Link building in 2025: 12 ways to win or fail

Link building in 2025: 12 ways to win or fail

As search engines continue to evolve, so too must our approach to link building. In 2025, the focus has shifted more than ever toward quality over quantity, prioritizing authoritative, relevant backlinks from trustworthy sources. This article outlines 12 essential dos and don’ts for effective link building, covering the most common pitfalls to avoid and the […]

Top 10 PPC tools you should be using in 2025

Top 10 PPC tools you should be using in 2025

In 2025, managing paid search isn’t just about adjusting bids or split testing ad copy. It’s about navigating a complex, data-rich environment where performance depends heavily on the supporting tools you use. Today, PPC professionals are expected to handle cross-channel attribution, rapidly test creative, track micro-conversions, and make sense of fragmented reporting dashboards.  With Google […]

Why Didn’t My Keywords Come Back After I Changed My Page Content?

Why Didn’t My Keywords Come Back After I Changed My Page Content?

This week’s ask an SEO question comes from Jubi in Kerala: “We changed our on-page content recently as keyword positions were nil. After updating the content, the keywords started appearing, but after four weeks the keywords went back to nil. Why is this so, any suggestions? [Page provided]” Great to meet you, Jubi, and thank you […]

AI and Brand Voice: Your Secret to Quality Scalable Content

AI and Brand Voice: Your Secret to Quality Scalable Content

Worried your AI-generated content sounds robotic or off-brand? Wondering how to maintain your voice and style as you scale your content creation efforts with AI? In this article, you’ll discover how to align AI tools with your unique brand voice—so you can produce high-quality, on-brand content at scale without sacrificing authenticity or creative control. The […]

Use IndexNow For AI Search And Shopping SEO

Use IndexNow For AI Search And Shopping SEO

Microsoft Bing published an announcement stating that the IndexNow search crawling technology is a powerful way for ecommerce companies to surface the latest and most accurate shopping-related information in AI Search and search engine shopping features. Generative Search Requires Timely Shopping Information Ecommerce sites typically depend on merchant feeds, search engine crawling and updates to […]

IndexNow helps with faster indexing of product updates and shopping ads

IndexNow helps with faster indexing of product updates and shopping ads

IndexNow, an indexing protocol spearheaded by Microsoft Bing’s search team, announced that IndexNow helps with real-time indexing and structured data support. This allows you keep you your products and shopping ads up to date within Bing and the search engines that use the IndexNow protocol. Plus, Microsoft announced that Amazon and Shopify both are using […]

Google Ads bug stalls spending for New Customer Acquisition

Google Ads bug stalls spending for New Customer Acquisition

A confirmed bug in Google Ads caused New Customer Acquisition (NCA) campaigns to stop spending budgets starting May 15. The issue has affected advertisers relying solely on this bidding strategy to reach new customers. The details: Google acknowledged the problem in an email shared by Google Ads consultant Benoit Legendre. “We are aware of an […]

Google Discover on desktop now available in some countries

Google Discover on desktop now available in some countries

Google Discover started rolling out on desktop to the Google homepage in New Zealand and Australia. And we’re getting our first look at it. We learned Google Discover is coming to desktop last month. Perhaps this will be among Google’s announcements at I/O, which takes place May 20-21? What it looks like. Here’s a screenshot […]

How to blend AI and human input in your content approach

How to blend AI and human input in your content approach

No, you can’t just trust AI to do your SEO work for you. Great SEO requires smart humans.  But used strategically, it can be an effective accelerant for great organic growth. In other words, as I recently explained to a client, simply using AI to mass-produce content doesn’t work – but a structured AI-driven workflow […]

How To Automate SEO Keyword Clustering By Search Intent With Python

How To Automate SEO Keyword Clustering By Search Intent With Python

There’s a lot to know about search intent, from using deep learning to infer search intent by classifying text and breaking down SERP titles using Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques, to clustering based on semantic relevance, with the benefits explained. Not only do we know the benefits of deciphering search intent, but we also have […]