Yelp Sues Google Over Local Search Dominance
Yelp has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google in federal court in San Francisco. The suit alleges that Google has illegally leveraged its monopoly in general search to dominate the…
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Yelp has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google in federal court in San Francisco. The suit alleges that Google has illegally leveraged its monopoly in general search to dominate the…
SEO professionals know that staying organized is key to success. With campaigns getting more complex, the right project management tool can make or break your productivity. This article examines various…
This dashboard is now a Swiss Army knife of data that allows you to slice and dice to your heart’s content. Below are a couple of examples of how I…
Outbound have traditionally been considered a ranking or relevance related factor but those ideas are outdated now that search engines use AI for spam detection and the ranking process. It’s…
Google announced a new feature for Gemini AI called Gems that are pre-defined specialized experts to help users code, coach, create content, brainstorm and handle other tasks. Gems will soon…
Google integrates Gemini AI into Chrome’s address bar, expanding user access to AI assistance while web browsing. Chrome now integrates Gemini AI in the address bar. You can access Gemini…
Eli Schwartz, Author of Product-Led SEO, started a discussion on LinkedIn about there being too many CMOs (Chief Marketing Officers) who believe that AI written content is an SEO strategy.…
Google’s John Mueller debunked the common recommendation that it’s good to link out to other websites for SEO and ranking benefits. Canonical SEO The word canonical (in the context of…
Google relaunches AI image generation with enhanced safeguards, addressing past issues. New Imagen 3 model offers improved quality. Google relaunches AI image generation with improved quality and safeguards. New model…
Early SEO milestones might be easy, but scaling the results needs an upgraded approach. What could that look like? Like startups that come up with a solid niche idea and…
This week’s Ask An SEO question comes from Carrazana in Cuba, who asks: “How do you find the right, long-tail keywords for articles? I can not find the right keywords…
ChatGPT is experiencing a noticeable outage that is apparently reaching a critical point where it’s become highly noticeable. The current outage is a part of a series of outages that…
Google introduces Tag Diagnostics tool to help advertisers improve ad measurement accuracy and compliance across its platforms. Google has introduced a new Tag Diagnostics tool. The tool provides enhanced insights…
Google has announced changes to its consent management tools to address the challenges advertisers face with evolving privacy regulations. According to Google’s Ads Liaison, Ginny Marvin, the new integrated Consent…
Google published a video tutorial with seven tips for using Google Trends to research and share keyword and topic data. The tutorial shows how to find hidden filters and search…
A WordPress plugin add-on for the popular Elementor page builder recently patched a vulnerability affecting over 200,000 installations. The exploit, found in the Jeg Elementor Kit plugin, allows authenticated attackers…
Google’s Martin Splitt answered a question about whether internal nofollow links and noindex meta robots directives send the wrong signal to Google that the website is low quality. Nofollow Link…
For lead gen marketers, we know it’s not just about generating leads; it’s about attracting the right leads – those that are most likely to convert into valuable customers. Value-based…
Google Business Profiles (GBP) are one of the best ways for a local merchant to get online exposure. But before your GBP becomes visible to the public, you must verify…
Google’s John Mueller answered a question the question of how long it takes for SEO to work and what it means if rankings don’t change after a year. Sometimes best…
Image Credit: Lyna ™ Two trends have impacted how Google goes about indexing. While the open web has shrunk, Google needs to crawl through big content platforms like YouTube, Reddit,…
YouTube expands course creation feature, allowing more creators to offer paid educational content and unlock new revenue streams. YouTube is expanding course creation to more creators. Courses can be free…
Google introduces AI-powered features for retailers, aiming to boost efficiency during the shortened 2024 holiday shopping season. Google unveiled new AI tools for retailers. The 2024 holiday shopping season is…
Google’s Martin Splitt answered a question in the SEO Office Hours podcast about whether reproducing YouTube video content into text on a web page would be seen as duplicate content…
A critical vulnerability was discovered in the WPML WordPress plugin, affecting over a million installations. The vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to perform remote code execution, potentially leading to a…
Google updated their documentation for the profile page structured data, a structured data that all creators including recipe bloggers can use and become eligible for enhanced listings in the search…
Google updated the opening paragraph of the Organization Structured Data documentation to provide a clearer, more comprehensive description of its purpose, with improved clarity on four specific points. The result…
Google to replace Merchant Center with new version by September, introducing AI tools and unified management for online and local listings. Google will replace classic Merchant Center with Merchant Center…
Aleyda Solis recently published the results of her SEOFOMO survey that revealed actionable facts about where SEOs are getting their clients, what kinds of clients they’re getting and how they’re…
In an update to its search documentation, Google has expanded the list of sources it uses to generate title links in search results. Google now includes the og:title meta tag…