Google’s John Mueller On How To Verify An SEO Agency’s Work
In a recent session of Google’s SEO office-hours Q&A, the Search Relations team addressed a common concern among business owners: how to determine if an SEO agency is actively optimizing…
Google Clarifies H1-H6 Headings For SEO
Google’s Gary Illyes answered a question about the SEO value of hierarchically ordering heading elements (H1, H2, etc.). His answer offered an insight into the actual value of heading elements…
4 Ways PPC and SEO Can Work Together (And When They Can’t)
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of optimizing your pages to rank in a search engine’s organic results. Pay-per-click (PPC) is a form of online advertising where advertisers pay…
What SEO Should Know About Brand Marketing With Mordy Oberstein
For the SEO industry, the Google documents leak offered an important view behind the scenes. Although the leak was not a blueprint of how the algorithm worked, there was considerable…
How to Get Search Traffic Without Ranking for Anything
Getting to the top of Google can be quite slow. Especially so for small, new websites. And the competition can often be too strong, which makes it quite unlikely for…
SEO In The Martech Stack, How Tech Decisions Can Impact SEO
Organizations typically are a mixture of orientations that impact all aspects of the business from operations, finance, and marketing and sales functions. This also means it can influence the marketing…
The Three Pillars Of SEO: Authority, Relevance, And Experience
If there’s one thing we SEO pros are good at, it’s making things complicated. That’s not necessarily a criticism. Search engine algorithms, website coding and navigation, choosing and evaluating KPIs,…
Research Confirms Google AIO Keyword Trends
New research by enterprise search marketing company BrightEdge reveals dramatic changes to sites surfaced through Google’s AI Overviews search feature and though it maintains search market share, the data shows…
Best Practices For Academic Institutions
The competition for student enrollment has never been stronger. Many colleges struggle to stand out online and attract new students. Without a strong SEO strategy, your school remains hidden, and…
The Reason Why Google Uses The Word “Creators”
Google’s SearchLiaison responded to criticism over how they refer to website publishers with an answer that reflects not just changing times but also the practical reasons for doing so. The…
Anthropic Announces Free Claude AI Chatbot For Android
Anthropic announced the release of a new Claude Android app that uses their powerful Claude 3.5 Sonnet language model. The app is available free (with usage limits) and also with…
CWV & Google Page Experience Ranking Factor Updated
The June 2024 Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX) is out and it shows that websites in the real-world experienced an averaged across the board improvement in all Core Web Vitals…
The Unseen Challenges In B2B Marketing
A recent study of 121 B2B CMOs and marketing leaders has uncovered current marketing industry challenges. The study by Bospar, CMO Huddles, and Redpoint examines the concept of an “underground…
Google’s Web Crawler Fakes Being “Idle” To Render JavaScript
In a recent episode of the Search Off The Record podcast, it was revealed that Google’s rendering system now pretends to be “idle” to trigger certain JavaScript events and improve…
Business Outcomes Are The Top KPI Of Video Ad Buyers – IAB Report Part Two
The IAB has just published the second part of its “2024 IAB Digital Video Ad Spend & Strategy Report,” and the key criteria for digital video investments have fundamentally changed.…
What 4,538 Domains Tell Us About ccTLDs Ranking In The US
Since the Times Of India quadrupled its organic growth in the US in 12 months, more ccTLDs (international domains) have been spotted ranking in the US. Image Credit: Kevin Indig…
AI Has Changed How Search Works
This extract is from SEO in the Gemini Era by Marie Haynes ©2024 and reproduced with permission from Marie Haynes Consulting Inc. Much of the SEO advice you will see…
Google Says There’s No Way To Block Content From Discover Feed
Google officials confirmed on X (formerly Twitter) that there’s no way to block content from appearing in Google Discover, despite the ability to do so for Google News. The conversation…
10 Observations about AI Overviews after a full Month
It’s been over a month since Google officially rolled out AI Overviews to broader users. The transition from SGE to AI Overviews yielding some interesting changes that we anticipated and…
Google’s Indifference To Site Publishers Explained
An interview with Google’s SearchLiaison offered hope that quality sites hit by Google’s algorithms may soon see their traffic levels bounce back. But that interview and a recent Google podcast…
Google Renders All Pages For Search, Including JavaScript-Heavy Sites
In a recent episode of Google’s “Search Off The Record” podcast, Zoe Clifford from the rendering team joined Martin Splitt and John Mueller from Search Relations to discuss how Google…
Auto Layout, Text-to-Speech, & More
YouTube Shorts introduces new creation tools, including auto layout, text-to-speech, enhanced captions, and more. YouTube Shorts introduced new creation tools. New features include Auto Layout, Text-to-Speech, and enhanced captions. YouTube…
20 Confirmed Facts About YouTube’s Algorithm
Instead of counting the number of clicks or views a video gets, YouTube’s algorithms focus on ensuring viewers are happy with what they watch. This article examines how YouTube’s algorithms…
The 11 Known Google Business Profile Fields That Impact Your Rank
I calculate that I’ve been tuning into Mike Blumenthal’s take on local search for about 20 years now. There’s a reason his voice has become such a trusted one in…
7 Strategies From Medical SEO Pros
Healthcare SEO is the secret to helping your organization reach more patients and clients. SEO can help you rank for useful keywords, connect with patients in your local area, and…
Unlocking The Power Of LLM And Knowledge Graph (An Introduction)
We are in an exciting era where AI advancements are transforming professional practices. Since its release, GPT-3 has “assisted” professionals in the SEM field with their content-related tasks. However, the…
42 Facebook Statistics & Facts For 2024
Don’t believe what you may have heard; Facebook is still a dominant social media force in 2024. With over 3 billion active users, it remains a key player for businesses,…
Attain Superior Growth & ROI With Organic & Paid Tips
Silos don’t cut it anymore. User journeys are too complex for you to view and track channels separately. To improve your campaign performance, you need a holistic view of your…
Catering to User Behavior Shifts During Times of Economic Turbulence — Whiteboard Friday
If we think about organic traffic and SEO and how we can cater to this search behavior, dresses have a really high search volume. Then you’ve got blue dresses, which…
The 11 Best Digital Marketing Courses Free & Paid (2024)
A digital marketing course is a good entry point for anyone wanting a career in SEO or online marketing. It can help to provide a basic knowledge base as a…