Report: Over 50% Of Google Search Business Flows Through Apple De...
Did you know that (1) over 50% of the Google search business goes through an Apple device and (2) Google also gives Apple a share of the Chrome iOS (and…
GTmetrix: How To Use The Speed Test Tool
Learn how to use this online speed-testing tool to track and analyze your site’s speed and performance. The post GTmetrix: How To Use The Speed Test Tool appeared first on…
Helping Google Navigate Your Site More Efficiently — Whiteboard F...
This week, Shawn talks you through the ways your site structure, your sitemaps, and Google Search Console work together to help Google crawl your site, and what you can do…
7 Marketing Objective Examples (+ How to Set Yours Right)
It’s on you to set specific marketing objectives because every business is different and the highest priority needs in marketing change over time. Deciding where your marketing focus should be…
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 23, 2023
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 Updates Guidance On How to Qualify For Discover Traffic
Google clarifies guidance on Discover traffic to increase emphasis on helpful content and the Helpful Content System The post Google Updates Guidance On How to Qualify For Discover Traffic appeared…
LinkedIn Introduces SEO Tools For Articles
Discover how to optimize your LinkedIn presence with new SEO tools, content display options, and newsletter features. The post LinkedIn Introduces SEO Tools For Articles appeared first on Search Engine…
8 Techniques To Get More Customer Reviews For Your Local Business...
Your online reputation is everything. Here are some ways you can generate third-party reviews that will build customer trust. The post 8 Techniques To Get More Customer Reviews For Your…
Google Tests Blocking News Content For 4% Of Canadians
Google is conducting tests that block some Canadians’ news content in response to a new government bill, Bill C-18. The post Google Tests Blocking News Content For 4% Of Canadians…
Google: Google Discover Impacted By Many Search Signals, Includin...
Google has updated both the Google Discover help documentation and the Google helpful content system page documentation to clarify that Google Discover uses many of the same signals as Google…
New Bing AI Chat Now On Mobile With Voice Search
Yesterday, Microsoft announced that the new Bing AI Chat features are available for some users on the Bing mobile app and Edge mobile app on iOS and Android. And with…
Google Search Console Updates Users & Permissions Controls
Google Search Console pushed out a security control update that reworked how the user and permissions management works. This is to bring over the old Webmaster Tools version to the…
Google: Favicons No Longer Need To Be Hosted On Same Domain
Google has updated its favicon search developer documentation to now say that you don’t need to host the favicon in the same domain in order to be eligible for a…
Google Business Profiles “See Photos” Button
Google Business Profiles lets you access and edit your business profile from web search (like it or not) and recently, Google has been testing showing a “see photos” button in…
Google Ads: New Features For Performance Max Campaigns
Google introduces new features to optimize digital marketing campaigns with Performance Max, including brand exclusions and better reporting. The post Google Ads: New Features For Performance Max Campaigns appeared first…
Local Keyword Research for SEO: What It Is & How to Do It
Learn how to find—and target—keywords searchers use when looking for local products and services online
How to Find Your Blog Niche in 2023
Step-by-step guide on how to find a blog niche that builds an audience, boosts SEO, and earns a profit.
How To Conduct A Content Audit Step-By-Step
Your content is what draws visitors to your website. Is yours pulling its weight? Perform a content audit to get the most from yours. The post How To Conduct A…
How To Predict Your SEO Success: A 5-Step Formula To Help You Win...
Learn to estimate ROI & make smart business decisions. Download the on-demand webinar to discover how to allocate budget & select the best SEO keywords. The post How To Predict…
Google Doesn’t Care About AI Content. Here’s Why.
This seemed to come as a bit of a shock to some, but I think there are three reasons why it makes total sense. If you’ve ever been asked what…
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 22, 2023
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. Bear with me…
Microsoft’s AI-Powered Bing Search Now On Mobile
Discover the new AI-powered Bing search engine and Edge web browser for mobile, complete with chat and voice search capabilities. The post Microsoft’s AI-Powered Bing Search Now On Mobile appeared…
Report: Google Business Profiles Services Now Impact Local Rankin...
Joy Hawkins and friends re-did a study they did years ago to discover that now the services you add to your Google Business Profiles now have an impact on your…
Prometheus: Why Bing AI Chat Is So Fast & Up-To-Date
Microsoft’s Jordi Ribas, Corporate Vice President of Search & AI at Microsoft put together a detailed blog post explaining the Prometheus technology and how Bing uses it to make Bing…
Microsoft Bing Tests Image Creator In Search Results
Last October, Microsoft introduced its Image Creator tool to help you create images using AI. Well, now Bing seems to be testing this in the web and image search results…
Many Advertisers Complaining About Google Ads Account Suspensions
Last week we had reported that Google Ads campaigns were seeing mass disapproval and suspensions but now I am seeing new reports of Google Ad account suspensions across multiple verticals….
