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Google is introducing an experimental feature in Google Maps that uses AI to help users discover local businesses that meet specific needs. AI-Powered Discovery The new feature utilizes large language…
The landscape of social media constantly changes, along with the functionality of individual platforms. Early in my social media career, Google+, Periscope, and Storify were all part of a social…
Google completely revamped their SEO Starter Guide in a way that shows five ways to create a focused webpage that inspires trust and a positive user experience. 1. Topic-Rich Links…
Google has officially retired the “cached” link feature that allowed users to access archived backups of websites. The cached links were a longtime staple of Google Search, functioning as a…
It feels like Google drops new AI-integrated features into its flagship ad platform, Google Ads, every month. It doesn’t help that every other search engine also adopts AI features with…
I have been running Search London, a networking event, for 13 years, and it has been so successful that it has become a major feature in the SEO conference calendar.…
Google investigating indexing delays affecting some sites since Monday night, working to identify and resolve root cause. Google confirmed an indexing issue affecting some websites. The issue started…
Someone on Reddit asked a question about making a sitewide change to the code related to a website with ten languages. Google’s John Mueller offered general advice about the pitfalls…
PPC management can suck up some major time if you’re focusing on elements that don’t matter, unnecessarily bloating your account, or skipping time-saving tools. These seven Google Ads shortcuts and…
Google has announced the rollout of a new search feature called “Circle to Search” that allows users to quickly look up information on their mobile devices with simple gestures like…
There’s been a lot of speculation of what Navboost is but to my knowledge nobody has pinpointed an adequate patent that could be the original Navboost patent. This patent from…
A significant vulnerability has been patched in the Website Builder by SeedProd that has over 900,000 installations. This vulnerability, present in versions up to and including 6.15.21, poses a risk…
YouTube unveiled several new features for YouTube Studio offering creators more insights and customization for their channels. 1. Enhanced Research Tab Coming To Desktop Last year, YouTube Studio added an…
Google has announced that its new Interaction to Next Paint (INP) metric will officially replace First Input Delay (FID) as a Core Web Vital on March 12. INP measures when…
This week’s Ask an SEO question comes from Arpit, who asks: “How do I optimize SEO conversions on non-branded search terms?” Great question! This one is all about meeting user…
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, announced its financial results for Q4 and the full year of 2023. Alphabet’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, was pleased with the company’s ongoing success. He…
Google’s John Mueller answered a question about what happens to the signals associated with syndicated content when Google chooses the partner as the canonical instead of the original content publisher.…
WordPress announced a security release version 6.4.3 as a response to two vulnerabilities discovered in WordPress plus 21 bug fixes. PHP File Upload Bypass The first patch is for a…
Google’s DeepMind published a research paper that proposes a way to train large language models so that they provide more reliable answers and are resistant against reward hacking, a step…
Join us as we look at how your online reputation and local marketing strategies can drive revenue for your business, while avoiding pitfalls along the way. With guest Raj Nijjer…
Internal in-content linking practices have remained the same for the past twenty years, which is strange because Google has gone through dramatic changes within the last ten years and even…
A company can generate influential media exposure by turning internal expertise into media sources. I challenge you to use brand scoring, like count, content shares, or other vanity metrics when…
Someone asked on Twitter why their articles aren’t ranking well and Google SearchLiaison surprised everyone with a mini site audit of things needing to be fixed. A person (@iambrandonsalt) tweeted…
One of the best local SEO strategies that any eligible local business can use to rank higher on Google and get local clients is to claim and optimize their Google…
Google Search Generative Experience (SGE) was set to expire as a Google Labs experiment at the end of 2023 but its time as an experiment was quietly extended, making it…
In a recent episode of “Search Off the Record,” Google’s Search Relations team provided information about upcoming changes to Google’s SEO Starter Guide. The team, composed of John Mueller, Lizzie…
There’s been a significant amount of speculation about the motives behind Google’s firing of Appen, the company that provides Search Quality Raters, with many expressing this may be the dawn…
It feels like Google drops new AI-integrated features into its flagship ad platform, Google Ads, every month. It doesn’t help that every other search engine also adopts AI features with…
Google’s SEO Starter Guide, a critical resource for search engine optimization professionals, is undergoing a significant revision. The impending update was announced on the latest episode of “Search Off The…
As Google continues to release more updates, confirmed and unconfirmed, a broader range of business stakeholders are becoming more aware not only of the changes made by Google, but also…