Daily aggregated SEO industry news from 12 sources • Updated 4 times a day (last: 7 hours ago)
Search Engine Journal
A side-by-side review of ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude based on real-world testing and the quality of their answers, recommendations, and usability. The post ChatGPT Vs. Gemini Vs. Claude: What Are The Differences? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
PPC automation expert Nils Rooijmans shares how dismissing Google's consent mode warnings as routine noise led to zero conversions and plummeting traffic.
Search Engine Land
Land your next job in SEO or PPC. These brands and agencies are hiring to fill open search marketing positions right now.
Search Engine Land
Google is testing a new Shopping ads beta that lets merchants show region-specific loyalty prices, helping retailers localize promotions.
Search Engine Land
Google sees 3.2x more webpages than OpenAI. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince wants Google to separate search crawling from AI crawling.
Search Engine Journal
Analysts working with top YouTube channels report Shorts older than 30 days receive fewer views. YouTube hasn't confirmed any algorithm change. The post YouTube Shorts Algorithm May Now Favor Fresh Over Evergreen appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Semrush Blog
AI marketing can automate and optimize marketing tasks. Here are 12 use cases for digital marketing teams.
Search Engine Journal
This PPC Pulse recap covers evolving AI Max match type dynamics, real-time retail performance signals, and Google’s expanding use of AI-generated ad language. The post PPC Pulse: AI Max Insights, Cyber Monday Trends & A New Google Asset appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
Dive into PMax essentials, Amazon’s conversion insights, social audience building, and the dashboards that improve decisions.
Semrush Blog
Learn how to use AI for content strategy, from ideation and execution to distribution and repurposing.
Search Engine Journal
Modern performance tracking requires KPIs that reflect margin, lifetime value, and pipeline contribution instead of inflated platform numbers. The post The 8 Most Important PPC KPIs You Should Be Tracking appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
Off-page SEO has evolved beyond link building. Learn modern strategies for building authority, reputation and visibility across platforms.
![Complete Crawler List For AI User-Agents [Dec 2025] via @sejournal, @vahandev](https://cdn.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ai-crawler-152.jpg)
Search Engine Journal
Control AI visibility and server strain with a log-validated index of bots, complete with user-agent strings, official IP ranges, crawl rates, and allowlist/block best practices. The post Complete Crawler List For AI User-Agents [Dec 2025] appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Journal
This week’s SEO Pulse examines new data what drives AI citations, plus ChatGPT launches shopping research. Your quick catch-up on what practitioners need to know. The post SEO Pulse: Google Updates Console, Maps & AI Mode Flow appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Seroundtable
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Search Engine Journal
Breaking news: Cloudflare is experiencing another major service disruption, causing widespread 5xx errors and connectivity issues for websites and services globally. The post Cloudflare Outage Returns, Triggering Fresh Wave Of 5xx Errors appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Aleyda Solis
Who are the top Black Friday Organic Search Traffic Winners in 2025? What are their main characteristics? What can we learn to maximize your traffic next year? Here’s an analysis of organic search traffic insight from the US, UK, Germany, Spain, France and Italy from the last 28 days based on the 4,
Abondance
Google has just unveiled an experimental feature designed for the Search Console performance report. The goal is to save you time: instead of manually configuring your views, you can now use natural language to filter and compare your data from a
Seroundtable
This week, we, of course, covered the ongoing Google Search ranking volatility. Google is now blending AI Mode directly into AI Overviews. Google's home page search bar added a new upload feature to take you into AI Mode...
Seroundtable
Over the years, we have written that service areas are not used as a local ranking factor by Google Search. Well, the API leak document also implies this to be true.
Seroundtable
Google is testing a new AI-powered configuration tool, as it calls it, to help you build instant reports based on your natural language questions. So basically Ads and Analytics Advisor but for Search Console, plus this just builds reports and doesn't do actions - yet.