Google Unwraps February 2023 Product Reviews Update With Language...
Google, at about 5pm ET last night on February 21, 2023, has unleashed the sixth product reviews update. This is named the February 2023 product reviews update and it expands…
Q&A With Google’s Martin Splitt – Semantic HTML, Search &...
Have technical SEO questions on indexation, crawling, and rendering? Join us to chat with Martin Splitt for a Q&A session you don’t want to miss. The post Q&A With Google’s…
Google Search Console Update: More Granular User Permissions
Google Search Console update improves security and collaboration with more granular user permissions. The post Google Search Console Update: More Granular User Permissions appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Microsoft Explains How Bing AI Search Uses Web Content
Microsoft published new details on how AI Search benefits from web content and what that means for web publishers The post Microsoft Explains How Bing AI Search Uses Web Content…
55 Google Doodle Moments To Celebrate 25 Years
Google Doodles have been entertaining web searchers for a quarter century. Here’s a look back at some of the memorable ones. The post 55 Google Doodle Moments To Celebrate 25…
20 Google Analytics Alternatives
The adage is that if you’re not paying for the service, you are the product. Unfortunately, this rings especially true in the analytics world. The analytics space is changing, though,…
ChatGPT for SEO: 9 Best Use Cases (And 4 Suboptimal Ones)
But it doesn’t mean every free “ChatGPT prompt” ebook you see on Gumroad is the future. Many of the use cases are simply engagement bait. So in this post, we’ll…
5 Ways To Drastically Improve The ROI Of Your SEO Strategy
Wondering which SEO priorities you should do first? The key is to keep the fundamentals at the forefront of your SEO strategy. Learn how. The post 5 Ways To Drastically…
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 21, 2023
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google February 2023 Product Reviews Update
Google announced the February 2023 Product Reviews Update, accompanied by a clarification in the product reviews update guidance The post Google February 2023 Product Reviews Update appeared first on Search…
Tech Giants On Trial: Why Gonzalez v. Google Matters
Takeaways from the opening arguments in the Supreme Court case involving Google and Section 230, with implications for internet regulation and free speech. The post Tech Giants On Trial: Why…
Microsoft Bing Fixes The Bing AI Chat “Something Went Wrong...
Mikhail Parakhin, the CEO of Microsoft Bing, said on Twitter that they have fixed the systematic “Something went wrong” issue that some of you have seen over the past week…
Google: Core Web Vitals Shouldn’t Be Top Of The List For Mo...
Google’s John Mueller said on Mastodon that for small and local businesses, “in most cases,” core web vitals work should not be at the top of their list. He said…
Bing AI Chat In Edge Sidebar Tests Not Showing Citations For Some...
Microsoft Bing is testing not showing the citations or links to publishers by default for some results in the Edge Sidebar. So instead of showing the links to the publishers,…
Google: Existing Sites Won’t Drop In Rankings Just Because ...
Google’s John Mueller said on Mastodon that an existing site isn’t not going to drop in ranking just because it uses an exact match domain. “Changes like that would be…
Google Adds Ongoing Bulk Data Export From Search Console to Googl...
Google has just added a new feature to export your data in bulk, on an ongoing basis, from Google Search Console to Google’s BigQuery. Daniel Waisberg from Google said on…
Google AdSense Sites Management Changes Coming March 20th
Google AdSense is updating the Sites page, where you define which sites you want to monetize using AdSense. The updates are coming on March 20, 2023, and include a redesigned…
Agency SEO Tools For Better Research, Reporting & Workflow [E...
Download our pocket guide and discover which tools will be most essential to your agency’s success this year. The post Agency SEO Tools For Better Research, Reporting & Workflow [Ebook…
Google Search Console Bulk Data Export Is Here
Learn about Google Search Console’s Bulk Data Export feature and how it can enhance SEO analysis for large websites. The post Google Search Console Bulk Data Export Is Here appeared…
What is negative SEO, and what can you do to protect yourself?
Reaching the top of the SERP requires hard work, time and effort, but it can become even harder if someone uses SEO against you. Bad actors can resort to dirty…
The 4 Best Content Management Systems To Use In 2023
When choosing the best CMS for your business, it’s important to consider your specific needs, as well as the technical capabilities and resources available. The post The 4 Best Content…
What is Google Tag Manager & How Does It Work?
Google Tag Manager (GTM) is a free tool that enables you to manage marketing tags without modifying code.
