Google’s 6 SEO Tips For Ecommerce Websites
Google shares six SEO tips that combine structured data and Merchant Center to get the most out of your website’s presence in search results. The post Google’s 6 SEO Tips…
4 Content SEO Tasks To Automate Now For Higher Rankings & ROI...
Where can you automate content optimization to improve rankings and ROI? Check out these SEO automation tips from Semji. The post 4 Content SEO Tasks To Automate Now For Higher…
Voice Search Optimization: 6 Tips to Improve Your Results
Voice search optimization is the process of optimizing your website for voice search queries.
Google Featured Snippet Cards Layout
Google seems to be testing a new format for featured snippets in the search results. This new layout has multiple answers, from multiple sites/sources in a card view at the…
SEO Writing: Top 42 Tips To Master A Combined Art
You need the art of SEO and the craft of writing to create great content. Use these tips to improve your content quality and optimization. The post SEO Writing: Top…
7 Top Tips To Become A GA4 Pro (Even If You’re A Beginner)
Discover new time-saving and advanced-level features GA4 offers that UA didn’t, key resources you may have missed and more to fast-track your GA4 learning curve. The post 7 Top Tips…
8.64% of AI Overviews Appear Outside Position #1 (And as Low as P...
For example, here’s an AI Overview in the 2nd position. I asked our awesome data scientist Xibeijia Guan to find out how often they show in different positions. She pulled…
How to Avoid Search Over-Optimization
But can you go too far? Can you over-optimize? Google says “yes”, in two ways. Harmful over-optimization is, as Google’s Gary Ilyes puts it, “literally optimizing so much that eventually…
Google April Post Core Update Ranking Volatility Heats Up
We are less than a week after the Google March 2025 core update finished rolling out and we are seeing some heated volatility again, maybe more heated than what we…
Top 6 Free Survey Maker Tools For Marketers
When it comes to free survey makers, you have plenty of options. Here are the six of your best options and why they rock. The post Top 6 Free Survey…
Does Being Internet Famous Help Get SEO Support From Google?
I spotted this thread on Mastodon where both John Mueller and Danny Sullivan of Google was helping internet legend Tim Bray with some SEO issues he was having with Google…
6 Steps an SEO Agency Took to Create an Ecommerce Page for a Bake...
In this article, an SEO agency shares their tips for an effective ecommerce page on the Edelweiss Bakery website. What should you pay attention to when setting up a shop…
How to Find Your Competitors’ Backlinks (And Get Them for Yoursel...
That’s because understanding how they got links can help inform your link building strategy. In this post, you’ll learn how to find, replicate, and learn from your competitors’ backlinks….
Google Business Profile Products “Mark As Special” Fo...
Google Business Profiles (formerly Google My Business) seems to have added or is testing adding a new check box for products. There is an option named “mark as special” that…
The Hybrid Human-AI Strategy In The Era Of Google SGE
Learn why the delicate dance between technology and emotion is the key to content that truly resonates, especially now in the era of Google SGE. The post The Hybrid Human-AI…
Which Schema Types Are Used Most by Industry [Research]
Find out which schema types are most prominent across industries including travel, education, home improvement, health care, and finance. The post Which Schema Types Are Used Most by Industry [Research]…
Top 10 Digital Marketing Trends For 2023 By ChatGPT
From chatbots to augmented reality, here are the top 10 trends for the year that you need to keep an eye on. The post Top 10 Digital Marketing Trends For…
How Often Should I Update On-Page SEO?
This article examines the ideal frequency of updates for the most essential on page factors, so you can work with confidence that you‘re spending time on what matters.
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 18, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
How to Prove SEO ROI & Overall Business Impact
Reliable forecasting makes the difference between a compelling business case and a forgettable one. Learn how to create better SEO proposals here. The post How to Prove SEO ROI &…
Creating Value And Content Across Multiple City And Area Service ...
Learn how to create a scalable and efficient local SEO campaign for multi-location businesses. Optimize content across city and area service pages for long-term ROI. The post Creating Value And…
6 Social Media Sites to Use for Your Business
Read our blog post & find out which top 6 social media sites your business needs to be on to help propel your marketing & brand awareness, here at Semrush.
Google Responds To Site That Lost Ranks After Googlebot DDoS Craw...
Google responds to a publisher’s concern about crawl budget and rankings due to Googlebot’s requests for non-existent pages The post Google Responds To Site That Lost Ranks After Googlebot DDoS…
Google Search Dictionary Has A Tip For Similar-Sounding Words
Google has been offering dictionary search results over a dozen years and the search company continues to make tweaks to that feature. Google now will show a “tip” section on…
Google: We Need Very Few Links To Rank Pages; Links Are Less Impo...
