away Next Month

Google will discontinue the Google Trends email subscription service on October 29, 2024. Google sent emails to those who had subscribed to Google Trends over email saying, “Google Trends trend…

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Google Tests New Map Pin Shapes

Google is testing a new shape and maybe colors for the map pins they use in Google Search and Google Maps. The new shape is less of a pin/diamond shape…

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New Google Analytics 4 Benchmarking Data

Google Analytics, GA4, seems to be rolling out benchmarking data, similar to Universal Analytics before it. This feature lets you compare your analytics data to others in your same industry…

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Google Search Finally Supports AVIF Images

Google announced on Friday that they finally natively support AVIF image file types for Google Search, Google Images and anywhere Google Search uses images, such as Google News, Google Discover…

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Google Tests New Shopping Search Design

Google is testing a new design for its mobile shopping search interface. The new design has a new Google logo, a gradient background theme, new headers, various sections and labels….

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New Google Ads Product Category-Level Insights

Google Ads has improved its ads reporting specifically, with the product reports now showing category-level insights. You can see the performance, demand trends, and actionable recommendations for your e-commerce campaigns.