New Form Of Google Knowledge Panel Spam Or Is This A Simple Googl...
If you do a search on [seo services india] you will see a knowledge panel show up for a “musical artist” named “SEO Services in India.” The question is, is…
Google Launches Tool For Practicing Job Interviews
Google’s new Interview Warmup tool uses artificial intelligence to help users practice answering job interview questions in various fields. The post Google Launches Tool For Practicing Job Interviews appeared first…
TikTok Launches Creator-Crediting Feature
TikTok users will now be able directly tag and credit video creators using a button in the social media app. The post TikTok Launches Creator-Crediting Feature appeared first on Search…
Using The Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) Framework For SEO Content
Crafting content for people who create content is easy, once you learn how to apply the JTBD framework for SEO content development. Here’s how. The post Using The Jobs To…
How To Optimize YouTube Videos To Help Ukraine
Learn how to optimize videos that tell the truth about the Russia-Ukraine war so they are discovered when people conduct relevant YouTube searches. The post How To Optimize YouTube Videos…
Search Engine Journal Promotes Miranda Miller To Senior Managing ...
Congratulations to Miranda Miller, Senior Managing Editor, who is working to grow SEJ’s editorial blueprint, talent, and operations exponentially. The post Search Engine Journal Promotes Miranda Miller To Senior Managing…
8 Engaging Infographic Types & How To Create Them (+ 5 Free T...
Ready to level up your infographics strategy? Check out these different types you can use to tell more compelling brand stories. The post 8 Engaging Infographic Types & How To…
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 18, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google Criticizes Canada’s Proposed “Link Tax”
Google has come out swinging against a law proposed by the Canadian government that would force the search engine to pay publishers for listing content. The post Google Criticizes Canada’s…
Facebook’s Most Widely Viewed Links Dominated By Spam
Meta Facebook Transparency Report shows that the most popular content might not be what you think it is. The post Facebook’s Most Widely Viewed Links Dominated By Spam appeared first…
John Mueller Of Google Can See Search Spam In Languages He Does N...
Google’s John Mueller is able to see and identify content search related spam without even speaking the language. Supposedly this is not a magical power or even that hard to…
Google Search News Box News Link Now Clickable
The Google Search news box has a header named “News” for some queries. That header was never clickable until just recently. Now, you can click on the header and it…
Google Search Console Performance Reports Now Shows Education Q&a...
Last week, we covered how Google now supports Education Q&A structured data as Google rich results in Google Search. Well now some folks who have implemented it are seeing Education…
Google Hotel Results Using Reviews For Things To Do & Review ...
Google for years has been doing super fancy search features based on reviews left in Google Maps. Here are some more features that may or may not be new, but…
SEO Split Test Result: Will Removing Many H1s Improve Clicks to P...
Would changing an article page with many H1s to a singleton H1 and converting the remainder to tags improve clicks to the pages? Read the short case study to find…
Bing Autocomplete Search Bar With Trending, Related & People ...
Microsoft Bing is testing showing more information in the autocomplete search suggestions search bar drop down menu. Bing is showing trending now searches, related searches and also people also ask…
TikTok Launches Branded Mission, A New Way To Crowdsource Creativ...
TikTok launches Branded Mission – an new way for brands to crowdsource authentic and creative content from the TikTok community. The post TikTok Launches Branded Mission, A New Way To…
Creating SMART SEO Goals For Your Enterprise Business
Create SEO-specific SMART goals to prove the impact of your SEO efforts. Follow this framework to create your own for your company or client. The post Creating SMART SEO Goals…
10 Remarketing Tools For Reengaging & Winning The Conversion
Check out 10 remarketing tools that can help get you in front of a warmer audience and seal the deal. The post 10 Remarketing Tools For Reengaging & Winning The…
What Is Link Bait? 7 Successful Examples
That is one of the many reasons why link building is hard. Pages need links to rank. Yet not all pages will earn them. But there is a certain type…
Ecommerce: Top 5 Ways To Drive Revenue With A Clean Marketing Tec...
Have you added apps to your site to improve the user experience? Discover which apps help attract traffic and convert visitors into customers. The post Ecommerce: Top 5 Ways To…
How To Improve Your Organic Growth: Stop Building Links & Sta...
There are ways to dramatically improve your backlink profile without building links. Learn how in this webinar recap. The post How To Improve Your Organic Growth: Stop Building Links &…
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 17, 2022
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…
How to Get Rich Snippets (Beginner’s Guide)
Rich snippets can help boost your organic CTR. Here’s how to rank for them.
