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Google Search Central updated their documentation to reflect support for labeling images that were extended or manipulated with AI. Google also quietly removed the “AI generated” metadata from Beta status,…
Boost your skills with Growth Memo’s weekly expert insights. Subscribe for free! Google’s launch and pullback of AI Overviews (AIOs) caught the most attention in the SEO scene over the…
Aligning your content with media coverage can drive high conversion rates because it influences search behavior and creates a funnel from media to search and through the website. I’ve seen…
If there’s one thing we SEO pros are good at, it’s making things complicated. That’s not necessarily a criticism. Search engine algorithms, website coding and navigation, choosing and evaluating KPIs,…
According to a report by The Information, Google is working to reduce its reliance on Apple’s Safari browser, but progress has been slower than anticipated. As Google awaits a ruling…
Wondering why your carefully crafted content isn’t climbing the search rankings? You might be overlooking a crucial piece of the puzzle: technical SEO. It’s easy to get lost in content…
Meta urges advertisers to link GA4 data, claiming a 22% conversion boost. Integration offers insights but has limitations. Meta encourages GA4 integration for better ad performance. Integration process involves using…
When working on sites with traffic, there is as much to lose as there is to gain from implementing SEO recommendations. The downside risk of an SEO implementation gone wrong…
The U.S. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) and Wordfence published a security advisory of a high severity Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the Nested Pages WordPress plugin affecting up…
While it may not have the reach or revenue of big-hitters like Facebook and Instagram, Pinterest is absolutely a social platform worth exploring. With its focus on visual discovery and…
Many people talk about how important it is to have a “low bounce rate.” But bounce rate is one of the most misunderstood metrics in SEO and digital marketing. This…
Digital is the primary marketing channel for many companies. Many owners and executives still have difficulty budgeting for online marketing. Budgeting for SEO can be complex and influenced by factors…
According to a new Consumer Pulse survey from Sprout Social, usage of social media platforms is shifting again – in ways that will significantly impact brands. According to the new…
Google’s Gary Illyes answered a question about negative SEO provides useful insights into the technical details of how Google prevents low quality spam links from affecting normal websites. The answer…
Don’t believe what you may have heard; Facebook is still a dominant social media force in 2024. With over 3 billion active users, it remains a key player for businesses,…
This post was sponsored by Digitalinear. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. In a world where consumers search online for nearly everything – from product recommendations…
Everyone loves a good pizza party, but there are many more fun and creative ways to motivate your marketing team! Motivation is about creating an environment where people can do…
This week’s Ask An SEO question comes from Nicolò, who asks: “What are the best resources to learn SEO and who are the best people to follow online for good…
In an interview published on YouTube, Google’s Gary Illyes offered advice on what small sites should consider doing if they want to compete against Reddit, Amazon and other big brand…
Google’s Gary Illyes shares an unconventional but valid method for centralizing robots.txt rules on CDNs. Robots.txt files can be centralized on CDNs, not just root domains. Websites can redirect robots.txt…
In a recent Instagram Reel, Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, revealed a top signal the platform uses to rank content: sends per reach. This metric measures the number of…
SEO metrics such as rankings are great, but what matters most is SEO’s impact on business growth. This means you can only understand SEO’s value if you track the right…
Generative AI, SGE, and now AI Overviews have been hot topics since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, which gave Gen AI an accessible interface to the wide market.…
Back in May Google’s Gary Illyes sat for an interview at the SERP Conf 2024 conference in Bulgaria and answered a question about the causes of crawled but not indexed,…
Building a quality pipeline is a challenge, and Google isn’t making it any easier. Changes in the way traffic, and leads, are coming to your site has probably shifted, yet…
It has become quiet around AI Overviews. One month after my initial traffic impact analysis, I updated my data for AIOs. The results are important for anyone who aims for…
Building a quality pipeline right now is a challenge, and Google isn’t making it any easier. Changes in how traffic and leads are coming to your site have probably shifted,…
A new study by search industry expert Rand Fishkin has revealed that Google’s rollout of AI overviews in May led to a noticeable decrease in search volume, particularly on mobile…
Microsoft is making publicly available a new technology called GraphRAG, which enables chatbots and answer engines to connect the dots across an entire dataset, outperforming standard Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) by…
In a recent LinkedIn post, Gary Illyes, Analyst at Google, highlights lesser-known aspects of the robots.txt file as it marks its 30th year. The robots.txt file, a web crawling and…