Seroundtable
If you look at some of the profiles/sites in your Google Search Console performance reports, you may notice a significant increase in the average position being reported. This happened when Google removed the num=100 parameter and is likely due to scrapers not messing up your data.
Seroundtable
Google Merchant Center is now beta testing regional member pricing, where you can offer different member prices based on the shopper's regions. This will essentially override the member price in the regional inventory feed.
Seroundtable
Google Ads may be testing placing an ad extension button at the top right of the sponsored result on the desktop interface. This button, in this example, shows the text "Learn more."
Search Engine Journal
YouTube expands title A/B testing globally to all creators with advanced features. Test up to three titles or title-thumbnail combinations per video. The post YouTube Title A/B Testing Rolls Out Globally To Creators appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
Google’s proposed fixes now face an EU “market test” to see if they genuinely restore competition in ad tech.
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Search Engine Journal
PPC Managers: Get the 2026 marketing forecast and discover how to optimize budgets and channels for effective campaigns before the new year! The post 2026 Marketing Forecast for PPC Leaders [Webinar] appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
Social now leads search, SMBs are frustrated by AI summaries, and most visibility still depends on the homepage.
Search Engine Journal
Google Maps now lets users leave business reviews under a custom nickname instead of their real name. The setting is rolling out globally. The post Google Maps Lets Users Post Reviews With Nicknames appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Journal
Google Search Console is rolling out an experimental AI feature that lets you configure Search results Performance reports using natural language prompts. The post Google Adds AI-Powered Configuration To Search Console appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
You can type what data you want to see on a report and Google will instantly create it for you.
Search Engine Journal
When GenAI engines rank chunks instead of pages, your long-term visibility depends on how well you balance foundational SEO with new retrieval and trust signals. The post The New Structure Of AI Era SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
See how the PESO mix strengthens trust signals that AI systems pull from when deciding which brands to surface in model-generated responses.
Search Engine Journal
CMOs must design 2026 SEO budgets that balance defensive stability with offensive growth across AI and GEO channels. The post How CMOs Should Prioritize SEO Budgets In 2026 Q1 And H1 appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
When you are reading an article from Google Discover, Google wants you to use AI Mode. This works for any webpage you view in the Google Android app, not just from Discover.
Search Engine Land
New benchmark results show a ~9% decline in SEO accuracy across Claude, Gemini, and GPT as newer models regress.
iPullRank
Who has the time to buy products online anymore? With the onslaught of new artificial intelligence advancements comes agentic commerce, an automated checkout that puts the purchasing power in the hands – grippers? – of AI agents. For your brand to be ready for this new age of ecommerce, your site m
Search Engine Journal
The Internet Archive's new WordPress plugin provides an easy way to bring the Archive into the SEO workflow The post 5 Reasons To Use The Internet Archive’s New WordPress Plugin appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Seroundtable
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 Search rankings are volatile again and heating up. Plus...
Abondance
In response to OpenAI's "Code Red", Google is rolling out a major change in its search engine: the merger of AI summaries (AI Overviews) and conversational mode (AI Mode). The goal is to remove all friction to allow users to dig into a topic without ever changing
Ahrefs Blog
Just last month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that more than 800 million people use the platform each week. But what does it take to get mentioned and cited in its responses? Our latest research into top-of-the-funnel queries shows that…Read more ›
Search Engine Journal
Google's Year in Search shows AI tools led trending queries globally. Gemini ranked first worldwide, with DeepSeek appearing in both US and global lists. The post Google Year In Search 2025: Gemini, DeepSeek Top Trending Lists appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
Google’s list reveals 2025’s breakout topics and fast-moving trends that signal where search – and SEO opportunity – is shifting.
Seroundtable
I am seeing some signs of a Google Search ranking update and intense volatility that kicked in late yesterday. The SEO community started chattering about it over the past several hours and some of the tools are showing a spike in volatility with the Google search rankings.
