Streamline your Search Console analysis with the new AI-powered configuration | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers
Thursday, December 4, 2025 The Search Console Performance report is a powerful tool to analyze organic search traffic, but finding the exact data you need can take more time than…
Introducing social channels in Search Console | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers
Monday, December 8, 2025 Many companies and organizations manage their digital presence using different platforms, including social media websites, in addition to their own websites. This aligns well with users…
Introducing weekly and monthly views in Search Console | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 Analyzing search traffic trends is a core part of SEO. While granular, daily data is essential for spotting immediate issues or spikes, it can sometimes be…
Level Up Your SEO Strategy with a Product Mindset
The second ceremony that I want to talk about is discovery. This I find just fascinating to be in a meeting like this because it really helps me to get…
Google Updates Search Live With Gemini Model Upgrade
Google has updated Search Live with Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio, upgrading how voice functions inside Search while also extending the model’s use across translation and live voice agents. The…
Strategic Use Cases For Standard Shopping Campaigns
Google is “strongly recommending” Performance Max to advertisers. With its promise of automated optimization across all Google inventory and AI-driven functions, it’s easy to see why Google pushes it so…
How People Use Copilot Depends On Device, Microsoft Says
How people use Microsoft Copilot depends on whether they’re at a desk or on their phone. That is the core theme in the company’s analysis of 37.5 million Copilot conversations…
Google Data Manager API, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn Reserved Ads
The PPC platforms rolled out a few meaningful updates this week that shape how we measure, plan, and buy media. Google introduced a new API that makes it easier to…
Top Brand Visibility Factors in ChatGPT, AI Mode, and AI Overviews (75k Brands Studied)
Expanding on one of our most popular AI Overview studies, we’ve analyzed 75,000 brands to see which search factors are most likely to influence brand mentions in ChatGPT, AI Mode,…
December Core Update, Preferred Sources & Social Data
The December 2025 core update is the main story this week. Google confirmed a new broad ranking update, clarified how often core changes happen, expanded Preferred Sources in Top Stories,…
What Are Learning Periods In Digital Marketing?
Most ad platforms have something called a “learning period.” This is not a period for the marketer to observe and learn from the performance. Instead, it’s a period of time…
AI Agents Are Coming For You & What To Do No
I’m carefully watching the development of agentic SEO, as I believe over the next few years, as capabilities improve, agents will have a significant impact on the industry. I’m not…
Google Releases December 2025 Core Update
Google has released the December 2025 core update, the company confirmed through its Search Status Dashboard. The rollout began at 9:25 a.m. Pacific Time on December 11, 2025. This marks…
14 Things Executives And SEOs Need To Focus On In 2026
So many people spent 2025 arguing about whether SEO was dying. It was never dying. It was shifting into a new layer. Discovery continues to move from search boxes to…
White-Labeled Tool For AI-Made Sites
This post was sponsored by 10Web. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. Not long ago, building a website meant a discovery call, a proposal, a sitemap,…
YouTube Adds Comments To Shorts Ads, Expands To Mobile Web
YouTube adds comment sections to eligible Shorts ads, lets creators link to brand websites, and expands Shorts ads to mobile web browsers. Eligible Shorts ads can now display comment sections,…
How To Win Buyers In 2026
We have entered a new buyer era, one defined not by hesitation, but by a fundamental trust deficit in vendor promises. Buyers are almost twice as likely to do business…
Google Expands Preferred Sources & Publisher AI Partnerships
Google is expanding its Preferred Sources feature to English-language users worldwide and launching a pilot program to test AI-powered features with major news publishers. The announcement includes updates to how…
Scoring My 2025 Predictions
Boost your skills with Growth Memo’s weekly expert insights. Subscribe for free! Every year, I hold myself accountable for my previous predictions by scoring them. This year, I got three…
I Ran an AI Misinformation Experiment. Every Marketer Should See the Results
I invented a fake luxury paperweight company, spread three made-up stories about it online, and watched AI tools confidently repeat the lies. Almost every AI I tested used the fake…
Why Customers Don’t Want Anything To Do With You
Picture this: You’re sitting on a train to see a friend of yours you haven’t seen in a long time, sipping your favorite coffee order, and looking at a beautiful…
How To Choose Link Building Services For 2026
This post was sponsored by Editorial.Link. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. “How do you find link-building services? You don’t, they find you,” goes the industry…
Google Hit By EU Probe Into Unfair Use Of Online Content
The European Commission has launched an antitrust inquiry into Google to determine whether the company has violated EU competition rules, partly focusing on whether Google has used creator and publisher…
Digital PR Or Traditional Link Building, Which Is Better?
This week’s ask an SEO question is: “Should SEOs be focusing more on digital PR than traditional link building?” Digital PR is synonymous with link building at this point as…
Google Confirms Smaller Core Updates Happen Continuously
Google updated its core updates documentation to say smaller core updates happen on an ongoing basis, so sites can improve without waiting for named updates. Google explicitly confirms it makes…
YouTube AI Enforcement Questioned As Channels Get Restored
YouTube creators are raising concerns about the platform’s AI-driven moderation system. Multiple accounts describe sudden channel terminations for “spam, deceptive practices and scams,” followed by rapid appeal rejections with templated…
Why Is Organic Traffic Down? Here’s How To Segment The Data
As an SEO, there are few things that stoke panic like seeing a considerable decline in organic traffic. People are going to expect answers if they don’t already. Getting to…
So You Want To Paywall?
There are three inevitabilities in life. Death, taxes, and big tech companies dumping on the little guy. As zero-click searches reach an all-time high and content is stolen and repurposed…
11 Best Boston SEO Companies in 2025
Boston is home to a thriving business environment where competition for online visibility is fierce. From startups in the tech corridor to local service providers and large enterprises, companies need…
Building Linkable Assets: 5 Steps to Creating a Link Magnet
In a world as dynamic and rapidly evolving as digital marketing, the significance of backlinks cannot be overstated. Backlinks, or inbound links, are pivotal in enhancing a website’s authority and…