Google updated the structured data guidance to clarify why JSON-LD is preferred and to confirm that Microdata & RDFa are fine The post Google Updates Structured Data Guidance To Clarify…
Find out why site architecture is essential for SEO, see examples of organizing your site, and learn tips to make your site structure as SEO-friendly. The post How To Optimize…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Twitter Blue Verified creators can now earn a share of ad revenue for Twitter Ads in their reply threads. The post Twitter Will Share Ad Revenue With Twitter Blue Verified…
Google reported earnings last night and their ad revenue not only slowed but was technically lower year over year. Google’s ad revenue was down about 3.6%, while total revenue was…
As a reminder, since April, Bing has been slowly testing a new BingBot user agent, slowly rolling it out to more percentages of crawls over the year. It should have…
Owen Yin shared some screenshots of what he said he saw on the Microsoft Bing website. It looks like the beta version of the upcoming ChatGPT features that we are…
Last night I reported on Search Engine Land, based on the earnings report and earnings call, that Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai has confirmed the search company will release a chat…
Google has updated its search help documentation around canonicalization this morning. The Google Search Relations team split in three distinct sections and updated a lot of the content to provide…
In this week’s recap, I covered the unconfirmed Google update that seemed to impact product review sites but maybe more on January 26th. Yandex had a huge leak…
Google’s John Mueller says headings with a hierarchical structure is an “awesome idea & a great practice” The post Google: Headings With Hierarchical Structure An “Awesome Idea” appeared first on…
Now that ChatGPT is trending, there are AI content detection softwares to safeguard against it. How effective are these tools? Let’s find out. The post AI Content Detection Software: Can…
From developing a strategy to building a list to tracking results, this guide covers everything you need to know to start marketing via email. The post Email Marketing: An In-Depth…
What does SEO stand for in marketing? SEO stands for search engine optimization. It means putting a web page in the search results in order to receive organic traffic from…
In this week’s episode of Whiteboard Friday, Mozzer Meghan Pahinui takes you through the process we use to implement customer feedback, in the hopes that you can take it and…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
It’s free to use and includes all the features any website owner could need. And if it doesn’t have a feature you want or need, you can have a developer…
There are many quality SEO reporting tools on the market. Find the right SEO reporting tool for you and your team with this list. The post Top 5 Essential SEO…
Google’s parent company saw a 9% decline in revenue and 1% drop in Search revenue. CEO Sundar Pichai remains optimistic due to investments in AI. The post Google’s Q4 Report:…
CNBC reported the other day that Google is working on its own AI chatbot named Apprentice Bard. Apprentice Bard is reportedly built on Google’s AI LaMDA language model stack and…
Microsoft Bing posted a new blog post saying “for XML sitemaps, one of the most critical tags you can include in your sitemap is the “lastmod” tag.” And it will…
Google may be crawling the web with a new crawler, a new Googlebot, named GoogleProducer. This useragent is not listed on the official Google crawlers page but maybe it is…
Google has updated the video indexing report within Google Search Console to add impression data and a way to filter the report by your available sitemaps.
It is time for the Google webmaster report, where I summarize the most important SEO and webmaster-related Google topics for the past month. Google completing the long rollout of the…
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Have you ever found yourself coming across impressive UX designs on the Internet and willing to create something as great? ? Well, I see because such an experience is inspiring…
This is how ChatGPT gets website data to learn from and how to block that from happening The post How to Block ChatGPT From Using Your Website Content appeared first…
New $20 ChatGPT subscription plan was greeted by a virtual stampede of enthusiastic users ready to shower money on OpenAI The post Response to ChatGPT $20 Plan: Take My Money!…
John Mueller criticized negative SEO services as well as certain kinds of link disavow companies, saying that they were “making things up” The post Google’s Mueller Criticizes Negative SEO &…
From the tools of the trade to the pros and cons, learn why marketing attribution is important for marketing leaders now more than ever. The post Marketing Attribution: Everything You…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Keyword research can be time-consuming. These tools help you find the data and spot the opportunities for successful SEO campaigns. The post Top 7 SEO Keyword Research Tools For Agencies…
Digital content is crucial for your marketing strategy. Learn how to find ideas and turn them into content.