Seroundtable
Google Ads may be testing the ability to subscribe to support updates via WhatsApp. Google has rolled out a new option to get real-time support case updates directly on WhatsApp, at least some folks are seeing this.
Seroundtable
Google is adding more AI features to Google Discover, specifically pushing people from articles in Google Discover into Google AI Mode. When you click on an article from Google Discover and then click on the three dots at the top right of the screen, you are given three options to go into AI Mode.
Seroundtable
I know, we just reported the page indexing report within Google Search Console is very delayed, about two weeks. Well, it is still delayed two weeks, I thought it would catch up by now, but it only got three days of data and then stalled again. And the performance reports are now 32 hours behind, w
Seroundtable
Microsoft is testing a new search bar with a more powerful tools menu button. This tools menu is larger, has a plus sign and gives you options to click search with your voice, search with an image and even make an image.
Abondance
This is a hard blow for the French search engine Qwant. On November 27, 2025, the Competition Authority dismissed its complaint against Microsoft for abuse of a dominant position and economic dependence. While Qwant accused the Redmond firm of asphyxiating it financially and technologically
Search Engine Journal
Learn how to track visibility with Google AIO using easy-to-follow steps for improved online presence and site performance. The post Google AI Overviews: How To Measure Impressions & Track Visibility appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
New UX testing shows AI Mode doesn’t kill high-value clicks. Users still visit websites when choosing doctors, dentists, and other services.
Search Engine Land
Meta’s latest research shows that Reels ads designed natively for the platform can significantly boost purchase intent, and brand interest.
Search Engine Land
AI Max quietly turns all keywords into broad match and blurs reporting, making it harder for advertisers to see what’s really driving their results.
Search Engine Land
It does feel like AI Mode will be Google's default search experience sometime in the future.
Search Engine Journal
Kevin Indig’s 2026 predictions reveal the end of AI dashboards, the rise of agentic SEO, and a web divided between bots and verified humans. The post 7 SEO, Marketing, And Tech Predictions For 2026 appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
Daily Hub tried to merge embeddings, entities, and real-time context – and buckled under the system’s complexity.
Search Engine Journal
Bill Hunt outlines how leading brands close the search equity gap by linking discoverability, governance, and measurable financial impact. The post The Search Equity Gap: Quantifying Lost Organic Market Share (And Winning It Back) appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
Plan smarter budgets across channels, adjust to sudden changes, and make confident choices about where and how you spend.
Search Engine Journal
Turn your landing pages into revenue drivers that enhance conversion efficiency and campaign scalability. The post How To Maximize Paid Ads Profitability With A Strategic Landing Page Audit appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
Ad position is critical. New data reveals how Google AI Overviews affect paid search visibility and CTR.
Semrush Blog
Learn how to do SEO for ChatGPT to appear in more ChatGPT responses for your target audience.
Ahrefs Blog
For instance, this study of only 20 brands (narrow sample size) is proclaiming that content needs 10,000+ words to be cited by AI. I’ve also seen others insist very short content (250–500 words) is the future for visibility in AI,…Read more ›
Semrush Blog
Learn about SEO trends related to AI visibility, zero-click searches, conversational keywords, and more.
Semrush Blog
Commercial intent keywords are search terms used to research a brand, product, or service before buying.
Seroundtable
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Semrush Blog
Semrush rolled out its biggest wave of AI features in 2025—across SEO, content, ads, PR, and AI visibility. Here’s a closer look at the upgrades reshaping how marketers plan, optimize, and measure performance.
Abondance
It is often imagined that when Google's AI (via Gemini) responds to a query, it “reads” and understands all the web pages it views. That's not true. In fact, much of your content is ruthlessly filtered before it even reaches the language model. According to the latest
Seroundtable
Back in May, Google said it will be giving advertisers more visibility into the search partner network with channel reporting for Performance Max campaigns. Well, now some are seeing it live in their accounts for some of the campaigns they manage.
