Future-proof your SEO strategy with Relevance Engineering, a new framework for AI search. Learn how to optimize content for LLMs, build topical authority, and adapt to Google's AI Mode for increased brand visibility.
What's changed between 2021 and 2025? Is everything different? Think again! In this new series, Jo Cameron and Cyrus Shepard discuss his popular Whiteboard Friday episode to find out what tactics are still relevant and what the future...
In the ultra competitive, ever hungry for continuous growth world we live in, a steady stream of qualified leads is the lifeblood of any successful B2B organization. And where are many of these crucial leads originating? Digital...
In the era of mass automation and algorithmic creativity, a new digital phenomenon is emerging—and it’s not exactly flattering. It’s called AI slop, and it’s feeding into a broader movement often referred to as slop culture. But what...
From AI Overviews to ChatGPT, less is becoming more when it comes to search traffic thanks to zero-click searches. Discover why almost 60% of searches end without a click and how to adapt now! The post Inside Zero-Click Searches (And...
Can Google Ads improve on its 6:1 return on ad spend? With hyper-contextual ads in AI Overviews, it's possible. Discover what you need to know — including how to optimize your AI Overview ads — now! The post Google Ads + AI Overviews:...
We track thousands of keywords across mixed industries on a monthly basis. We’ve built a dashboard that monitors the performance of keywords that have remained on the first page of Google for the past 13 months. This gives us a...
Digital advertising only works as hard as the system behind it. If your CRM isn’t fully integrated with your marketing efforts, you’re likely missing out on better targeting, smarter bidding, and more accurate ROI tracking. Whether...
Every business owner wants to build stronger relationships with their customers and keep their brand top of mind. But how do you achieve that in a world full of distractions? The answer is simple: a newsletter. It’s not just another...
Google maintains a Spam Policies page that it regularly updates. While it’s strongly recommended that all webmasters follow these guidelines, there’s more to it than just compliance. After 22 years in the industry, I can confidently say...
Don't let valuable content sit idle - reviving old blog posts is one of the most effective (and underused) SEO strategies. Instead of churning out new content nonstop, updating existing posts can boost your traffic, improve search...
For as broad and difficult of a problem running a search engine is and how many competing interests are involved, when Matt Cutts was at Google they ran a pretty clean show. Some of what they did before the algorithms could catch up was...
On February 18, 2025 Google's Hyung-Jin Kim was interviewed about Google's ranking signals . Below are notes from that interview. "Hand Crafting" of Signals Almost every signal, aside from RankBrain and DeepRank (which are LLM-based) are...
The way we interact with computers to complete tasks has evolved dramatically. We’ve moved from writing complex code, to clicking with a mouse, to using built-in tools inside software. Yet even with all this progress, many digital tasks...
Google Ads has undergone major shifts in recent years, shaped by two dominant trends: Google Search clicks are becoming more expensive and competitive every year. Google Search campaigns are increasingly automated and AI-driven,...
What do Amazon, Netflix, and ChatGPT have in common? (And no, it’s not AI). It’s advertising. Like the most popular platforms on the web, from Instagram to Google, OpenAI plans to monetize its AI chat platform through paid ads. The post...
SEO mistakes can be costly, particularly when business owners cling to outdated myths. In [stat current-year] and beyond, remember that SEO isn't a one-time effort; it demands ongoing optimization to adapt to evolving algorithms. The...
SEO mistakes can seriously derail your website’s chances of ranking well in search results. Common pitfalls like keyword stuffing and ignoring mobile optimization not only frustrate users but also confuse search engines. The post The 8...
User interaction signals Create relevancy signals out of user read, clicks, scrolls, and mouse hovers. Not how search works Search does not work by delivering results which match a query that ends at the user. This view of search is...
Google's mission statement is "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." That mission is so profound & so important the associated court documents in their antitrust cases must be withheld from...
I just dusted off the login here to realize I hadn't posted in about a half-year. Some of Yandex's old source code was leaked , and few cared about the ranking factors shared in the leak. Mike King made a series of Tweets on the leak....
Google Search performance data is the most widely used data in Search Console. This post explains in detail the data available and how Google processes it, including privacy filtering and other limitations related to serving latency,...
TechCrunch recently highlighted how Google is changing their ad labeling on mobile devices. A few big changes include: ad label removed from individual ad units where the unit-level label was instead becomes a favicon a "Sponsored" label...
Today, Search is introducing site names on mobile search results to make it easier to identify the website that's associated with each result, and we're sharing how you can indicate your preferred site name with structured data.
In 2002 we launched a page with a set of guidelines for site owners that gave an overview of best practices when it came to building a site. We called this page "Webmaster Guidelines" and it's been with us ever since. Since then we added...
The first of the Search Central Live events is going to happen in-person in Singapore on November 24, 2022. Registrations are now open until November 15 and we welcome you to fill out the form for a chance to secure your spot at the...
Google Search Console has a new report called HTTPS, which provides more information regarding the HTTPS status of the site and make it easier to understand which pages are not served over HTTPS, and why not. Use this report to get...
Google is pleased to announce expanded eligibility for enhanced product experiences in Google Search through the use of Product structured data. These enhanced product experiences were previously only open to Merchant Center users. We're...
Granular Panda Reading the tea leaves on the pre-announced Google "helpful content" update rolling out next week & over the next couple weeks in the English language, it sounds like a second and perhaps more granular version of Panda...
We're launching what we're calling the “helpful content update” that's part of a broader effort to ensure people see more original, helpful content written by people, for people, in search results. This post contains more about the...
Product reviews are a valuable resource for users researching which product to buy. Product reviews often contain a list of pros and cons, which our research has shown to be popular with shoppers when making their purchasing decisions....
To help you understand the performance of your videos on Google, and identify possible areas of improvement, Search Console is launching a new report called Video indexing. We will roll out this change gradually over the next few months,...
We're addressing some questions we've received the past few days in response to our documentation update about Googlebot handling up to 15 MB of data on request.