Gary Illyes said in the Google SEO office-hours from yesterday that verifying your website in Google Search Console won’t impact your Google Search indexing or ranking whatsoever.
Gary Illyes from Google posted a new PSA on LinkedIn saying that the most common reason a site unexpectedly blocks Googlebot from crawling is due to a misconfiguration of a…
John Mueller of Google blasted SEO or marketing agencies that sell both link-building services and disavow link services. He said on Twitter, “These agencies (both those creating, and those disavowing)…
OpenAI begins offering ChatGPT Plus for $20 per month with faster response times and priority access. The post OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus For $20 Per Month appeared first on Search…
After months of silence and no policy updates from Google Ads, Google has posted that it will be updating its Google Ads Government documents and official services policy in a…
Google is still recommending that you nofollow your credit links in your footer, if you have control over those links. So the site designed by or powered by or made…
Bing is revamping its crawl scheduling to better use the information provided by the “lastmod” tag in XML sitemaps. The post Bing Revamps Crawl System To Enhance Efficiency appeared first…
Google’s updated Search Console Video indexing report now includes daily video impressions and a sitemap filter feature. The post Google Updates Search Console Video Indexing Report appeared first on Search…
Technical SEO is the process of optimizing a website for search engines. Read this guide to get started.
Learn which ranking factors are prominent in the recent Yandex data leak and what Russian SEO professionals are saying about it. The post Yandex Data Leak: The Ranking Factors &…
Find out how Neeva is already using AI to power its search results and change the way users get information. The post ChatGPT & Search? NeevaAI’s Real-Time AI Search Is…
Yelp releases report on how they removed lead generators and closed down paid review rings on social media sites in 2022 The post Yelp Details Removal Of Paid Review Groups…
Learn how to make money with Google AdSense, an advertising program that lets you monetize your content.
Discover eight steps to take to keep your WordPress website safe from hackers, malware, and vulnerabilities. The post The WordPress Security Guide To Keep Your Site Safe appeared first on…
Do you have a framework in place for your content strategy? Learn what elements you need to erect a solid plan that gets results. The post How To Create A…
Learn 2 different ways to build a better keyword universe for your marketing efforts and drive more traffic to your website. The post How To Supercharge Your Keyword Research With…
We’re back with another SEO recap with Tom Capper! As you’ve probably noticed, ChatGPT has taken the search world by storm. But does GPT-3 mean the end of SEO as…
Get step-by-step instructions, free tools, and a downloadable calculator to automate everything you need to launch a successful digital marketing campaign. The post The 5-Step Formula To Forecasting Your SEO…
If you own an e-commerce website and want to learn how to utilize blogging to grow your brand and increase your sales, this is the guide for you. I’ve personally…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Maximize the visibility of news articles with tips from Google’s John Mueller and Gary Illyes on the proper use of lastmod tags and separate sitemaps. The post Google SEO Tips…
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…
Here is another batch of Microsoft Bing Search tests and features that were caught out in the wild that I wanted to share with you. They include
Google has posted one of its Google SEO office-hours, this one was posted today, recorded in January, after the Google layoffs news, and one question asked was about keyword density…
Google is testing more card and box-like elements in the search results. We covered this with the product results interface a few weeks back but now we are seeing them…
Last week I reported that Yahoo Search posted on Twitter that it will be making search cool again. As I posted on Search Engine Land yesterday, we got more evidence…
Google has posted one of its Google SEO office-hours, this one was posted today, recorded in January, after the Google layoffs news, and one question asked was about if you…
OpenAI has released an update to its popular language model, ChatGPT, to enhance its accuracy and improve its ability to handle math equations. The post ChatGPT Update: Improved Math Capabilities…
A major update to our Authority Score metric makes it easier to accurately evaluate domain reputability. New improvements include factoring in organic traffic and common spam signals, a visualizer, and…
Learn about Semrush‘s updated Authority Score, built to resist spam and manipulation. Read our study comparing it to Moz Domain Authority & Ahrefs Domain Rating. See how our score correlated…
Tracking your SEO score helps you understand your site’s health and areas to improve. We’ll show you how to find and improve your score with the Site Audit tool.