Seroundtable
Google has launched a new link on some search / sponsored ads named "Products at this location." Google confirmed this "relatively new feature" and can show up on listings for service businesses and other types of businesses.
Seroundtable
Google is pushing even more ways directly into AI Mode from the main Google home page's search bar. Now when you select to upload an image or file, it will take you into AI Mode by default.
Seroundtable
Google has been saying that no one uses the LLMs.txt file, that Google won't use it, that it can be useless, and you probably should noindex it if you do use it. Well, Google itself uploaded an LLMs.txt file for the Google Search Central portal.
Seroundtable
Microsoft Advertising reportedly made two updates to its ad platform recently. One on how ad disapprovals work and the other on the time it takes to see a conversion be recorded in the ad reporting interfaces.
Semrush Blog
AI Overviews are gaining popularity and impacting brand visibility. Learn how to research and track your AI Overview visibility with Semrush.
Search Engine Land
Black Friday 2025 shows rising ad costs but strong engagement, making post-click optimization more crucial than ever for advertisers.
Search Engine Land
OpenAI confirmed the issue and wrote, "We’re currently experiencing issues."
Search Engine Land
Google is simplifying lifecycle marketing by letting advertisers target high-value and lapsed customers directly from Google Analytics.
Search Engine Land
Google Ads reporting now reveals how much PMax spends on Search Partners and whether that traffic is actually driving value.
Search Engine Land
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ordered an urgent ChatGPT quality overhaul and paused advertising plans to focus on strengthening the core product.
Abondance
Faced with the impressive performance of Google's Gemini 3, OpenAI has just triggered a "code red" internally. Sam Altman, the company's CEO, reportedly ordered his teams to suspend several key projects, including the integration of ads into ChatGPT, to focus only on
Semrush Blog
LLM seeding helps your brand get cited in AI responses. Learn how it works, why it matters, and how to start.
Search Engine Journal
YouTube launched its first annual Recap feature showing viewing stats, top channels, and personality types. North America first, global rollout this week. The post YouTube Launches First Annual Recap Feature For All Users appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
Google’s shift away from public developer forums means advertisers will need to rely on formal support channels to keep their ad tools running smoothly.
Search Engine Land
Today’s PPC tests surface patterns and affinities rather than absolutes. Learn to read modern signals and communicate insights with clarity.
Search Engine Land
Industry studies offer conflicting takes on AI search. See why the data diverges and how to evaluate the impact on your site and segment.
Search Engine Journal
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has declared a "code red" to prioritize ChatGPT improvements, delaying advertising and AI agent initiatives as Google's Gemini gains ground. The post OpenAI Declares ‘Code Red’ To Improve ChatGPT Amid Google Competition appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Journal
Learn the differences between XML and HTML sitemaps, their impact on crawlability, and when each makes sense for your site’s structure. The post Ask an SEO: Is An XML Or HTML Sitemap Better For SEO? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
AI can generate keywords at scale, but semantic techniques provide the structure and signal quality needed to keep PPC and SEO on track.
Search Engine Journal
A strategic look at marketing measurement, bridging data, storytelling, and influence to turn performance reporting into organizational leverage. The post Signal Vs. Noise: Predicting Future Impact Of Content Marketing appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Seroundtable
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Seroundtable
Today marks the 22nd anniversary of when I started this site, the Search Engine Roundtable. I was 23 years old when I started this site, compiling what the search community and search industry was talking about and...
Seroundtable
It is already December, can you believe it and even crazier, I've been doing this for 22 years! Where does the time ago. In any event, we had some serious Google ranking volatility this month, especially over the Thanksgiving week/end.
Seroundtable
Google's Gemini 3 and Nano Banana Pro is now available in AI Mode in 120 countries and territories in English. This expands it from Gemini 3 in AI Mode's initial launch just a couple of weeks ago.
Seroundtable
Google's John Mueller said having a 100MB video file on your home page won't have a noticeable SEO effect. This was his response on a Reddit thread to the concern of having such a weighted-down file on your home page.
