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A Google engineer’s redacted testimony published online by the U.S. Justice Department offers a look inside Google’s ranking systems, offering an idea about Google’s quality scores and introduces a mysterious…

Google’s Search Relations team recently shared insights about how the search engine handles HTTP status codes during a “Search Off the Record” podcast. Gary Illyes and Martin Splitt from Google…

Tariffs – and other international trade turbulence – tend to live in the operations or finance side of the house. In reality, these shifts disrupt marketing, media efficiency, and PPC…

Mordy Oberstein, a search marketing professional whom I hold in high esteem, recently shared the provocative idea that referral traffic is not a brand’s friend and that every brand, as…

Google’s John Mueller has clarified that all links within AI Overviews (AIOs) share a single position in Google Search Console. SEO consultant Gianluca Fiorelli asked Mueller how Search Console tracks…

How do you turn local searches into real foot traffic? If your business relies on being found locally, clicks alone aren’t enough. You need future customers to choose you and…

Google launches a generative AI certification with free training, focusing on Google’s tools. Is this credential worth adding to your resume? Google has launched a generative AI certification program. The…

ChatGPT is more than just a prompting and response platform. You can send prompts to ask for help with SEO, but it becomes more powerful the moment that you make…

Google has long held a firm grip on the search engine landscape, but that dominant veneer is starting to show cracks. In recent months, regulatory scrutiny, public mistrust, and rising…

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One thing I need you to understand about the groundbreaking data I’m about to show you is that no one has ever done this kind of analysis before. Ever. To…

The question today comes from Raoof, who asks: “I completely lost my website due to financial disputes with the hosting company. I have no backup and the only thing I…

Trying to regain lost visibility in AI-powered search results? As AI Overviews and answer engines continue to reshape how search works, organic visibility can disappear overnight. If your traffic has…

The United States Copyright Office released a pre-publication version of a report on the use of copyrighted materials for training generative AI, outlining a legal and factual case that identifies…

New research shows that Google’s AI Overviews often link to Google, contributing to the walled garden effect that encourages users to stay longer on Google’s site. A study by SE…

As brands compete for market share across a whole range of AI platforms, each with its own way of presenting information, brands are on red alert. The three pillars of…

Google’s updated image SEO best practices recommend using consistent URLs for images across your site to preserve crawl budget. Google recommends using the same image URL across your site. Inconsistent…

A recent exchange between SEO professional Neil McCarthy and Google Search Advocate John Mueller has highlighted how Google treats hreflang tags. McCarthy observed pages intended for Belgian French users (fr-be)…

Every day, marketing teams face a crucial decision: Should they rely on Google’s built-in AI tools or invest in custom solutions for specific ad campaign tasks? I’ve watched this debate…

Anecdotal reports and an SEO jobs study describe a search marketing industry undergoing profound changes, not only in the skills in demand but also in hiring practices that may be…

Anyone with experience selling on Amazon will tell you that the most important part of your business is making sure that you stay in stock. Inventory stockouts not only lose…