Gary Illyes from Google spoke at the SERP Conf on Friday and he said what he said numerous times before, that Google values links a lot less today than it…
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 7, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
How To Do a SEO Content Audit For Your Website in 2021
You’ve probably heard the saying, “content is king.” While having a technically sound website and strong link profile are great accelerators for SEO dominance, these days, they’ll hardly move the…
Why SEOs Need to Embrace AI
It’s no question that the AI conversation has dominated the SEO community during the last year. The implications of this new technology are both extremely exciting and a little scary…
How to Create High-Quality Content
What is high-quality content, anyway? Learn how content quality supports SEO, what quality looks like, how it’s measured, and more. The post How to Create High-Quality Content appeared first on…
Google Integrates Social Media Posts Into Google Business Profile...
Google begins automatically surfacing social media posts on Google Business Profiles. The post Google Integrates Social Media Posts Into Google Business Profiles appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Wise.com SEO Case Study: 5 Reasons Why Their SEO Rocks
Formerly known as TransferWise, this fintech company offering multi-currency accounts and quick international money transfers with fair fees currently gets an estimated 6.4 million organic visits per month: That’s especially…
A Complete B2B SEO Strategy Guide for 2022
Luckily, we’ve been doing this for years, so we’ve learned a thing or two about B2B SEO strategies. Today, you’re going to learn how to implement your own SEO strategy…
Understanding JavaScript SEO
If you’re an SEO specialist, and not a developer, then you probably don’t need to tap into all of the intricacies of website development. But you do need to know…
Analyzing Google SERP Volatility Across 25 Industries
We analyzed Google SERPs across 25 industries to get an idea of what changes are occurring on SERPs on a day-to-day basis. Take a look at what we‘ve found and…
Google: Keep Your HTML Head Section Clean
Google’s John Mueller said when it comes to your HTML head section, you want to ensure that section is clean and tight. If possible, you don’t want it to have…
Are Nofollow Links A Google Ranking Factor?
Nofollow is a hyperlink attribute that tells Google to not pass PageRank so Google doesn’t crawl the link. But is it a ranking factor? The post Are Nofollow Links A…
Yoast SEO Offers Keyword Position Tracking With Wincher Integrati...
Yoast SEO is partnering with Wincher to offer users the ability to track keyword ranking positions for their WordPress pages. The post Yoast SEO Offers Keyword Position Tracking With Wincher…
YouTube Expands Shorts To More Surfaces On Mobile & Desktop
YouTube begins displaying Shorts videos on more surfaces on mobile and desktop, including a dedicated carousel in the trending section. The post YouTube Expands Shorts To More Surfaces On Mobile…
How to Get Faster SEO Results
The ability to get results faster than others gives you a competitive edge whether you do SEO in-house or as an agency partner. Here‘s how one successful agency uses the…
Breadcrumb Navigation: Is It a Google Ranking Factor?
Breadcrumbs help provide positive user experiences to website visitors and reinforce site structure for search engines. Is it a ranking factor? The post Breadcrumb Navigation: Is It a Google Ranking…
Topic-First SEO: The Smarter Way To Scale Authority
In this week’s Growth Memo, Kevin Indig lays out the case for a topic-first SEO approach, and how it helps future-proof your visibility. The post Topic-First SEO: The Smarter Way…
Google SEO Starter Guide To Be Cut In Half
Google is in the process of reworking its popular SEO starter guide, which it initially released in 2010. The starter guide is about 8,500 words right now, but it will…
Updates To Google HTTP Status Codes, Googlebot & Job Posting ...
Google has made changes to a few of its Google search help documentation over the past couple of days. The documents updated include HTTP status codes, the Googlebot and job…
Local SEO ranking factors: Your complete guide
Everything you need to know to get your local business ranking higher in search
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Tremors Continue & It’s...
Are you dizzy yet? The Google search results are still super volatile and we are seeing high levels of chatter spike back up over the past 24 to 48 hours…
Google: No EAT Score But EAT Is Important & Indirectly In The...
It has been some time since I covered the topic of E-A-T (expertise, authoritativeness and trustworthiness) here. But John Mueller of Google was asked this on Friday at the 10:30…
Google: Sites Using AI For Some Articles But Don’t Specify ...
The updated Google Search Quality Raters guidelines last week and added an example of that it considers the “lowest quality pages.” In section 4.7 it states the only mention of…
Google Drops Support For More Structured Data Types & Search ...
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…
The Technical SEO Debt That Will Destroy Your AI Visibility
The shift to AI search is testing every brand’s technical foundation, and only those tackling SEO debt head-on will survive. The post The Technical SEO Debt That Will Destroy Your…
SEO for a New Website: 8 Important Steps
Here are all the steps you should take: It’s easy to overcomplicate the process of choosing a domain. But choosing a branded domain that is short and memorable works better…
What a good rank tracking tool can do: Ask these 22 questions bef...
