Ask An SEO: How Can We Recover A 30% Drop In Organic Traffic From...
Your site lost 30% of organic traffic after a migration. Kevin Gibbons answers why and shares how to get rankings back. The post Ask An SEO: How Can We Recover…
Google Rolls Out November 2024 Core Algorithm Update
Google releases the November 2024 core update, which affects global search rankings. The post Google Rolls Out November 2024 Core Algorithm Update appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
How to Hire a Link Building Agency: A Step-by-Step Guide
If you don’t have the experience to find high-quality link prospects or can’t spare hours doing outreach, now may be the time to hire a link building agency. A quality…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Update Updates, Site Re...
Google’s core update is still rolling out over 7 weeks later and yes we are seeing more fluctuations and chatter. Forbes blocked its coupon directory in preparation for the Google…
Improving Brand Awareness & CTR With On-SERP SEO
How can you stay effective when the SERPs are becoming more competitive? Learn how to use On-SERP SEO effectively and boost your search presence now. The post Improving Brand Awareness…
Amazon Alexa SEO Tools Is Closing
Search marketing community loses a powerful suite of SEO and online marketing tools. Alexa marketing tools retired The post Amazon Alexa SEO Tools Is Closing appeared first on Search Engine…
Google “Simple Search” – New Search Refinement ...
Google may be testing a new “Simple Search” feature that may dumb-down the search results when you want something more simple. Google shows the “Simple Search” +Topics refinement button at…
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update & Volatility Explodes ...
I often post about Google ranking volatility and search ranking algorithm updates but I rarely post about them on a weekend. But I just had to this Sunday morning; the…
Google AI Mode To Become Default For Google Search Soon
Logan Kilpatrick, lead product manager for Google DeepMind, Gemini, and all AI products at Google, said Google AI Mode will be the default for Google Search “soon.” He said this…
Google SGE: Study Reveals Potential Disruption For Brands & S...
Study reveals Google’s AI search experience may impact brand visibility, prompting marketers to reassess SEO strategies. The post Google SGE: Study Reveals Potential Disruption For Brands & SEO appeared first…
Digital PR: The Beginner’s Guide to Making Your Brand Unmissable
The best part? Digital PR and SEO go together like peanut butter and jelly. Digital PR is not only beneficial to your website in its own right, but it can…
SEO Interview Questions and Answers (+Test Task Sample)
The post SEO Interview Questions and Answers (+Test Task Sample) appeared first on SE Ranking Blog.
How Stacker.com Earned 1M+ Organic Monthly Visits Through Content...
Note: Amanda Milligan collaborated with Stacker’s SEO specialist, Sam Kaye, to create this case study. When a marketer is asked about the value of content syndication, they’ll typically list two…
The 9 Most Important SEO KPIs You Should Be Tracking
SEO experts weigh in on the nine top SEO Key Performance Indicators worthy of consideration for developing your own business KPIs. The post The 9 Most Important SEO KPIs You…
New Yahoo Search Experience May Launch Soon
The new Yahoo Search experience may launch as soon as a few months from now. Brian Provost, the Senior VP and General Manager of Yahoo Search, said the new Yahoo…
Google Confirms Update To Local Search Results
Google confirms an algorithm update began rolling out to local search results at the end of November and concluded on December 8. The post Google Confirms Update To Local Search…
SEO Split Test Result: Matching the H1 with the Title Tag
Would matching H1 with the most popular query help increase organic clicks to the pages of a travel site? Read the case study to find out.
Google: Mobile-First Indexing Transition Might Be Completed In A ...
Google’s John Mueller said he thinks, and he said he might be wrong, that the final mobile-first indexing batch will be done in the next couple of months. Desktop indexing…
Does AI Democratize SEO Or Amplify Incompetence?
This what AI can realistically do for SEO and what should be expected in terms of results The post Does AI Democratize SEO Or Amplify Incompetence? appeared first on Search…
Google: Links, Site Moves & Technical SEO Don’t Fix Qua...
Google held the Search Central Live event in Dubai just a couple of days ago. It seems like the vast majority of what was presented at the event was presented…
Google Brings Optimization Score To Performance Max Campaigns
Google is rolling out six new features for Performance Max campaigns, including the long-awaited optimization score. The post Google Brings Optimization Score To Performance Max Campaigns appeared first on Search…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Volatility, Apple In...
For the original iTunes version, click here. Well over a week after the Google August 2024 core update finished, we still have a ton of volatility. Apple Visual Intelligence was…
Google Changes Page Experience Ranking Signal Criteria
Google is removing safe browsing from the criteria sites need to meet to benefit from the page experience ranking factor. The post Google Changes Page Experience Ranking Signal Criteria appeared…
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 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. Bing now supports…
Google: Do Not Use Commas, Brackets Or Non-Standard URL Encoding ...