12 Things That Only Ahrefs Can Do
It’s a fair question but a tough one to answer because there are just so many things to compare. So instead of filling out one of those classic “us” vs….
An Aggregator With Integrator Strategy – Carwow SEO Case Study
Aggregators typically don’t create content because the content is being provided to them through other creators. Think Google, Facebook, YouTube, or Spotify. Integrators are on the opposite side of the…
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 20, 2023
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
TikTok’s Latest Monetization Tool: Creativity Program Beta
Learn about TikTok’s Creativity Program Beta, a new monetization tool to help creators earn more money with longer content. The post TikTok’s Latest Monetization Tool: Creativity Program Beta appeared first…
Google’s Gary Illyes On Noindex With Redirects
What happens when the noindex, nofollow directives are in the HTTP header and that URL is also being redirected somewhere, will Google respect or ignore the directive. Gary Illyes from…
Vlog #211: Sam Michelson & Client Business Development
Sam Michelson was in town, and he is the CEO of Five Blocks, a digital reputation management firm based in Jerusalem, Israel. We spoke about how Sam started…
Microsoft To Release Major Quality Improvement For Bing AI Chat O...
A major quality improvement should be coming to the new Bing AI Chat feature on Thursday, February 23rd said Mikhail Parakhin, the CEO of Advertising and Web Services at Microsoft.
Microsoft Bing Search APIs Price Going Up 10x
Microsoft is increasing the price of using the Bing Search APIs by 10x the current cost, effective May 1, 2023, the company posted. That includes using the API for Bing…
Google Business Profile Profile Strength Widget Now Live & Ma...
Last June, Google began testing a “profile strength” widget or status icon that shows you if you need to do more with your Google Business Profile. Well, that just went…
Google Ads Tests Disabling Opt Out Of Search Partners & Displ...
A week ago, Thanos Bertes posted on LinkedIn, which I found via Mike Ryan on Twitter, that Google Ads disabled the ability in campaign settings to easily opt out of…
Meta Verified: New Subscription Bundle On Facebook & Instagra...
Meta launches “Meta Verified” bundle offering users account verification, protection, support, and visibility for a monthly subscription. The post Meta Verified: New Subscription Bundle On Facebook & Instagram appeared first…
Microsoft Limits Bing AI Chat Messages Per Day
Microsoft has implemented new changes to improve Bing’s chat feature, including a cap of 50 chat turns per day. The post Microsoft Limits Bing AI Chat Messages Per Day appeared…
How to Create a Successful Link Building Strategy for SaaS
SaaS is a highly competitive field. To survive and thrive in this niche, traditional SEO and content marketing techniques will not be enough. Having top-quality backlinks used to be the…
Google: Don’t Use 403/404 Error Responses For Rate Limiting Googl...
Google responds to increase in erroneous use of 403/404 responses from publishers and Content Delivery Networks as a way to rate limit Googlebot The post Google: Don’t Use 403/404 Error…
How to Use Estimated Brand Reach as a Meaningful Marketing Metric
Estimated brand reach is the most important high-level metric that everyone seems to either interpret incorrectly, or ignore altogether. Why? Because it’s a tough nut to crack. By definition, brand…
How To Keep Your Job Safe From ChatGPT & AI
With AI getting more and more hype, marketers worry and ask: will my job disappear? The short answer is: it won’t. The post How To Keep Your Job Safe From…
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 17, 2023
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. FYI…
Google: Stop Using 403s or 404s To Reduce Googlebot Crawl Rates
Gary Illyes posted a new blog post on the Google Search Central site asking all of you to stop using 403 and 404 server status codes to reduce the crawl…
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Big Google Search Update, Google Ad...
What a week, we had another big unconfirmed Google search ranking algorithm update. Google Ads had a pretty massive bug with campaign disapprovals and suspensions. Google published a new SEO…
Google Mobile Tests Search Menu On Left Side Bar
Several months ago, Google tested displaying a left-hand sidebar filter on the desktop search interface. Google is doing something similar on mobile search, but now they are tucking the search…
Scrollable & Expandable Google Knowledge Panel
Did you see the scrollable and expandable features in some user experiences with the Google Search knowledge panel and answer boxes?Well, here are examples of both – I am not…
Google: Not All Googlebots Use Same Rendering Engine & Render...