Google Search Snippet “View Full List” Link
Google has all sorts of search result snippets and features including sitelinks. Here is an interesting that may not be new, but Google shows a normal snippet with horizontal sitelinks…
Google Search Recipe Results Segmented By Type
Google seems to be showing the recipe grid format not just by showing popular recipes but also showing recipe carousels broken down by recipe type. Honestly, I don’t know if…
Google Search Ranking Update Monday On May 16th (Unconfirmed)
At least we had a quiet weekend for the first time in a while, but that didn’t last long. Monday, May 16th, we once again saw multiple signals of a…
Google May Replace FID With INP (Interaction to Next Paint) For C...
At Google I/O last week, Google’s Annie Sullivan and Michal Mocny introduced a new metric named INP or Interaction to Next Paint. INP measures overall responsiveness to user interactions on…
Google Ads Scripts New Campaign Bid Strategies Support & Perf...
Google announced updates and improvements to the Google Ads Scripts last week. Google wrote it is “rolling out a new scripts experience featuring improved performance, support for campaign bid strategies,…
Metaverse Primer For Marketers: How We Got Here & Where We Go...
Ecommerce marketers should pay rapt attention to the evolution and progression of the Metaverse. Here’s what you need to know with examples from various brands. The post Metaverse Primer For…
Should Guest Post Links Be Marked Sponsored? Ask An SEO
John asks an SEO, “When I publish my article on someone else’s site, should I tell them to use a sponsored link attribute?” The post Should Guest Post Links Be…
Content Marketing for Small Businesses: Why, How and When? [Resea...
Content marketing can move your small business forward—if done right! Discover our research-baked insights and tips from industry experts sharing their thoughts on everything from content strategy to content operations…
A 6-Step Guide to Social Media for Small Businesses
Social media for small businesses can be crucial to growth and success. Make an impact on your small business with this guide to social media.
Cut Through Any Bull With These 8 SEO Job Interview Questions
Struggling to assess your SEO job candidates? The secret is in the interview questions you ask! The post Cut Through Any Bull With These 8 SEO Job Interview Questions appeared…
11 Internet Marketing Strategies That Work
To help answer that, we’ve dissected internet marketing into its most basic strategies. We’ve also simplified them so you can get started right away. In this article, we’ll cover 11…
Case Study: How the Cookie Monster Ate 22% of Our Visibility
Last year, the team at Homeday — one of the leading property tech companies in Germany — made the decision to migrate to a new content management system (CMS). The…
Subdomain, Subdirectory & ccTLD: Which One Should You Use?
Which is better for SEO: a subdomain, subdirectory or ccTLD? Check out these pros and cons so you can decide what’s best for your site. The post Subdomain, Subdirectory &…
Current Market Trends For The Fastest-Growing SMB Industries
Have a small- to medium-sized business? We’ve made it easy for you to see how your industry competitors are gaining success so you can, too! The post Current Market Trends…
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 16, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
New TikTok Tool Surfaces Useful Insights For Marketers
TikTok has launched a new tool that surfaces insights marketers can use to target different demographics around the world. The post New TikTok Tool Surfaces Useful Insights For Marketers appeared…
Similarweb Acquires SEO & Rank Tracking Company Rank Ranger
The acquisition of Rank Ranger adds search term rank tracking to Similarweb’s keyword analysis capabilities. The post Similarweb Acquires SEO & Rank Tracking Company Rank Ranger appeared first on Search…
Google Ads Makes Automation Easier With Scripts Updates
Google Ads has announced a number of scripts improvements in what it’s calling a “new Google Ads script experience.” The post Google Ads Makes Automation Easier With Scripts Updates appeared…
YouTube Adds New Way To Make Money With Gifted Memberships
YouTube gives creators another way to earn revenue directly from their audience with membership gifting, a feature comparable to gifted subscriptions on Twitch. The post YouTube Adds New Way To…
Bing Moves Explore More On Left Side
Microsoft Bing has moved the “explore more” feature from under the image carousel snippet to the left hand side of that snippet. We first noticed this explore more feature in…
Vlog #173: Lior Krolewicz On What It Takes To Be A Good Search Ma...
In part one with Lior Krolewicz is the founder and CEO of Yael Consulting, a marketing consulting company, we spoke about the IDF and how paid search has changed. In…
75% Of SEOs Say Your Own Website Should Have Good SEO To Sell SEO...
Brodie Clark posted an interesting poll on Twitter asking if the SEO community agreed or not. The poll asked do you agree or disagree that “if you’re selling SEO as…
Google Asks For More Search Terms When The Query Is Too Short &am...
Did you know that sometimes Google will ask you to provide more search terms in your query when the search conducted was super short and generic? Here is a screenshot…
SEO vs. SEM: What’s the Difference?
