What It Means For Digital Marketing And SEO
Reddit’s first-quarter 2025 earnings report shows strong growth in traffic and user engagement, particularly among logged-out users. Although the announcement and shareholder letter did not mention search engines or the…
SEO Rockstar Names 7 SEO Fundamentals To Win In AI Search
Todd Friesen, one of the most experienced digital marketers in our industry, recently posted on LinkedIn that the core fundamentals that apply to traditional search engines work exactly the same…
How CMOs Can Tell Stories To Manage Change [Case Study]
Chief marketing officers should evaluate and synthesize success stories to learn from past marketing efforts, identify repeatable strategies, and demonstrate the return on investment (ROI) of their work to stakeholders.…
Google Is Launching Search Central Deep Dive Events
Google announced via their Search Off the Record podcast that they are launching a multi-day conference series to enable in-depth workshops on SEO topics that matter. The series is launching…
Google Expands AIO Coverage In Select Industries
BrightEdge Generative Parser™ detected an expansion of AI Overviews beginning April 25th, covering a larger quantity of entertainment and travel search queries, with noteworthy growth in insurance, B2B technology and…
What Is Generative Engine Optimization [Tips & Workflows To Do It]
Getting cited in generative engines doesn’t follow the same playbook as SEO. In fact, some tactics that work in traditional search won’t help your visibility in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity.…
33% of Google Users Stuck with Bing After a Two-Week Trial: Study
A study found that 33% of Google users continued to use Bing after trying it for two weeks. This challenges the prevailing notion about search engine preferences and Google’s market…
Google Lighthouse To Undergo Major Audit Overhaul: What To Know
Google announced plans to revamp Lighthouse’s performance audits. The new version will match the recently launched insights in Chrome DevTools’ Performance panel. This shift will alter how performance data is…
Google AI Mode Exits Waitlist, Now Available To All US Users
Google has removed the waitlist for AI Mode in Search. This Gemini-powered search tool is now available to all US users. The update introduces new features, including visual cards for…
Should We Optimize For Keywords With High Search Volume Or Competition?
In this week’s Ask An SEO, Chandrika asks: “What are the important points to consider when doing keyword research for SEO using Google Keyword Planner? Should we focus on keywords…
Reimagining EEAT To Drive Higher Sales And Search Visibility
The SEO Charity podcast recently discussed a different way to think about EEAT that focuses on activities that leads to external signals that Google may associate with the underlying concepts…
Key Trends and Insights [Webinar]
As AI continues to reshape search, marketers and SEOs are facing a new set of challenges and opportunities. From the rise of AI Overviews to shifting SERP priorities, it’s more…
WordPress Jubilee Of Forgiveness Continues
Last week, WordPress declared a “jubilee” and is unblocking all community members who were previously blocked. The official WordPress X (formerly Twitter) account posted a reminder that the unblocking is…
What’s The Best Strategy For Your Business?
Both SEO and PPC are essential components of digital marketing, yet they operate in entirely different ways. One delivers instant visibility and quick results, while the other builds long-term authority…
Google’s Updated Raters Guidelines Refines Concept Of Low Quality
Google’s Search Quality Rater Guidelines were updated a few months ago, and several of the changes closely track the talking points shared by Googlers at the 2025 Search Central Live…
Google Answers Why Landing Page Ranks For An E-Commerce Query
Google’s John Mueller answered a question on Bluesky about why an e-commerce page with minimal content is ranking, illustrating that sometimes optimized content isn’t enough. E-Commerce Search Results A person…
Channel Reporting Is Coming To Performance Max Campaigns
Google just launched substantial upgrades to its Performance Max campaigns today. In their announcement, they introduced long-anticipated reporting features that will provide advertisers with much-needed visibility into how their campaigns…
11 Lessons Learned From Auditing Over 500 Websites
After conducting more than 500 in-depth website audits in the past 12 years, I’ve noticed clear patterns about what works and doesn’t in SEO. I’ve seen almost everything that can…
WordPress Robots.txt: What Should You Include?
The humble robots.txt file often sits quietly in the background of a WordPress site, but the default is somewhat basic out of the box and, of course, doesn’t contribute towards…
The Advanced Skill Most SEOs Pretend to Understand
Semantic SEO sounds complicated, but it simply boils down to doing SEO without cutting corners. If you do SEO properly, you’re automatically doing semantic SEO. It’s just that most people…
How To Convince C-Suite To Support Brand-Based SEO
In this edition of Ask An SEO, a marketing leader reaches out with a question: My company put pressure on me to deliver results of more traffic to our product…
Google On Diluting SEO Impact Through Anchor Text Overuse
Google’s John Mueller answered a question about internal site navigation where an SEO was concerned about diluting the ability to rank for a keyword phrase by using the same anchor…
20% of Local Searches Now Start Here
New research shows that map platforms have become key search engines for local businesses. One in five consumers now searches directly in map apps instead of traditional search engines. BrightLocal’s…
GoDaddy Is Offering Leads To Freelancers And Agencies
GoDaddy launched a new partner program called GoDaddy Agency that matches web developers with leads for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs). It provides digital agencies with tools, services, and support…
We Figured Out How AI Overviews Work (& Built A Tool To Prove It)
This post was sponsored by Market Brew. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. Wondering how to realign your SEO strategy for maximum SERP visibility in AI…
Google Discover Desktop Data Previously Trackable In Search Console
Editor’s Update: The method previously described for accessing Google Discover desktop data in Search Console has been disabled. This article has been updated to reflect this change while preserving the…
What Sundar Pichai Won’t Tell You
Google claims AI Overviews are revolutionizing search behavior. But the data tells a different story. Since launching AI Overviews in 2024, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has repeatedly claimed they’re transforming…
Google Clarifies Googlebot-News Crawler Documentation
Google updated their Google News crawler documentation to correct an error that implied that publisher crawler preferences addressed to Googlebot-News influenced the News tab in Google search. Google News Tab…
Register now for Search Central Live Deep Dive 2025 | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 We’re ready to open registrations for the first ever Search Central Live Deep Dive, a 3-day event that will be held in Bangkok, Thailand this year…
Google Now Allows Top Ads To Appear At Bottom Of Search Results
Google Ads introduced a quiet but impactful change last week to how ads can show up on the search results page. High-performing ads that used to be eligible only for…