The Future Of Engagement In Social Media
Short-form videos are no longer a passing trend – they are here to stay. Short clips on platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts have taken over our feeds…
Google Shares Insight On SEO For AI Overviews
Google’s John Mueller shared his insights on how to approach SEO for AI Search in an interview published on YouTube. The discussion also touched on what SEOs should do in…
How Use WordPress Multisite To Create a Website Subdirectory
WordPress Multisite is a feature for managing the structure and multiple sites from a single WordPress installation. In this article, I’ll share the step-by-step approach to creating a new WordPress…
Does Google Favor UGC? Reddit Leads In Search Growth [STUDY]
This past year was a big one for SEO, with major changes in how Google ranks content. According to SISTRIX’s latest IndexWatch report, the year’s biggest winners were platforms focused…
Brand Performance Unlocked: Advanced Strategies for SEO and Marketing Synergy
Balancing brand and performance marketing has nothing to do with giving each side its amount of time in the limelight. There’s no magic harmony you’re going to create that delivers…
Why Your SEO Playbooks Need To Collaborate With Sales And Brand Teams
An SEO playbook acts as a guide for creating, executing, and sustaining effective SEO strategies. It ensures that all participants, from marketers to developers, adhere to a unified and methodical…
Google Ads Introduces Advanced Targeting For Performance Max
Google Ads updates Performance Max with advanced controls, improved reporting, and smarter targeting to optimize campaign performance. Advertisers get more control over AI with new targeting and exclusion tools. Improved…
Google Drops Breadcrumbs From Mobile Search Results
Google removes breadcrumbs from mobile search results, simplifying URLs to show only domains while keeping breadcrumbs on desktop. Google removed breadcrumbs from mobile search results. Only the domain will show…
Data On Fastest Growing Sites Yields Surprising Insights
The competitive research tool similarweb released its Digital 100 list of sites with the largest growth in traffic, providing insights into what’s driving traffic growth across various informational and shopping…
Everything You Need To Know
Google has continued evolving its ad targeting systems, emphasizing AI-driven, intent-based matching that connects ads to user searches more flexibly. With this shift, Google Ads aims to give advertisers a…
Google Expands AI Overviews In Circle To Search
Google is rolling out updates to the “Circle to Search” tool, making it more helpful for marketers, businesses, and Android users. Circle to Search lets you circle, scribble, or tap…
SEOs Are Recommending Structured Data For AI Search… Why?
A post on LinkedIn questioned the idea that Schema.org structured data has an impact on what a large language model outputs. Apparently there are some SEOs who are recommending structured…
Here’s What It Means For Marketers
Google is starting to roll out an AI-based Q&A feature to Google Business Profiles (GBP) on Google Maps for mobile. This feature will very likely replace Google Q&A, which has…
What Happens Next To The U.S. Vs. Google Antitrust Case?
With the punishment for Google’s first search antitrust case expected to be delivered in August 2025, the looming question is what will happen now with a new U.S. President and…
Are People Clicking Links In ChatGPT Search? Brands Say Yes
A report from Modern Retail shows that people who use ChatGPT and Google Gemini for quick summaries also click the links these tools provide. This is important for marketers, as…
Google Updates Site Reputation Abuse Policy Documentation
Google has updated its documentation to provide clearer guidance on its site reputation abuse policy. The changes are meant to you better understand what qualifies as a violation and how…
I Reviewed the Best AI Image Generators for 2025
I tested the most popular AI image generators to discover their greatest strengths and weaknesses. At Ahrefs, we have a team of extremely skilled (and very human) designers, but not…
What Are The Alternatives For Users If TikTok Is Banned?
TikTok has seen a considerable amount of drama recently. The Supreme Court upheld a federal law banning TikTok unless its Chinese parent company sells it. U.S. President Donald Trump has…
How To Accelerate Your SEO Career
Advancing your in-house SEO career can be incredibly lucrative and fulfilling. But most advice is theoretical, too high-level, and comes from people who haven’t done it. I had the good…
Google’s Documentation Update Contains Hidden SEO Insights
Google quietly updated their Estimated Salary (Occupation) Structured Data page with subtle edits that make the information more relevant and easily understood. The changes show how a page can be…
TikTok Ban Sparks 5000% Surge In Alternative App Searches
The recent TikTok ban drama in the U.S. has caused a surge in search activity as people look for answers, alternatives, and workarounds. The app temporarily shut down over the…
Make Your Structured Data Accessible
A recent investigation has uncovered a problem for websites relying on JavaScript for structured data. This data, often in JSON-LD format, is difficult for AI crawlers to access if not…
Website Migration SEO Best Practices To Preserve Rankings And Avoid Common Pitfalls
There are several reasons to migrate your website. They might be to enhance website security through another hosting provider, update your brand image, or improve your user experience. Whatever the…
8 Ways To Automate SEO and Content Tasks With LLMs
Here’s how these tools can help: Topic generation: Input a seed keyword or query, and the tool suggests trending topics and relevant angles. For example, you could prompt an LLM…
GoDaddy Hosting Was “Blind” To Security Threats
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charged GoDaddy with violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act for allegedly maintaining “unreasonable” security practices that led to multiple security breaches. The…
OpenAI Secretly Funded Benchmarking Dataset Linked To o3 Model
Revelations that OpenAI secretly funded and had access to the FrontierMath benchmarking dataset are raising concerns about whether it was used to train its reasoning o3 AI reasoning model, and…
18 Of The Biggest Mistakes You Must Avoid
You can’t talk about SEO without mentioning keyword research. Most SEO marketing campaigns start with keyword research. (Or at least they should). If you haven’t upped your keyword research game,…
11 SEO Tips To Boost Your Restaurant Visibility In Search
Being successful with restaurant SEO can be a challenge. Whether it is finding the time, wearing a lot of hats, or not having the same type of budget and return…
Google Is Requiring JavaScript To Block SEO Tools
Google has made a change to how it’s search results are served which will also help to secure it against bots and scrapers. Whether this will have further effect on…
Google’s AI Workspace Update Sparks Confusion Around Pricing
Google has made its AI-powered features in Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Meet free for all Workspace users, but questions remain around pricing adjustments and feature visibility for specific accounts. AI…