Seroundtable
Back in October, we saw Google testing having the "Show more" button in the AI Overviews within Google Search jump you to AI Mode with follow-up questions. Well, Google's Robby Stein announced on X yesterday that this is being tested (after it was tested already) in the mobile search results.
Seroundtable
Google Ads updated its gambling policy to disallow all promotion of online gambling-promoting content for horse racing targeting the United States. Google said this goes into effect as of December 1, 2025.
Abondance
The article "Goossips SEO: Content Rewriting, GEO-Detox & Video" was published on the Abundance website.
Search Engine Land
Google’s new Partner Match tool will let advertisers target YouTube audiences built from third-party hashed data once it launches.
Search Engine Journal
Google is testing a mobile search flow that lets you move from AI Overviews into AI Mode without leaving the results page. The post Google Connects AI Overviews To AI Mode On Mobile appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
Microsoft Ads now disapproves individual assets and provides precise 90% conversion reporting, giving advertisers greater control and insight.
Search Engine Land
Gemini 3 is available in 120 countries in English, after launching in the U.S. just a couple of weeks ago.
Search Engine Land
This brings AI Mode more directly into Google Search and sadly, will likely result in fewer clicks to websites.
Search Engine Land
OpenAI appears to be testing ChatGPT ads, with new Android clues and a user report hinting that the rollout may be getting close.
Search Engine Land
Google drops its EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft after a new EU probe into cloud licensing practices.
Search Engine Land
Shopify is experiencing major login outage on one of the year’s biggest shopping days, leaving merchants locked out of their stores.
Search Engine Land
Google revives “Website Optimizer” documentation inside Google Ads Help Center, hinting at a new built-in A/B testing tool connected to GA4.
Search Engine Journal
Google announces delays in Search Console's Page indexing report. The company confirms crawling, indexing, and ranking remain unaffected by the reporting issue. The post Google Reports Search Console Page Indexing Report Delays appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
Find out when and how to use Demand Gen campaigns, including campaign and budget management, plus lessons from real-world campaign testing.
GSQI
I’ve worked on many international SEO projects over the years, including structuring that content in various ways. For example, sites providing content in different languages on the same domain, content in different languages across separate domains, content in the same language targeting different
Search Engine Land
See how to target the right searches, avoid policy violations, and improve landing pages to drive more patients and clients.
Search Engine Journal
Choosing between pipeline and revenue focus defines how campaigns behave, how performance is judged, and how reliably PPC contributes to profit. The post Should Your PPC Strategy Focus On The Lead Pipeline Or Revenue? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Journal
New research exposes how just a few hundred malicious documents can plant backdoors in AI models and distort product comparisons. The post AI Poisoning: Black Hat SEO Is Back appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
A practical look at modern robots.txt use, from allow and disallow logic to wildcards, crawl-rate control and avoiding common pitfalls.
Search Engine Land
This is just a reporting issue and indexing is working as expected.
Search Engine Journal
AI now handles the entire research stage, so now the real fight in SEO is about earning a place inside those answers The post Pragmatic Approach To AI Search Visibility appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Seroundtable
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Abondance
Perplexity vient de dévoiler une nouvelle fonctionnalité conçue pour transformer la façon de faire du shopping en ligne. Inspirée par les récentes avancées d'OpenAI sur le terrain du shopping, cette nouvelle expérience met l'accent sur une personnalisation profonde et une interaction fluide, sans le
Seroundtable
Google just posted its annual Seasonal Holidays Doodle, Google logo, for the 2025 holiday season. We have Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa coming up really soon now and since it is December 1, Google posted the Doodle.
Seroundtable
Google is reportedly working on a new Gemini App user experience, which it is calling 2.0. The company is putting "huge investment" into this update of the Gemini user experience but we are not sure when this new look and experience will be released.