Both SEO and PPC are ways to market your business in search engines. So both are types of search engine marketing (SEM). In this guide, you’ll learn how to create…
Spammers Ruined Bing’s Anonymous Sitemap Submissions, Micro...
On Friday, Fabrice Canel from Microsoft announced Bing has deprecated the anonymous sitemap submission method. Bing will no longer accept Sitemap submissions through HTTP requests.
Google: Cross Linking Language/Country Versions Won’t Lead ...
Google’s John Mueller was asked if there can be some sort of negative impact when it comes to cross linking your language or country versions of your pages. In which…
Local Video Marketing: 4 Ways To Win With Video
Maximize your small business budget with the help of local video marketing. Learn the benefits of local video marketing and how to go about it. The post Local Video Marketing:…
Site Dependence On JavaScript A Problem For Googlebot?
Google’s John Mueller answers question about the impact of JavaScript on Googlebot and recommends testing to find out what’s really happening The post Site Dependence On JavaScript A Problem For…
Edge Browser Will AI Improve All Web Images
Turing Image Super-Resolution will automatically turn website images into high resolution graphics for users of Edge browser The post Edge Browser Will AI Improve All Web Images appeared first on…
How to Measure SEO ROI (Incl. 6 Challenges of Calculating It)
In its essence, calculating ROI is quite easy and straightforward. But in SEO, there are many caveats you should be aware of. Those ultimately make measuring and interpreting ROI one…
9 Ways to Design Inclusive Content
Inclusivity is an important consideration for every business owner and content creator, and should be at the heart of your ongoing design efforts — not something you look at after…
8 White Hat SEO Techniques To Double Your Search Traffic
Can you double, triple, or even 10x your organic traffic without straying to the dark side? Chuck Price says yes – and here’s how. The post 8 White Hat SEO…
New: Google Search Console Performance Reports Logs Additional De...
Google Search Console’s performance report starting on May 13, 2022 now logs impressions for additional desktop features. One example Google gave was “top stories.” Google said you may see an…
Demystifying SEO Investments: Expert Advice On What CMOs Can Expe...
Uncover how effective your SEO investment is, and learn how to discover the potential business benefits you can gain from certain SEO activities. The post Demystifying SEO Investments: Expert Advice…
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 13, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Meta Lists 6 Culture Codes For Advertisers
Learn how brands can benefit and stay relatable to users through adapting to the current culture codes identified by Facebook parent company Meta. The post Meta Lists 6 Culture Codes…
LinkedIn Updates Include Improvements To Search Results
Updates to LinkedIn include improvements to content discovery, captions for real-time events, and the ability to share reviews. The post LinkedIn Updates Include Improvements To Search Results appeared first on…
Bing Top Rated Tutors Carousel Through Microsoft TakeLessons
Bing Search has a new carousel for “top rated tutors” for keyword searches such as [piano], [makeup], [guitar] and so on. This brings up a special search carousel that pulls…
New Video Page Indexing Report Coming To Google Search Console
At Google I/O yesterday, Google announced a new report coming to Google Search Console named the video page indexing report. This report will be available under the index section in…
Google I/O Session: Google Search For Site Owners
One of the few sessions at Google I/O on Google Search was presented by John Mueller, who you all know, and also Dikla Cohen, a Technical Solutions Consultant at Google….
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Mother’s Day Algorithm...
Google had a big unconfirmed search ranking algorithm update around Mother’s Day. Also, this week was Google I/O and Google had a ton of announcements specific to search…
Looking Into SERP Volatility with Semrush Sensor
Google‘s SERPs are volatile. Websites gain and lose positions, new SERP features pop up, and algorithms never stop evolving. It can significantly affect your organic search traffic, which is not…
Musk’s Twitter Deal “Temporarily on Hold”
Deal to purchase Twitter paused as Tesla CEO Elon Musk seeks more details on estimate that just 5% of accounts are spam and fake users. The post Musk’s Twitter Deal…
Google Search Adds Popular Destinations Carousel
Google had added a “popular destinations” search related carousel to the search results for some queries. Valentin Pletzer spotted this the other day and I can see it as well…
New Translated Results Search Appearance Filter Added to Google S...
Google has quietly added a new search appearance filter to the performance report in Google Search Console. The new search appearance filter is named “translated results” and it shows you…
How to Expose Your Competitors in One Click with Domain Analytics...
Domain Analytics can provide you with a number of top-level insights into your competitors. We‘ll show you how right here.
