Brave Announces AI Search Engine
Brave announced their new privacy-focused AI search engine called Answer with AI that works with its own search index of billions of websites. Their current search engine already serves 10…
Wix Partners Can Now Sell Templates in Wix Marketplace
Wix announced that Wix Studio agency and enterprise partners can now sell templates in the Wix Marketplace, opening up a new way for partners to earn more through Wix and…
How To Adjust Your Data Collection Strategy
As a marketer, customer data is essentially your bread and butter – and if your strategy is heavily reliant on third-party data, you’re in for quite an awakening this year.…
Google Search & Maps Get Upgrades For Greener Travel
Google announced updates to its Maps and Search products on Monday aimed at helping users find and choose more sustainable transportation options over gas-powered vehicles. James Byers, Google Search’s Group…
Google On Diagnosing A Deindexed WordPress Site
Google’s John Mueller answered a question about a WordPress site that was completely deindexed from Google Search after changing to a different web hosting platform. Mueller’s answer shows where to…
New YouTube Shorts Ad Opportunities For Brands
Google unveils new YouTube Shorts ad products and creative strategies as the short-form video platform grows. Google launched new YouTube Shorts ad opportunities for brands. Google claims its…
An In-Depth Guide And Best Practices For Mobile SEO
Over the years, search engines have encouraged businesses to improve mobile experience on their websites. More than 60% of web traffic comes from mobile, and in some cases based on…
Extending Your Schema Markup From Rich Results To A Knowledge Graph
You probably know Schema Markup for its ability to help pages achieve a rich result. But did you also know that you can use Schema Markup to build a reusable…
Google Ends Video Carousel Structured Data Test
Google has ended support for the video carousel (limited access) markup documentation and the associated rich results because after testing the structured data they realized that it wasn’t useful at…
Mozilla Squeezes More Speed From Firefox Browser
Mozilla has implemented a performance upgrade to its Firefox web browser that could translate into faster website load times – welcome news for SEO professionals and their clients. The technical…
Google On The SEO Impact Of 503 Status Codes
Searchers who expect a website to always be available may be disappointed to encounter a 503 status code. However, brief downtime is perfectly acceptable. During the April edition of the…
Google Answers Whether Having Two Sites Affects Rankings
Google’s John Mueller answered whether having two sites could negatively affect search rankings. His answer is surprisingly applicable to different ways of interpreting the question. Can Having Two Sites Affect…
How to Appear in Position One in 2024 — Whiteboard Friday
However, we’re putting that to one side for today. I just want to talk about not necessarily traditional organic results, but not sponsored results. So what’s actually in position one,…
Google Answers If Changing Web Hosting Affects SEO
Google’s Gary Illyes answered if switching web hosting platforms could result in a negative outcome for rankings and SEO. It’s a reasonable question because migrating a site to a new…
Successful Website Migration: Increase in Keyword Rankings
To achieve the desired outcomes, we implemented a comprehensive migration strategy. Our approach involved the following key steps and activities: Kick-off and alignment We initiated the project with a round…
2024 WordPress Vulnerability Report Shows Errors Sites Keep Making
WordPress security scanner WPScan’s 2024 WordPress vulnerability report calls attention to WordPress vulnerability trends and suggests the kinds of things website publishers (and SEOs) should be looking out for. Some…
6 Things SEOs Should Advocate for When Building a Headless Website — Whiteboard Friday
Now, when you’re thinking about going headless, there are a couple of things to know. Well, first off, is how headless works. The key thing to understand is that the…
The Best of Ahrefs’ Digest: March 2024
Every week, we share hot SEO news, interesting reads, and new posts in our newsletter, Ahrefs’ Digest. If you’re not one of our 280,000 subscribers, you’ve missed out on some…
Meta Integrates Google & Bing Search Results Into AI Assistant
Meta’s AI assistant, powered by the new Llama 3 model, will now incorporate real-time search results from Google and Bing. This integration marks a step forward in AI assistant capabilities…
Top 4 Skills Marketers Need in the Future
Do you know what good looks like? Building on the example above, a skill set that will become increasingly vital for success is the ability to understand and anticipate consumer…
The Future of AI and Search
The world of search is undergoing a massive transformation, driven by the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI models. Like most, I have been closely monitoring these…
HARO Has Been Dead for a While
Every SEO’s favorite link-building collaboration tool, HARO, was officially killed off for good last week by Cision. It’s now been wrapped into a new product: Connectively. I know nothing about…
25 WordPress Alternatives Best For SEO
WordPress powers hundreds of millions of websites, but it is not the only content management system (CMS) option. There’s a diverse marketplace of publishing platforms for those seeking alternatives. This…
Improving Search Console ownership token management | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 We’re rolling out further improvements to Search Console’s user and permission management, incorporating capabilities related to unused ownership tokens management. Tokens are the codes used for…
Who Should Block AI Bots?
I will make three arguments for leaving your website totally unblocked for AI bots: Present-day traffic acquisition Present-day brand exposure Future developments in LLM-powered tools Present-day traffic acquisition I recently…
Google Explains Index Selection During A Core Update
Google’s Gary Illyes answered a question about canonicalization, indexing and core algorithm updates that gives a clearer picture of how the different systems work together but independently. A search marketer…
34 High-Ticket Affiliate Marketing & Partner Programs For 2024
Affiliate marketing opens up a world of possibilities for creators, marketers, and entrepreneurs who want to monetize their online presence. This approach to generating revenue involves three key steps: establishing…
Google’s CEO On What Search Will Be Like In 10 Years
Google and Alphabet’s CEO Sundar Pichai sat down for a discussion on AI that inevitably focused on the future of search. He explained his of search and the role of…
15 Reasons Why Your Business Absolutely Needs SEO
The need for quality SEO keeps increasing. Brands that execute an organic strategy the right way are standing out early and often – and it’s more important now than ever,…
Google Improves INP For Sites Using Consent Management Platforms
Google has announced improvements to its Interaction to Next Paint (INP) metric for websites using popular consent management platforms (CMPs). Google made this possible by working directly with platforms like…