Seroundtable
Google is testing a new widget at the top of the Google Discover feed. It is called "Top Searches," and it will randomly show some of the top searches across Google Search. And guess what, when you click on them, it takes you into AI Mode, not Google Search.
Seroundtable
Google is testing using inline, hover-style links for citations in the AI Mode results. When you hover your mouse cursor over the link card, it will hover the link card sources over the answer.
Seroundtable
Google Ads published new documentation on a tool called "Website Optimizer." Now, some of you OGs may remember Website Optimizer from 2008 or so. Well, it was renamed to Google Optimize and then sunset on September 30, 2023. Google Ads may be bringing it back or making something new within Google Ad
Seroundtable
As you know, Google finally launched custom annotations within the Google Search Console performance reports. Well, one issue we noticed is that it does not allow for adding annotations for data it does not have yet, like for today. Today, Google rolled out support for current/future dates.
Seroundtable
Google Search Console's page indexing report is delayed again, stuck at two weeks ago, November 17, 2025. This is a much longer than normal delay for this page indexing report, but it is just a reporting issue and it does not mean your site has any issues with indexing.
Search Engine Journal
Google's John Mueller says sites with low-quality AI content should rethink their purpose rather than manually rewrite pages. Starting fresh may be faster than recovering. The post Google’s Mueller Says Sites In A ‘Bad State’ May Need To Start Over appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Semrush Blog
Learn how to ask for Google reviews using email, social media, text messages, and in-person interactions.
Semrush Blog
Find out how to get more google reviews with nine different techniques real-world businesses are using.
Search Engine Journal
This week’s SEO Pulse examines new data what drives AI citations, plus ChatGPT launches shopping research. Your quick catch-up on what practitioners need to know. The post SEO Pulse: ChatGPT Gets Shopping & What Drives AI Citations appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Journal
Harry Clarkson-Bennett dismantles AI hype, revealing how real marketing power still lies in creators, communities, and cross-platform customer journeys. The post The Impact AI Is Having On The Marketing Ecosystem appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Journal
Ad scheduling becomes a performance multiplier when campaigns align with regional time zones, local behavior, and data-driven delivery windows. The post Paid Ad Scheduling Across Time Zones That Actually Works appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Abondance
Damien Andell, co-founder of 1492.vision, managed to decipher the internal architecture of Google's Daily Hub, revealing a system of remarkable technical complexity. These exclusive discoveries, which he shared with me in preview, are part of Google's meteoric acceleration towards the
Semrush Blog
Google traffic is slowly declining. Learn how to future-proof your business in the AI era.
Seroundtable
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. We had a lot, I mean, a lot of Google search ranking volatility this week - a Thanksgiving Google update...
Abondance
The article "SMX Paris 2026: rendez-vous le 9 et 10 mars 2026!" was published on the Abondance website.
Seroundtable
We are seeing volatility in the Google search results this week, Thanksgiving week. Google Ads accounts are being hijacked and it is super concerning. Gemini 3 now powers Google AI Mode for more complex queries...
Seroundtable
OpenAI is reportedly scaling up its crawling infrastructure for the holiday shopping season. The folks at Vercel noticed OpenAI adding a lot of new IP ranges for its bots and crawlers.
Seroundtable
The CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, said he spends time on X on launch days to monitor how real people are using, interacting, and experiencing new Google product releases. He said he is "pretty active on launch day trying to understand what's working."
Seroundtable
I know Google said on November 18th that Gemini 3 was "shipping in Search on day one." But no, it shipped on November 26th instead. Nick Fox, SVP at Google, said on X, "We've just shipped intelligent automatic model routing to Gemini 3 Pro for your toughest questions in AI Mode."
Seroundtable
Google has updated how it shows events within AI Overviews. It can now show the direct display of events, instead of an event summary. It is also a bit buggy, but here is how it looks.