John Mueller of Google said not all Googlebots use the same rendering engine, in fact, not all Googlebots need to do rendering John added. So while the main desktop and…
Bing Featured Snippet More Expansion Button
Microsoft Bing has added a “more” button on some featured snippets in the mobile search interface. When you click on the more button, there is this brief and subtle animation…
Google Updates Help Article On Link Best Practices
Learn Google’s best practices for making links crawlable, including guidance on anchor text, internal links, and external links. The post Google Updates Help Article On Link Best Practices appeared first…
Four Takeaways from Google’s Updated Link Guidance
Google’s expanded guidance on links and how it tracks surprisingly close with algorithms and HTML best practices The post Four Takeaways from Google’s Updated Link Guidance appeared first on Search…
WordPress Vulnerability: ShortPixel Enable Media Replace Plugin
Over 600,000 active installations of ShortPixel Enable Media Replace WordPress Plugin The post WordPress Vulnerability: ShortPixel Enable Media Replace Plugin appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Building An Integrated Search Strategy
Every search engine is different. Transform your search strategy by incorporating an integrated approach to stay ahead of the game. The post Building An Integrated Search Strategy appeared first on…
5 Key Considerations for Winning SEO Buy-In – Whiteboard Friday
Petra has plenty of experience talking to C-level decision-makers about their business problems, and translating them into SEO solutions. So in today’s episode of Whiteboard Friday, she takes you through…
Content Research: 9 Actionable Tips to Master It
When I started my career as a writer, I didn’t focus much on content research. My focus was always on completing the first draft as soon as possible. But with…
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 16, 2023
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google Analytics: New Features For Managing Large Data Sets
Google Analytics introduces new features for a better reporting experience, including improved data quality identification and enhanced sampling controls. The post Google Analytics: New Features For Managing Large Data Sets…
Google Ads API Version 13.0 Now Available
Google has released Google Ads API version 13.0 and below is a list of what changed. Version 12.0 was released in October 2022, Version 11.0 of the Google Ads API…
Microsoft: 71% Of Searchers Give The New Bing Search AI Experienc...
Microsoft published a new blog post on the Bing blog about its learnings from its first week with the new Bing AI search and chat feature being live. Microsoft said…
Why John Mueller Of Google Is Not A Fan Of Keyword Hyphenated Dom...
Google’s John Mueller posted at Reddit why he is not a fan of using keyword-rich hyphenated domains. He said, “I’m not a fan of keyword-keyword domains, but YMMV.”
Survey Says SEO Think Microsoft will Gain Less Than 5% Market Sha...
Matt McGee posted a poll on Twitter asking how much of Google’s search engine usage market share do you expect the new Bing with ChatGPT to take in the next…
New Google SEO Link Best Practices
Google has published a new, or vastly revamped, document on SEO link best practices. The previous document was just on how to make your links crawlable but the new one…
TikTok Launches 5-Day Trivia Event With Cash Prizes
TikTok is running a free-to-play trivia event where participants can win cash prizes over the course of five days. The post TikTok Launches 5-Day Trivia Event With Cash Prizes appeared…
LinkedIn: Top 10 In-Demand Skills In 2023
Learn the most in-demand skills for 2023, according to LinkedIn’s annual report, featuring both soft and hard skills. The post LinkedIn: Top 10 In-Demand Skills In 2023 appeared first on…
What Is Content Marketing? Definition, Importance, & Strategy...
Content marketing is the creation and distribution of content with the goal of attracting an engaged audience.
Google Chrome Lighthouse 10 Contains Two New Audits
Two new audits in Lighthouse 10 help improve site security and performance The post Google Chrome Lighthouse 10 Contains Two New Audits appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Lighthouse 10 Improves PageSpeed Insights Scores For 90% Of Pages...
Removal of TTI Metric in Lighthouse 10 improves PageSpeed Insights scores for 90% of webpages The post Lighthouse 10 Improves PageSpeed Insights Scores For 90% Of Pages appeared first on…
13 Best Video Editing Software Tools For Beginners (2023)
Video editing has a steep learning curve. Let’s look at some of the best beginner-friendly video editing tools in the market today. The post 13 Best Video Editing Software Tools…
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 15, 2023
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
How to Build an SEO Roadmap in 7 Steps (Template Included)
There’s no set way to build a roadmap. For over four years, I’ve been working in SEO agencies building a ton of roadmaps. As a senior SEO strategist at Kaizen,…
Google’s John Mueller Cautions Against Keyword-Rich Domains
Keyword-rich domains may harm a website’s long-term success, warns Google Search Advocate John Mueller. Here are five reasons why. The post Google’s John Mueller Cautions Against Keyword-Rich Domains appeared first…
YouTube Shorts Monetization: How It Compares To TikTok
With YouTube Shorts monetization, how much money can creators make compared to the TikTok Creator Fund? Here are the differences. The post YouTube Shorts Monetization: How It Compares To TikTok…