Choosing a rank tracking tool can be difficult, especially if you’re going to use it for the first time. You don’t know what to expect because you have nothing to…
Keyword Analysis: The Definitive Guide 2023 | Backlinko
Finding a ton of keywords is one thing, but knowing which keywords are actually useful to your SEO campaign is another thing altogether. Keyword research—the process of uncovering keywords and…
SEO At Scale: What Large Ecommerce Sites Do Differently
Successful, large ecommerce companies approach SEO in a way that allows them to easily grow, profit, and thrive. Now, you can thrive, too. The post SEO At Scale: What Large…
10 Most Common SEM Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Mistakes in SEM can be expensive and disastrous. These 10 can cost you the success of campaigns or career — learn how to avoid them. The post 10 Most Common…
Google Investigating Reports Of Declining Traffic After Updates, ...
Google SearchLiaison confirmed an investigation recent reports of dramatically declining traffic from News and Discover for some publishers. The post Google Investigating Reports Of Declining Traffic After Updates, Discover Bug…
Common Canonical Tag Issues and How to Fix Them
The post Common Canonical Tag Issues and How to Fix Them appeared first on SE Ranking Blog.
72 Blog Ideas for Every Industry + How to Find More
Use these blog ideas to inspire your next post and find out how to generate more ideas for your site.
Google Autocomplete: A Complete SEO Guide
Looking for a tool to help inform smarter SEO keyword research? See how Google Autocomplete works and the best ways to use it. The post Google Autocomplete: A Complete SEO…
Study: How Long Does It Take to Rank Higher on Google
We analyzed 28,000 domains to find out how long it takes to rank higher on Google and get to the first page. Here’s what we found.
ChatGPT for SEO? You’re Using It Wrong.
Let’s explore three common mistakes and how you can fix them. Believing everything ChatGPT says is never a good idea, but believing answers to questions it doesn’t have data to…
Google Replaces Title Tags With Site Names For Homepage Results
Google introduces a new mobile-only search feature that only shows the name of a site instead of the entire title tag for the home page The post Google Replaces Title…
The Three Bosses of SEO
In SEO, there are three main “bosses” with different needs: your business, your searchers, and your search engines. How do you answer to all of them?
PSA: Google Course Rich Results Require At Least Three Courses
Google has reiterated that when it comes to being eligible to show course rich results in Google Search, you need to have marked up at least three courses on your…
6 Keys To Effective Content That Ranks High On SERPs Right Now [W...
Use the latest content creation tips that make blog posts rank high to plan your next content strategy. Learn them in this upcoming webinar! The post 6 Keys To Effective…
Top 11 Challenges of Content Outsourcing
If you want to be an excellent content provider, you’ll need to be aware of the difficulties associated with content outsourcing. At the same time, you’ll need to make sure…
3 Best AI SEO Tools to Work Smarter, Not Harder
To answer this, I went on a quest to find SEO tools that got AI right. Tools that don’t overpromise but offer tried-and-tested ways to make you work smarter, not…
Google CEO: Search Will Change Profoundly In 2025
Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that Google Search will profoundly change in 2025 and struggled to articulate concern for web content creators The post Google CEO: Search Will Change Profoundly…
Free Content Plan Template To Adapt To Your Needs
Supplementing your content strategy with a content plan is essential for marketing success. Here’s a downloadable template to help you create one. The post Free Content Plan Template To Adapt…
Google Search Console Will Show Links From A Redirected Domain To...
Google’s John Mueller was asked if Google Search Console will show links from a redirected domain to the new domain in the links report in Search Console. The answer is…
~80% Feel Google’s March Core & Spam Updates Won’...
I ran a poll asking my X/Twitter followers if they think the new Google March core and spam updates will reduce unhelpful content from showing up in the search results…
Google Analytics Overview By Hour Report Not Counting Data
For the past few hours, the Google Analytics (Universal Analytics 3) home view where it shows the “audience overview” is not counting. You need to filter the results to show…
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…
How To Remove Backlinks (And Clean up Your Link Profile)
In this article, I’ll share how to remove backlinks and consider the different approaches for cleaning up your link profile—depending on your circumstances. Google says if you have a manual…
Internal Linking for SEO: A Practical Guide with Best Practices
Internal linking boosts SEO and helps make navigation easy. This guide explains why internal linking is important, offers best practices, and shares fix tips.
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Algorithm Update Maybe, Sear...
