This week’s Ask An SEO question comes from Mike in New York, who asks: “I have been creating affiliate blogs and niche websites throughout my 10 year career. Had some…

Bing is rolling out a new version of Generative Search that displays information in an intuitive way that encourages exploration but also prioritizes clicks from the search results to websites.…

Instead of counting the number of clicks or views a video gets, YouTube’s algorithms focus on ensuring viewers are happy with what they watch. This article examines how YouTube’s algorithms…

Google has announced plans to transition all retailers to its updated Merchant Center platform by September. This move will affect e-commerce businesses globally and comes ahead of the holiday shopping…

WooCommerce announced their roadmap for the future of WooCommerce, emphasizing two-way communication with the developer ecosystem in order to be responsive to their needs which further the goals of improving…

Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, released its second quarter 2024 financial results, revealing a 14% year-over-year increase in revenue for its core Google Search business. Key Financial Data: Google Search…

There are often times when more than one keyword (and/or search theme) in your account will be eligible to match for a search term. Yet only one will be selected…

If you’ve been paying attention to the chatter in the SEO space recently, you might have noticed that “brand marketing” has become cool again. Due to the Google “leaks,” many…

AI is terraforming tech. The content and SEO ecosystem is undergoing a massive structural change. Human-written content gains value faster for LLM training than for end consumers as the pure…

Meta just released multiple updates to Meta AI which brings advanced image generation and editing capabilities directly to Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp feeds, plus availability in more countries and languages.…

A week after releasing the troubled version 6.6, WordPress has released another version that fixes seven major issues including two that caused fatal errors (website crashes), another issue that caused…

In a new installment of its “SEO Made Easy” video series, Google provides three simple guidelines for utilizing internal linking to improve SEO. The video, presented by Google’s Martin Splitt,…

This extract is from SEO in the Gemini Era by Marie Haynes ©2024 and reproduced with permission from Marie Haynes Consulting Inc. There are changes on the horizon that all…

Google’s John Mueller answered a question about the impact of increasing a website’s size by ten times its original size. Mueller’s answer should give pause to anyone considering making their…

Google’s John Mueller was asked in an SEO Office Hours podcast if blocking the crawl of a webpage will have the effect of cancelling the “linking power” of either internal…

Google has announced it will no longer phase out third-party cookies in Chrome. Instead, it’s trying a new approach that emphasizes user choice and control over their web browsing privacy.…

Having trouble getting your website mentioned on big news sites to boost your search engine rankings? You’re not the only one. Many businesses find it hard to get these links.…

In its earlier days, Google relied heavily on plain text data and backlinks to establish rankings through periodic monthly refreshes (then known as the Google Dance). Since those days, Google…

“Should we use ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude to create trending content?” That’s a good question – and one that I’m frequently asked when teaching a live class about engaging audiences…

In an SEO Office Hours podcast, Google’s John Mueller answered the question of how to get more product rich results to show in the search results. John listed four things…

Are you certain that the content you’re publishing on your website is 100% original? Steering clear of plagiarism is a top priority for content creators, educators, businesses, and others in…

Google updated their documentation for the Google Labs Google Notes experiment to remind users that Notes will go away at the end of July 2024 and showed how to download…

OpenAI rolled out GPT-4o mini, a replacement for GPT 3.5 Turbo that is more powerful than other models in its class. Because it’s hyper efficient, GPT 4o mini will make…

SEO is a complex, vast, and sometimes mysterious practice. There are a lot of aspects to SEO that can lead to confusion. Not everyone will agree with what SEO entails…

Managed WordPress web host WP Engine announced that they are acquiring NitroPack, a leading SaaS website performance optimization solution. The acquisition of of NitroPack by WP Engine demonstrates their continued…

The SEO field has no shortage of acronyms. From SEO to FID to INP – these are some of the more common ones you will run into when it comes…

Google’s Gary Illyes answered a question about a ranking preference given to sites that use country level domain names and explained how that compares to non-country domain names. The question…

Choosing the right website builder may depend on your goals. They have a variety of features, and some platforms excel in areas that others don’t. Not all builders will fit…