This year’s selection of podcasts reflects a growing sophistication and expertise in the industry, a reaction to the intensity of pressure from AI and the erosion of organic search. The following SEO podcasts have been chosen for their grasp of what’s happening right now, publishing frequency, and willingness to embrace a more expansive perspective on […]
An enterprise website migration is no small feat. We’re talking hundreds of thousands of URLs and years of SEO equity on the line. To pull it off without traffic loss, you need a solid redirect strategy. With the right approach, you can migrate an enterprise website without losing traffic or search rankings. If you stay […]
Website operators across the web are reporting increased activity from AI web crawlers. This surge raises concerns about site performance, analytics, and server resources. These bots consume significant bandwidth to collect data for large language models, which could impact performance metrics relevant to search rankings. Here’s what you need to know. How AI Crawlers May […]
YouTube’s updated Shorts view count now captures every play, but this change won’t affect earnings or monetization eligibility. YouTube will begin counting Shorts views without minimum watch time starting March 31. Earnings and YPP eligibility remain tied to the old way of counting views Both total views and “engaged views” will be available in YouTube […]
Recent data shows that fewer Americans support banning TikTok. At the same time, Democratic lawmakers warn that President Donald Trump’s current plans may not be enough to keep the platform online after the April 5 deadline. Public Support For TikTok Ban Weakens A Pew Research Center survey found that 34% of U.S. adults support banning […]
Google AI Overviews are now available in several new European regions today, after Google began testing them earlier this month. As a reminder, Google has expanded its AI Overviews within Google Search to over 100 different countries. This is up from just several countries last year, including the US, UK, India, Japan, Indonesia, Mexico and Brazil. Then last October AI […]
Over the last few years, AI has upended many aspects of our world, including search. The rise of generative AI threw many of us for a loop. If you’re one of them, still scrambling to make sense of this new normal, you might be wondering: what matters most in SEO now? The answer may surprise […]
Are all Google Ads conversions created equal? Let’s say a $500 sale and a $50 sale both land in your lap: do you treat them the same? If not, you need to test Maximize Conversion Value, one of the four Smart Bidding strategies in Google Ads. We’re going to cover: What is Maximize Conversion Value […]
Has your organic traffic looked like this over the past couple of years? I’ve evaluated a handful of global websites negatively impacted by core updates related to page experience, helpful content, and spam. This specific site is a large enterprise global site with multiple subdomains and millions of orphaned pages without proper URL structure. If […]
The world of SEO has changed, especially with the rise of zero-click searches, where users get their answers directly on Google’s search results page without clicking through to any websites. A study from SparkTaro found that zero-click searches accounted for nearly 60% of Google searches ending without a click in 2024. This trend will continue […]