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AI and Machine Learning in SEO
Explores the impact of AI and machine learning on SEO and digital marketing.
How to Optimize E-commerce Sitemaps with 1M+ Pages — Whiteboard Friday
Source: Search Engine Land
Discover how to optimize your e-commerce website’s sitemap with Stevy’s six steps in this edition of Whiteboard Friday.
Google adds two new Googlebot crawlers: GoogleOther-Image and GoogleOther-Video
Source: Search Engine Land
Google said these new crawlers are to “better support crawling of binary data that may be used for research and development.”
Google’s Buckle Up Comments On Search 6 Months Later
Source: Search Engine Land
Six months ago, I covered the famous (non) “buckle up” comments about the changes coming to Google Search over the next several months. Well, Andy Simpson posted a recording of Danny Sullivan,…
Google Prior To OpenAI’s GPT-4o Announcement
Source: Search Engine Land
About 45 minutes before OpenAI’s announcement of GPT-4o, Google posted on X a demo of new Gemini capabilities where you show Google Gemini something on your camera via a live video feed…
Search ad costs rise, conversion rates decline again in 2024
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
Search ad benchmark report finds advertisers are paying more for leads and clicks, while Google continues to report record profits.
6 unpopular SEO opinions you need to consider
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
From prioritizing user experience to focusing on real marketing, dive into unpopular opinions on the evolving world of SEO.
7 B2B content distribution strategies that work
Source: Search Engine Land
Ensure your hard work reaches your target audience, drives engagement and generates leads with these content distribution tactics.
Mikhail Parakhin Confirms He Is No Longer Working On Copilot At Microsoft
Source: Search Engine Land
Mikhail Parakhin, the former head of Bing Search and Microsoft Advertising at Microsoft, confirmed he is no longer working on the Copilot project. He stepped down as the head of Bing Search…
Unpacking Google’s 2024 E-E-A-T Knowledge Graph update
Source: Search Engine Land
Learn how Google is rapidly building its Knowledge Vault and why establishing a strong, E-E-A-T-backed presence is crucial for SEO success.
Google Says Helpful Content Update Recoveries May Take Much Longer Than Others
Source: Search Engine Land
Google’s John Mueller responded to some questions around why sites hurt by the September 2023 Google helpful content update have not recovered with March 2024 Google core update. He said on X…
Google Ads will pause low-activity keywords starting in June
Source: Search Engine Land
Active keywords with no impressions in the past 13 months will be paused. If you re-enable them, they could be paused again after 3 months.
Microsoft makes Copilot available to all advertisers
Source: Search Engine Land
Microsoft Copilot now offers AI-powered conversational support, creative asset recommendations and content generation capabilities.
Google March 2024 core update rollout is now complete
Source: Search Engine Land
The first core update of 2024 finished rolling out on April 19 – this was a pretty big one but it overlapped with other big changes leading to a 45% reduction in…
brightonSEO Live Blog
Source: Search Engine Land
Follow along for talk takeaways, tips, and try-hard witty remarks.
Google Says Its Link Best Practices Guidelines Are Still Good Guidelines
Source: BrightEdge blogs
Google’s John Mueller said the link best practices SEO documentation on its website are still “good guidelines” for both SEO and overall “accessibility & UX reasons.” The guidelines are only about 14…
Airbnb dominates in search sentiment report
Source: Search Engine Land
The findings illustrate the importance of long-term consistency and managing search volume to maintain strong customer sentiment.
Structure, consume, learn and retire: Google’s pattern of learning
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s cyclical process of giving us capabilities only to later remove them, seems to be a core part of its strategy.
We Lost a Local SEO Client — How We Solved It
Source: Search Engine Land
Regaining Trust: Lessons Learned From Losing a Local SEO Client
Contract SEO Specialist ~ Alloy Automation ~ Remote (CAN)
Source: Search Engine Land
Youll be the driving force behind all things SEO, making sure the technical content were creating not only educates and engages our audience but also significantly boosts our SEO efforts. Your role…
Bingbot Fully Supports Brotli Compression & Now Tests Zstd Compression
Source: Search Engine Land
Fabrice Canel from Microsoft announced that BingBot now fully supports Brotli compression and will soon be testing zstd Zstandard compression, a lossless data compression, for its crawler.
Google Business Profiles Register Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Source: Search Engine Land
Google sent out emails a couple of days ago to businesses asking them to register their Automated External Defibrillator (AED) with Google Business Profiles. Google said, “you could save lives” if you…
How the Google-Reddit partnership impacts brand management
Source: Search Engine Land
Dive into the impact of the Google-Reddit content licensing deal on brand perception and engagement, plus tips for managing reputation risks.
Google Maps Updates Suggest An Edit Workflow
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
Google has updated the Suggest an edit feature within Google Maps business listings. Google said the new flow is “easier” and should help make updates to the Google Maps data.
Google CEO on the evolution of Search and SGE
Source: BrightEdge blogs
Sundar Pichai believes Google can provide AI-generated answers while also helping users navigate to websites for information.
Google Ads With Get Phone Number Button
Source: Search Engine Roundtable
Google is testing replacing the “call” button in the Google Ads, including Local Service Ads, with a “get phone number” button. This is a much longer phrase to use, but it is…
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 5, 2024
Source: Search Engine Land
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google explains why it shows…
60% of Perplexity citations overlap with top 10 Google organic results
With Perplexity referrals growing 40% month-over-month, new research looks at how SGE and Perplexity differ.
How to improve your SaaS onboarding experience to retain more customers
Source: Search Engine Land
Tips to optimize user experience, increase trial-to-paid conversions and maximize customer lifetime value.
How to speak more confidently and persuasively | Matt Abrahams (professor, podcast host, author, speaker)
Source: SparkToro
Brought to you by: • Sprig—Build a product people love • Dovetail—Bring your customer into every decision • Coda—Meet the evolution of docs — Matt Abrahams is a renowned communication expert, with…