Seroundtable
Google rolled out Ads Advisor, its AI-based chatbot for Google Ads, a couple of weeks ago. But some are noticing that if you have an MCC account, where you manage multiple advertisers under one account, the Ads Advisor responses can mix advice from one chat you had about one client account, to a new
Seroundtable
Google's John Mueller said that rewriting AI content by a human won't change the site's ranking in Google by default. Instead, he said, you need to rethink your whole content strategy and the purpose of the site.
Moz Blog
In this episode of Whiteboard Friday, Ross talks about how search has changed and how we, as marketers, can navigate that change to produce quality content. With the increased use of AI and LLMs, content creation may seem more complex, but it’s still based on the fundamentals we use every day.
Search Engine Journal
Fresh data reveals where AI search value is actually accumulating, and which companies may face painful down rounds. The post The Alpha Is Not LLM Monitoring appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Abondance
For years, SEOs have only had access to indirect signals to assess Google's “real” indexing rate: server logs, Search Console and in-house tools. With Indexometer, IndexCheckr offers a public monthly indicator based on a sample of 250,000 pages spread over 20,000
Search Engine Journal
As engines favor synthesized answers over blue links, marketing leaders must rethink how content is built, validated, and measured. The post From Organic Search To AI Answers: How To Redesign SEO Content Workflows appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Ahrefs Blog
This means you can ask: ‘Show me which blog posts lost traffic last month, what keywords they rank for in Ahrefs, and how many support tickets mentioned those topics in Intercom’—and get one consolidated answer instead of logging into three…Read more ›
Ahrefs Blog
At Ahrefs, we read and share articles all the time for marketing and SEO inspiration. In fact, SQ puts a call-out for the best SEO blogs every week, to curate the Ahrefs’ Digest. Below you’ll find our favorites–the blogs that…Read more ›
Search Engine Journal
Google's John Mueller says he doesn’t expect a noticeable SEO impact from a 100MB video that loads in the background after page content and images. The post Mueller: Background Video Loading Unlikely To Affect SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
This is only live for Google AI Pro & Ultra subscribers in the U.S.
Search Engine Land
Testing shows Nano Banana Pro excels at quickly creating seasonal, mood, and lighting variations for visuals, making it ideal for ideation and rapid asset generation.
Search Engine Journal
SE Ranking analyzed 129,000 domains to identify the top 20 factors driving ChatGPT citations. Backlinks, traffic, and trust scores ranked highest. The post New Data: Top Factors Influencing ChatGPT Citations appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
Google Ads now lets advertisers create up to five custom Overview tab views, making it easier to track key metrics.
Search Engine Land
Google’s vague update on expanding Custom Segments under its Personalized Ads policy is raising more questions than answers for advertisers.
Seroundtable
Google may have pushed out a Google search ranking update over the past couple of days. Although the chatter was somewhat quiet, it picked up today and some of the tools are also picking up on an update. I suspect the update and volatility started a couple of days ago, maybe on Monday, November 24t
Search Engine Land
Mastering the search term report can dramatically improve targeting, cut wasted spend, and reveal what real customers are searching for.
Search Engine Land
As search shifts into AI and multi-surface discovery, these seven signals show what real organic success looks like in 2026.
Ahrefs Blog
But here’s what matters more: in our case, the mentions that do include links appear on high-volume queries. This means your actual visibility—measured in impressions rather than raw citation counts—can be far higher than your link percentage suggests. In this…Read more ›
Search Engine Journal
Unlock the power of LinkedIn posts to generate more leads and close bigger deals. Discover effective founder-led marketing strategies. The post From Invisible to Influential: How Founder-Led Marketing Drives 3.7x Larger Deals appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Journal
A side-by-side review of ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude based on real-world testing and the quality of their answers, recommendations, and usability. The post ChatGPT Vs. Gemini Vs. Claude: What Are The Differences? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Search Engine Land
A deeper look at the traffic losses, revenue shifts, and emerging models reshaping publishing and search in an AI-first era.
Search Engine Land
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