SE Roundtable

Bing Search Tests Floating Copilot Search Box

Microsoft is testing placing a floating Copilot search box within the Bing Search results page. The aim is to encourage searchers to ask follow-up questions, not in Bing Search, but…

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 20, 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 said larger…

Semrush

Why AI Search Is The New Reality For Brands

Organic search isn‘t disappearing, but how it works, who controls it, and what drives visibility have changed radically. And this presents a big opportunity for enterprise brands.

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

Google To End Self-Service Hotel Rates July 30

Google will be ending the ability for hotels to manage their hotel rates by themselves, instead they will need to partner with a central reservation system, Internet booking engine or…

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.

SE Roundtable

Google Undisclosed Blue Search Answer?

I am not sure what this is but Google is testing (or maybe it is a bug) an answer box of sorts, in a blue highlight background (grayish on dark…

Search Engine Journal

Google Rolls Out June 2025 Core Update

Google’s June 2025 core update is now rolling out and may take up to three weeks to complete. The post Google Rolls Out June 2025 Core Update appeared first on…

Semrush

5 Ways To Make Brand Impact More Quantifiable

You’ve invested heavily in brand. But how do you know if it’s working? Brand performance can and needs to be measured, but this measurement must come with rigor, structure, and…

Search Engine Journal

SEO Rockstar “Proves” You Don’t Need Meta Descriptions

Tests show that removing meta descriptions may improve search engine traffic, although some say SEO tests are performative theater. The post SEO Rockstar “Proves” You Don’t Need Meta Descriptions appeared…

Backlinko

Signal User Statistics: How Many People Use Signal?

Signal was released in 2014, initially with phone calls only functionality, later that year messaging was added. Today, Signal is a popular messenger app, widely considered as one of the…

Search Engine Journal

Google’s New MUVERA Algorithm Improves Search

Google’s multi-vector retrieval algorithm (MUVERA) speeds up search, is highly efficient and improves accuracy The post Google’s New MUVERA Algorithm Improves Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

SE Roundtable

Google On Links & Core Updates

Google’s John Mueller said that he doesn’t think links play a role with how core updates work. He wrote on Bluesky, “I can’t think of how these links would play…

SE Roundtable

Daily Search Forum Recap: June 19, 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 rolled out…

SE Roundtable

New Google AdSense Fill Empty In-Page Ads

Google AdSense announced a new feature to “Fill empty in-page ads” by showing “contextually-relevant suggestions related to your page and site inside unfilled ad spaces.” In short, if an ad…

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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

Google Expands AI Mode To India In Search Labs

Google has made its first expansion of AI Mode outside of the US by announcing AI Mode is now available in Search Labs for those based in India. As you…

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

New Google Search Emoji Answer Feature

Google is testing a new feature to replace all those copy-and-paste emoji websites. You know, when you want to know what an emoji is for a specific emotion and you…

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Google Promotes AI Mode With Animated Google Doodle

Google is promoting AI Mode with an animated Google Doodle on its home page, in some countries. The Google home page logo, animated and clickable, takes you into a search…

SE Roundtable

Bing Tests Local Place Listings In Green

Microsoft is testing showing the local/places listings in green within the Bing search results. Normally you’d see them in the normal white background color but here it is in green.

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…

Backlinko

7 Ways to Find Related Content (+ Free Topic Planner)

Continually coming up with fresh, relevant content ideas isn’t easy. But you might be overlooking something important: related content. Related content includes topics that connect to your primary content themes….

Search Engine Journal

Query Fan-Out

Kevin Indig explores how query fan-out drives AI Mode and why classic “one query, one answer” SEO no longer cuts it. The post Query Fan-Out appeared first on Search Engine…

SE Roundtable

Google Still Says URL Extensions Still Don’t Matter

Google’s John Mueller several years after posting a video named “Will removing ‘.html’ from my URLs help my site?” still says URL extensions do not matter for SEO. He said…

Backlinko

Run An Ecommerce SEO Audit in 4 Stages [+ Free Workbook]

An ecommerce SEO audit is a 360-degree review of your website’s SEO performance in terms of technical setup, on-page optimization, site structure, backlink profile, and more. Think of it like…

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

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…

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…

Search Engine Journal

Jill Whalen’s SEO Legacy Still Shapes The Industry

Jill Whalen, who recently passed away, championed an ethical approach to SEO that continues to influence the industry. The post Jill Whalen’s SEO Legacy Still Shapes The Industry appeared first…

SE Roundtable

PSA: Fan Out Queries Are Not In Google Search Console

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been hearing buzz that some think that Google Search Console will show the “query fan-out” queries in Google Search Console. It does not,…

SE Roundtable

Who Ate The Bing Search Results

Here is a weird bug with Bing Search – if you search for the term [ate], there are no search results. All you get are AI Answers at the top…

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…

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

Confirmed: Google Ads Errors & High Latency Issues

Google has confirmed an issue with Google Ads, where there are unexpected errors, high latency and other unexpected issues with the Google Ads advertiser console. Google said access is fine…

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…