Does Being Mentioned on High Traffic Pages Influence AI Mentions?
Get the week’s best marketing content Does being seen more on the web lead to more mentions in AI assistants? I’m defining “being seen” or web visibility as the estimated…
Essential WordPress Plugins Every Site Should Have
WordPress is the most popular content management system in the world, arguably because of its ability to become virtually any kind of website users want it to be. This flexibility…
Cloudflare Sparks SEO Debate With New AI Crawler Payment System
Cloudflare’s new “pay per crawl” initiative has sparked a debate among SEO professionals and digital marketers. The company has introduced a default AI crawler-blocking system alongside new monetization options for…
YouTube Targets Mass-Produced Content in Monetization Update
YouTube is updating its monetization policies to target mass-produced and repetitious content. Here’s you need to know. YouTube is updating monetization policies to target inauthentic content. This change…
5 High-Impact Ways to Integrate Traditional & Digital Marketing
As emerging technologies, particularly AI, reshape B2B marketing strategies, many organizations are shifting resources toward digital transformation to remain competitive. However, sidelining traditional marketing tactics to prioritize innovation can be…
Is Google About To Bury Your Website?
Is your SEO strategy ready for Google’s new AI Mode? Is your 2025 SERP strategy in danger? What’s changed between traditional search mode and AI mode? Will Google’s New AI…
YouTube Adds New Viewer Metrics To Track Audience Loyalty
YouTube is rolling out a new audience analytics feature that replaces the “returning viewers” metric with more detailed viewer categories. The update introduces three viewer types: new, casual, and regular.…
PR in the Age of AI Search: Why Earning Mentions Matters More Than Ever
Search is evolving faster than ever—and that’s opening up a big new opportunity for PR teams. Thanks to AI-powered search engines like Google’s AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity, more people…
Is Your Conversion Data Misleading You? 7 Common Google Ads Tracking Issues
Conversion tracking tends to be one of those things advertisers set up once and then forget about, until something fails – big time. But in my 16 years of experience…
The 8 Best AI Detectors, Tested and Compared
We recently launched our new AI detector. For almost any webpage, you can analyze the likelihood that AI was used to create it, highlight AI-generated sections of text, and even…
Do SEOs Agree On How To Use Them?
A discussion on LinkedIn about LLM visibility and the tools for tracking it explored how SEOs are approaching optimization for LLM-based search. The answers provided suggest that tools for LLM-focused…
How To Adjust Your Content Strategy for Google’s AI Mode
Here are some tips to make your content retrieval-ready: Ensure every section can stand on its own because the AI may lift it without the surrounding context Use clear, descriptive…
Google AI Mode Shows 91% URL Change Across Repeat Searches
A new study analyzing 10,000 keywords reveals that Google’s AI Mode delivers inconsistent results. The research also shows minimal overlap between AI Mode sources and traditional organic search rankings. Published…
Core Updates Build On Long-Term Data
Google Search Advocate John Mueller says core updates rely on longer-term patterns rather than recent site changes or link spam attacks. The comment was made during a public discussion on…
How to Build a Website (Start to Finish, With Walkthroughs)
You don’t need to be tech-savvy to build a website. With AI, you can bypass coding, hiring a developer, or staring at a blank page for hours. You can automate…
Keywords Are Dead, But The Keyword Universe Isn’t
Today’s Memo is a full refresh of one of the most important frameworks I use with clients – and one I’ve updated heavily based on how AI is reshaping search…
How Can I Turn Low-Converting Traffic Into High-Value Sessions?
This week’s Ask an SEO question comes from an ecommerce site owner who’s experiencing a common frustration: “Our ecommerce site has decent traffic but poor conversion rates. What data points…
Google’s Trust Ranking Patent Shows How User Behavior Is A Signal
Google long ago filed a patent for ranking search results by trust. The groundbreaking idea behind the patent is that user behavior can be used as a starting point for…
How Enterprise Search And AI Intelligence Reveal Market Pulse in 2025
The last few years have fundamentally transformed how businesses and consumers discover, evaluate, and engage with brands. What began as a digital acceleration in 2020-2021 has evolved into an AI-driven…
Google Integrates Search Console Insights Into Main Platform
Google has rolled out a new version of Search Console Insights, now integrated directly into the main Search Console interface. This update ends the standalone beta experience. The new report…
Many Top Sites Have Invalid HTML And Still Rank
A recent discussion on Google’s Search Off the Record podcast challenges long-held assumptions about technical SEO, revealing that most top-ranking websites don’t use valid HTML. Despite these imperfections, they continue…
DeepSeek App Faces Ban In Germany For Illegal Transfer Of User Data
German data protection official Meike Kamp has filed a formal request that Apple and Google remove the DeepSeek app from their respective app stores for the illegal transfer of users’…
Google Rolls Out June 2025 Core Update
Google confirms the June 2025 core update is now rolling out and may take up to three weeks to complete. Google’s June 2025 core update began rolling out on June…
The new Search Console Insights report is here | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers
The new Search Console Insights report is here Stay organized with collections Save and categorize content based on your preferences. Monday, June 30, 2025 Following a long period of testing…
Social Video Is Not PPC Video
Video is dominating online across PPC ads and social media channels. Unfortunately, many advertisers still repurpose social videos for paid campaigns. What works organically on TikTok or Instagram often falls…
How To Use Paid Search & Social Ads For Promoting Events
Paid media offers one of the fastest ways to promote a business event and get the right people to take action. Event campaigns are not just regular ads with a…
Google’s New MUVERA Algorithm Improves Search
Google announced a new multi-vector retrieval algorithm called MUVERA that speeds up retrieval and ranking, and improves accuracy. The algorithm can be used for search, recommender systems (like YouTube), and…
YouTube Tests AI Features To Improve Search & Discovery
YouTube is rolling out two AI-driven features designed to enhance content discovery and deepen user engagement. The experimental tools include an AI-powered search results carousel for Premium users and a…
A Strategic Imperative For Travel And Tourism Operators
The travel and tourism industry thrives on inspiration, discovery, and experience. While increasingly being challenged by social media and friend & family referrals, the first point of discovery for many…
The Lean Guide to Product Research
Ever had a brilliant product idea but felt stuck, unsure if anyone would actually buy it? You’re not alone. Many aspiring entrepreneurs believe that product research is a complex and…