How To Empower Content Teams With Real-Time Log File Insights
Empower your content team with real-time log file insights, and be amazed by their contribution to the site’s SEO performance! The post How To Empower Content Teams With Real-Time Log…
What’s The Top SEO Focus For 2022? Ask An SEO
SEO is ongoing and not a set-it-and-forget-it tactic. Here’s what you need to focus on for SEO this 2022. The post What’s The Top SEO Focus For 2022? Ask An…
Google’s Chain of Thought Prompting Boosts Today’s Best Algorithm...
Google published details of a breakthrough technology that significantly improves Google’s newest cutting edge algorithms The post Google’s Chain of Thought Prompting Boosts Today’s Best Algorithms appeared first on Search…
17 Lead Magnet Examples + Tips on Topics & Traffic Sources
Here are 17 ideas that can help you convert visitors into leads. I’ll also cover tips on finding topics for your “magnets” and some ideas that’ll attract visitors to them….
Measuring Link Building
SEOs have powerful metrics at their disposal to measure the success of their strategies, such as Domain Authority (DA) and Page Authority (PA). But how best to use them? In…
YouTube Shorts Green Screen Now Compatible With All Videos
YouTube creators can now remix any video on the platform into a Short through an expansion of the green screen feature. The post YouTube Shorts Green Screen Now Compatible With…
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 12, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google Allows FAQ Markup for Non-FAQ Content
Google’s John Mueller explains how to use FAQ structured data in everyday content that is not formatted as an FAQ The post Google Allows FAQ Markup for Non-FAQ Content appeared…
Google Universal Analytics Real Time Reports Now Changed To ̶...
Google has changed the Google Analytics real time reports in Universal Analytics to show data “in the last 5 minutes.” This is instead of it showing real time analytics for…
Microsoft Tests Bing Interesting Reads
Microsoft seems to be testing a search carousel titles “interesting reads.” This can show up for a super competitive keyword phrase, like [coffee], [beer], [wine] and so forth. I personally…
Google Search Console May Stop Collecting Data After Inactivity B...
We know that Google will stop collecting data within Google Search Console when a site is not verified or removes its verification. But did you know if you do not…
Google Ads Updates Performance Max Best Practices With More On Fi...
Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, said the Google Ads team has updated its additional best practices for Performance Max help document with more details on how final URL expansion…
All The Search Related Announcements From Google I/O 2022
I know you are all super busy, so let me quickly let you scan through all the search related announcements that Google announced at Google I/O yesterday. From multisearch near…
Google Won’t & Can’t Manually Change The Weird Se...
The other day, I spotted a conversation with Victor Pan, the head of Technical SEO at HubSpot and Danny Sullivan, the Search liaison at Google about how HubSpot’s home page…
Google I/O Search Console Update: New Report For Indexed Videos
At day two of Google’s annual I/O conference the company previewed new reports coming to Search Console that will provide more data about videos. The post Google I/O Search Console…
The Key To SEO Success: Effortless Expectation Setting – Ep...
“Can’t you just tell Google we want page one?” Familiar? Set yourself & your clients or boss up for success with insights from Grant Simmons. The post The Key To…
Using Python + Streamlit To Find Striking Distance Keyword Opport...
A Python script can make quick work of your search for lucrative opportunities where your keywords are close to top rankings. Here’s how. The post Using Python + Streamlit To…
Google Sued Over Android In-App Payment Monopoly
Tinder parent company Match Group files suit against Google over restrictive billing policies in the Play Store. The post Google Sued Over Android In-App Payment Monopoly appeared first on Search…
What’s A Good Cost Per Acquisition (CPA)? Ask The PPC
It’s not always straightforward to set KPIs for your paid ad campaigns. Here’s what you can do, according to Navah Hopkins in this month’s column. The post What’s A Good…
What Is Personal Branding? Here’s Why It’s So Important
What’s personal branding all about, anyway? Here’s why it matters and what you can do to build a solid brand of your own. The post What Is Personal Branding? Here’s…
Google Updates Advice on How to Control Titles in Search Results
Updated support page adds a new troubleshooting section for helping diagnose why Google is rewriting title tags The post Google Updates Advice on How to Control Titles in Search Results…
PageSpeed Insights Adds New Lighthouse Speed Metrics
New metrics improve feedback on server-related speed and provides a more comprehensive representation of page performance than previously available The post PageSpeed Insights Adds New Lighthouse Speed Metrics appeared first…
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 11, 2022
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. That was quick,…
Google Scene Exploration Searches The World Around You
At its annual I/O conference held today, Google announces an upgrade to multisearch that conducts simultaneous queries about objects around you. The post Google Scene Exploration Searches The World Around…
Google Tests New Ad Format With Swipeable Images Carousel
Google seems to be testing a new search ad format that has really large images that you can swipe through and learn more about. The ads, when clicked on, expand…