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One of the most important things you can assess on your website is what hypertext transfer protocol status codes (or HTTP Status Codes) exist there. These codes can be very…
Develop a unique optimization strategy for your financial brand. Here are the best practices you should follow for GBP. The post Google Business Profile Optimization For The Financial Vertical appeared…
Catch up with the Yandex ranking factors leak and what it’s all about. Gain a better understanding of how search engines generally work. The post Yandex Search Ranking Factors Leak:…
Scaling your content production doesn’t always equal success. Don’t underestimate the role of good content briefs in the process. The post Scaling Content Production: Celebrating The Unsung Hero appeared first…
Virtually all ChatGPT content contain one or more of these flaws. This is how to prevent them. The post 11 Disadvantages Of ChatGPT Content appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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In a recent study, we found that our pillar pages are magnets for links, organic traffic, and newsletter subscribers — especially compared to regular blog posts. Here are the results…
If you’d like to follow along, get Ahrefs Webmaster Tools and Google Search Console (both are free) and check for the following issues. Indexability is a webpage’s ability to…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google Ads introduces account-level negative keywords worldwide, providing advertisers with greater brand safety and suitability. The post New Google Ads Feature: Account-Level Negative Keywords appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Starting February 1, Twitter users will be able to appeal account suspensions for evaluations based on new criteria for reinstatement. The post Twitter Introduces New Appeal Process For Suspended Accounts…
Automation and scalability make artificial intelligence (AI) tools attractive to digital marketers at several levels. With the emergence of so many tools hitting the market at breakneck speed, choosing the…
In part one, we go through Jeff Ferguson’s long history in search marketing. Here, in part two, we pick up with him starting his own agency…
The Google Ads team has not posted a new feature announcement or any new announcements on its new features and announcements page for about two and a half months, since…
Yandex had a boatload of its source code across all its technology allegedly leaked by a disgruntled employee and part of that was the source code for Russia’s largest search…
On Thursday, January 26th, there were some signs of a possible Google search ranking algorithm update. The signals and chatter I was tracking, honestly, were not at super high levels….
Gary Illyes from from the Google Search Relations team posted another PSA on LinkedIn, this one says “don’t use relative paths in your rel-canonical.” Gary wants you to use the…
Gary Illyes from the Google Search Relations team posted another PSA on LinkedIn. This time he said, “when you redesign a site, its rankings in search engines may go nuts.”
Google Analyst Gary Illyes offers guidance on large robots.txt files, the SEO impact of website redesigns, and the correct use of rel-canonical tags. The post Google’s Gary Illyes Answers Your…
How does identity affect digital advertising, and what does that experience look like in 2023? Nancy Marzouk explains in this SEJ Show episode. The post Identity & Custom User Experiences…
Find out why sitelink assets (formerly sitelink extensions) are my favorite feature and how to use them in Google Ads. The post Sitelink Assets (Extensions) Best Practices & Examples appeared…
While these practices sound familiar, you cannot go wrong with the basics. Follow these top 7 tips into the new year and bring in traffic. The post 7 Content Marketing…
Whether it’s a new year, new team or the same year, same team, it’s important to set yourself up for success. Every team has their own unique challenges when it…
With the right tools, however, you can automate various SEO processes—and free up resources for tasks that need more creative, human input. In this post, I’ll share two examples of…
Here are the 10 SEO competitive analysis tools that you need to know. The post 10 Tools You Can Use For SEO Competitive Analysis appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Joost de Valk says “This is how we lose CMS market share to companies like Wix” The post Yoast SEO Founder: WordPress Admin Interface Is “Simply Bad” appeared first on…
There is diversity in the available link-building tools, and you will need to select the right one for the job. The post 12 Great Link Building Tools That Are Essential…
Excel may not look like a fancy, paid SEO tool, but it remains one of the most versatile tools in an SEO professional’s toolbox. The post Using Excel For SEO:…
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 Ads now…
Did you know that in some browsers, specifically on Android on Chrome and maybe others, that you can scroll to see more of a longer and truncated snippet in the…