We had yet another biggish unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update on November 4th and 5th. Google also removed the annotation about the search features bug and added a Discover…
Google Analytics 4 Adds New Reporting & Features
Google announced new features and reporting for Google Analytics 4 including behavioral modeling in real-time reporting, custom channel reporting for data-driven attribution, and integration with Campaign Manager 360. Plus, Google…
My Takeaways From Google Search Central Live NYC 2025
Google hosts events around the world for SEOs, content creators, webmasters, site owners and marketers named Google Search Central Live. They’ve been doing it for years and I’ve attended many…
Everything You Need To Know About The X-Robots-Tag HTTP Header
The power of the X-Robots-Tag is that it is much more flexible than the meta robots tag. The post Everything You Need To Know About The X-Robots-Tag HTTP Header appeared…
100 Most Asked Questions on Google in 2024
These are the 100 most asked questions on Google, along with their monthly search volumes. Top Google questions by growth Many popular questions don’t change from year to year. For…
10 SEO Techniques for More Traffic
You can either: Rank higher for existing keywords Rank for more keywords Get more clicks The SEO techniques below all help you do one or more of those things. Competition…
UTM Tagging for Google My Business
Guest host and small business SEO expert Claire Carlile walks you through the what, why, where, which, and who of UTM tagging for your GMB profiles.
DeepSeek vs. ChatGPT vs. AI Overviews: Which AI model handles YMY...
Explore how DeepSeek, ChatGPT, and AI Overviews handle sensitive YMYL topics—what they censor, the sources they trust, and how reliable their answers are.
Google Rolls Out November 2023 Core Update
Google begins rolling out the November 2023 core update, the second major change to its search algorithm in as many months. The post Google Rolls Out November 2023 Core Update…
Creating Content That Satisfies Search Intent & Meets Custome...
Want to create a content strategy aligned with search intent at every stage of the funnel? Here’s what you need to know. The post Creating Content That Satisfies Search Intent…
John Mueller Of Google Providing Webmaster Support on Christmas A...
Every year John Mueller of Google makes a big effort to help respond to both SEO-related questions and just to wish individuals in the community a Merry Christmas on Christmas…
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): How to Win in AI Search
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is quickly becoming one of the most important new topics in search. As large language models (LLMs) change how users discover brands and make decisions, GEO…
Google Rolls Out March 2023 Core Algorithm Update
Google confirms the March 2023 core algorithm update is now rolling out. Here’s what you need to know. The post Google Rolls Out March 2023 Core Algorithm Update appeared first…
Google Updates Its Guide on Preventing Spam and Abuse
Learn how to prevent spam and abuse to your website with Google’s updated guide for web developers. The post Google Updates Its Guide on Preventing Spam and Abuse appeared first…
Google Maps Tests New Sidebar Navigation
Google is testing a new thin sidebar navigation on the left side of the maps interface. The sidebar has the Google Maps pin icon, then the explore tab, then trips,…
How Long Does SEO Take to Show Results?
That’s according to the ~4,300 people who responded to our polls on LinkedIn and Twitter. But the reality is that there’s no definitive time frame. It depends. Why does SEO…
63% of Websites Receive AI Traffic (New Study of 3,000 Sites)
We analyzed the traffic differences between sites driving greater than 10,000 visitors, between 1,000 and 9,999 visitors, and below 999 visitors per month, across the following seven AI chatbots: ChatGPT,…
Google Algorithm Updates & Local SEO: 6 Top Tips From Experts...
Get the latest information on Google’s new changes to their search engine algorithm, and discover how they affect local businesses. The post Google Algorithm Updates & Local SEO: 6 Top…
How Are Companies Looking for Digital Marketing Services?
How do your future clients search for marketing agencies? We examined the top 100 keywords related to “marketing agency” by volume to find out.
Google Tests People Also Ask More Results Centered Button
Google is testing a more results button with a bit more design, the button expands or refines your query in the people also ask section. Normally you just see a…
Google’s New 3-Strike Policy – The Checks & Balances
Learn what counts as a strike, how to get strikes removed, how strikes accumulate over time and the associated penalties. The post Google’s New 3-Strike Policy – The Checks &…
Data: Translated Sites See 327% More Visibility in AI Overviews
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…
Google Shares Insight On SEO For AI Overviews
Google’s John Mueller discussed SEO for AI Overviews and emphasized the continued importance of search marketing The post Google Shares Insight On SEO For AI Overviews appeared first on Search…
OpenAI Releases Tool To Detect AI-Written Content
OpenAI, the AI research firm behind ChatGPT, has released a new tool to distinguish between AI-generated and human-generated text. The post OpenAI Releases Tool To Detect AI-Written Content appeared first…
Google Clarifies How Helpful Content System Works
Google SearchLiaison clarifies information about how the Helpful Content System works The post Google Clarifies How Helpful Content System Works appeared first on Search Engine Journal.