For all the noise around keywords, content strategy, and AI-generated summaries, technical SEO still determines whether your content gets seen in the first place. You can have the most brilliant…

People are increasingly turning to AI for answers, and publishers are scrambling to find ways to consistently be surfaced in ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, and other AI search interfaces. The…

A large-scale analysis by Ahrefs of 600,000 webpages finds that Google neither rewards nor penalizes AI-generated content. The report, authored by Si Quan Ong and Xibeijia Guan, provides a data-driven…

It’s been suggested that agentic AI will change SEO from managing tools to managing intelligent systems that manage SEO tools, essentially turning an SEO into a worker who rides a…

Google Search Console now includes a dedicated search appearance filter for discussion forum content, giving publishers new visibility into how user-generated discussions perform in search. The update applies to pages…

As some of you have already heard, I accepted the role of Microsoft Ads Liaison in June of 2025. That means I will start sharing Microsoft-first strategies. It doesn’t mean:…

I recently compared my March 2025 “What works well in LLMs” analysis with Ahrefs’ May 2025 study of 75,000 brands, and we independently arrived at the same surprising conclusion about…

This edited excerpt is from Human-Centered Marketing by Ashley Faus ©2025 and is reproduced and adapted with permission from Kogan Page Ltd. Decision-makers are more likely to buy from organizations…

This post was sponsored by Vehnta. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. Why isn’t Google Ads working for my B2B marketing campaigns? How do I improve…

SEO died a thousand times only this year, and the buzzword that resonates across every boardroom (and let’s be honest, everywhere else) is “AI.” With Google releasing several AI-powered views…

As more companies race to adopt generative AI tools, some are learning a hard lesson: when used without oversight or expertise, these tools can cause more problems than they solve.…

There’s no one-size-fits-all answer when it comes to deciding how much of your marketing budget should go toward SEO versus PPC. But that doesn’t mean the decision should be based…

The Movement For An Open Web and other organizations filed a legal challenge against Google, alleging harm to UK news publishers. The crux of the legal filing is the allegation…

Paid media is often treated like a checklist item in a marketing plan: launch a few search ads, run a Meta campaign, maybe test YouTube if there’s budget left. But…

An SEO shared on social media that his SEO tests proved that not using a meta description resulted in a lift in traffic. Coincidentally, another well-known SEO published an article…

No ranking data. No impression data. So, how do you measure success when AI-generated answers appear and disappear, prompt by prompt? With these significant changes to how we optimize for…

Something important is happening in Google Search. If you’ve looked at your website data in Google Search Console, you may have noticed something odd. Your pages are showing up more…

WordPress is the most popular content management system in the world, arguably because of its ability to become virtually any kind of website users want it to be. This flexibility…

Cloudflare’s new “pay per crawl” initiative has sparked a debate among SEO professionals and digital marketers. The company has introduced a default AI crawler-blocking system alongside new monetization options for…

YouTube is updating its monetization policies to target mass-produced and repetitious content. Here’s you need to know. YouTube is updating monetization policies to target inauthentic content. This change…

As emerging technologies, particularly AI, reshape B2B marketing strategies, many organizations are shifting resources toward digital transformation to remain competitive. However, sidelining traditional marketing tactics to prioritize innovation can be…

Is your SEO strategy ready for Google’s new AI Mode? Is your 2025 SERP strategy in danger? What’s changed between traditional search mode and AI mode? Will Google’s New AI…

YouTube is rolling out a new audience analytics feature that replaces the “returning viewers” metric with more detailed viewer categories. The update introduces three viewer types: new, casual, and regular.…

Conversion tracking tends to be one of those things advertisers set up once and then forget about, until something fails – big time. But in my 16 years of experience…

A discussion on LinkedIn about LLM visibility and the tools for tracking it explored how SEOs are approaching optimization for LLM-based search. The answers provided suggest that tools for LLM-focused…

A new study analyzing 10,000 keywords reveals that Google’s AI Mode delivers inconsistent results. The research also shows minimal overlap between AI Mode sources and traditional organic search rankings. Published…

Google Search Advocate John Mueller says core updates rely on longer-term patterns rather than recent site changes or link spam attacks. The comment was made during a public discussion on…

Today’s Memo is a full refresh of one of the most important frameworks I use with clients – and one I’ve updated heavily based on how AI is reshaping search…

This week’s Ask an SEO question comes from an ecommerce site owner who’s experiencing a common frustration: “Our ecommerce site has decent traffic but poor conversion rates. What data points…

Google long ago filed a patent for ranking search results by trust. The groundbreaking idea behind the patent is that user behavior can be used as a starting point for…