Google’s John Mueller answered a Reddit question about how to lower a website’s spam score. His answer reflected an important insight about third-party spam scores and their relation to how…

WooCommerce survey offers insights into the strategies that online retailers are using to prepare for Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM) and why it’s important to be proactive. Online Sales…

WordPress announced a major clampdown to protect its theme and plugin ecosystem from password insecurity. These improvements follow a flurry of attacks in June that compromised multiple plugins at the…

A Google Chrome Engineer published a LinkedIn post outlining the new Chrome AI History feature and the signals it uses to surface previously visited sites. The post illustrates that natural…

YouTube launches new Shorts thumbnail editing features, allowing creators to add text and filters on mobile devices post-upload. YouTube adds text and filter options for Shorts thumbnails. Post-upload thumbnail editing…

Google to replace Video Action Campaigns with Demand Gen, promising improved performance and multi-format capabilities for advertisers. Google is phasing out Video Action Campaigns by Q2 2025. Demand Gen campaigns…

Since its U.S. launch in May, Google’s AI Overviews feature has created controversy among news publishers. The generative search tool attempts to directly answer queries by synthesizing information from web…

Value-based bidding is only as successful as the inputs you provide. It’s not just about having data; it’s about having the right data. In last week’s article of this value-based…

This post was sponsored by Unbounce. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. Your landing pages serve as pivotal points for converting visitors into customers. However, too…

Advisories have been issued regarding vulnerabilities discovered in two of the most popular WordPress contact form plugins, potentially affecting over 1.1 million installations. Users are advised to update their plugins…

Google has announced the completion of its August core update. Website owners and SEO professionals can now fully assess the update’s impact on search performance. This roll-out is now complete.…

Google emailed users to communicate that it is ending the Google Trends subscriptions for trend alerts, warning that the program will no longer be available beginning on October 29, 2024…

The rise of generative AI has opened up a world of possibilities for agencies and small businesses, but with so many tools available, it can be challenging to determine which…

What does a world where you pay with data vs. money look like? Over the past two decades, many services, including content platforms, social networks, and search engines, allowed consumers…

Yelp filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google for stifling competition and keeping searchers in its walled garden. Almost a month after Google was declared to be a monopoly, Yelp brings…

Google’s John Mueller responded to a LinkedIn post about the visual impact of favicons in search results, sharing a tip that isn’t officially documented but could improve their visibility. Favicons…

YouTube has more than 2.5 billion users, and it is the second most popular social media network worldwide. Yet, only some marketers are making use of this platform. A recent…

The 4 Ps of marketing. Marketing mix. Marketing fundamentals. Whatever you call them, these elements determine your luck at the high-stakes table of e-commerce: Product. Price. Place. Promotion. Get these…

Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) is a Google user experience metric integrated into ranking systems in 2021. LCP is one of the three Core Web Vitals (CWV) metrics that track technical…

A recent webinar featuring WordPress executives from Automattic and Elementor, along with developers and Joost de Valk, discussed the stagnation in WordPress growth, exploring the causes and potential solutions. Stagnation…

A vulnerability advisory was issued about two WordPress themes found on ThemeForest that could allow a hacker to delete arbitrary files and inject malicious scripts into a website. Two WordPress…

Google announced that images in the AVIF file format will now be eligible to be shown in Google Search and Google Images, including all platforms that surface Google Search data.…

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…

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…