Google’s John Mueller confirmed that the search company’s 2014 guidance with faceted navigation remains true today – do not use non-standard URL encoding. That means do not use commas, brackets…
GEO, LLMO, AEO… It’s All Just SEO
So far, it doesn’t seem like it. There seems to be massive overlap in SEO and GEO, such that it doesn’t seem useful to consider them distinct processes. The things…
Google: Core Update Expected In The Coming Weeks
Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, said that he expects the next core update will be rolling out in the coming weeks. He said it is hard to predict because…
The Complete Guide to Content Optimization in 2021 (+Infographic)
Content optimization is key to help you achieve the goal of every content piece. Learn how to optimize your content for SEO, backlinks, and conversions in 2021.
Video Page Indexing Report Beta In Google Search Console
At Google I/O we caught a super early glimpse of the video page indexing report. Well, now some of those who are part of the beta group in Google Search…
Google Search Product Detail Grid With Most Popular & Best Pr...
Google is now testing adding labels to the product detail side panel when you click on a product in the Google Search popular products grid. The labels spotted include a…
SEO Implementation: A Guide to Implementing SEO Changes
Implementation of SEO changes can literally make or break a website’s growth. Yet 65% of respondents say it takes at least one month to get their changes made. In this…
Google Releases Annual Search Spam Report
Google’s annual report details its achievements in fighting spam and preventing users from clicking on harmful sites. The post Google Releases Annual Search Spam Report appeared first on Search Engine…
Google “People Also Buy From” Section In Search Resul...
Google shows a section in the search results for “people also buy from.” It seems Google will show you other stores where people can and will buy the item you…
10 Key Client Questions To Inform Exceptional Quality Content
Get great content ideas from your SEO clients and create a real bond by asking these 10 important questions. The post 10 Key Client Questions To Inform Exceptional Quality Content…
How To Simplify Your Content Creation Process
Want to increase your business’s content production? Struggled with finding and retaining reliable writers? Good news: scaling content is very possible. The post How To Simplify Your Content Creation Process…
Google Search Operators: 35+ Search Operators & Usage Tips
Google search operators are special commands you can use in Google search to get specific results.
SEO Experts On Helpful Content: It’s Bigger Than You Think
Google’s algorithms consider sitewide signals based on the helpfulness of your site. Learn how with insights from SEJ’s Trends 2024 ebook. The post SEO Experts On Helpful Content: It’s Bigger…
Google Officially Rolling Out New Search Settings Interface
Ashwarya, Google Search Community Manager, posted that Google Search will soon roll out “a new experience to make access to key items easier on the Search Results Page on the…
Google Helpful Content Update Not Done Yet But Now We’re Se...
Today marks the two-week and one-day mark since the Google helpful content update started to roll out and by the time I am writing this (at 5:30 am ET on…
The Top 5 SEO Software Suites For Agencies
This guide will highlight the areas in which each SEO software suite excels to help you navigate the highly competitive landscape of SEO. The post The Top 5 SEO Software…
10 Advanced SEO Skills To Level Up Your Career
Learn about 10 advanced SEO skills that could help you go deeper within your specialization or become a more well-rounded SEO pro. The post 10 Advanced SEO Skills To Level…
Google On Scaled Content: “It’s Going To Be An Issue”
Google’s Danny Sullivan says it doesn’t matter how the content is scaled: “It’s going to be an issue.” The post Google On Scaled Content: “It’s Going To Be An Issue”…
Google Discover: 10 Characteristics of Top-Performing Content [St...
Building Google Discover visibility and traffic is different from your regular SEO content strategy. See which 10 optimizations work best. The post Google Discover: 10 Characteristics of Top-Performing Content [Study] appeared…
Research Confirms Google AIO Keyword Trends
Research confirms Google AIO keyword trends observed by digital marketers The post Research Confirms Google AIO Keyword Trends appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Reddit Marketing 101: How to Successfully Market on Reddit
Discover tips for effective Reddit marketing in this comprehensive guide. Start marketing on Reddit today.
Google Page Experience Update For Desktop Done Rolling Out
That is a wrap – the Google page experience update for desktop is now fully rolled out – as of yesterday, March 3rd. If you are counting, that is a…
New Google Helpful Content Update To Change SEO Much Like Panda D...
Google has announced a new big search ranking algorithm update named the helpful content update – yes, Google named it that. This update will start to roll out next week…
How To Use Google Sheets For Web Scraping With AI
Explore the advanced uses of Google Sheets for data scraping, integrating AI tools like ChatGPT for efficiency. The post How To Use Google Sheets For Web Scraping With AI appeared…
Copilot Search in Bing Now Officially Live
After initially going live on Wednesday morning, Microsoft did not officially announce the launch of Copilot Search in Bing until late Friday afternoon. Microsoft said, “Copilot Search seamlessly blends the…
58 SEO Interview Questions + Example Answers
This list of 58 common SEO interview questions can help you prepare for your next SEO job interview.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…