LLM optimization (LLMO) is all about proactively improving your brand visibility in LLM-generated responses. In the words of Bernard Huang, speaking at Ahrefs Evolve, “LLMs are the first realistic search alternative to Google.” Market projections back this up: You might resent AI chatbots for reducing your traffic share or poaching your intellectual property, but pretty soon … Read more
Google added a number of AI, Gemini-powered, features to Google Maps including new search features, review summaries for place listings and a way to ask about a specific business listing where AI will give you answers. Plus, Google said that more than 2 billion users use Google Maps, which was actually announced by Google’s CEO, … Read more
Google Search has this new feature named “mentioned in key answers.” This shows you which personalities, entities, within Google’s knowledge graph, are mentioned in the search results in Google. This feature was spotted by Gagan Ghotra who shared a couple of screenshots of this on X. Gagan wrote, “Google is now testing “Mentioned in key … Read more
Google’s Gary Illyes cautioned about the use of Large Language ****** (LLMs), affirming the importance of checking authoritative sources before accepting any answers from an LLM. His answer was given in the context of a question, but curiously, he didn’t publish what that question was. LLM Answer Engines Based on what Gary Illyes said, it’s … Read more
We have one goal for this article: to help you land an SEO job. This isn’t a generic piece on SEO interview questions. Yes, we’ve broken the questions down by career stages and SEO types to help you prepare. But we’ve also spoken to people who actually hire talent in the SEO industry. To learn … Read more
by Jim July 10, 2024 G’day Rankers! This week we’ll explore the evolving landscape of search technology and its impact on e-commerce. Discover how AI assistants like Perplexity and Siri are revolutionising the way users find information and how businesses must adapt to stay ahead. Learn about the decline of traditional search methods, the rise … Read more
Google’s Gary Illyes answered a question about how to notify Google that someone is poisoning their backlink profile with “toxic links” which is a problem that many people have been talking about for at least fifteen years. Question About Alerting Google To Toxic Links Gary narrated the question: “Someone’s asking, how to alert Google of … Read more
For the past few days there has been a number of complaints about not being able to see Questions and Answers on Google Business Profile listings. While some can see some Q&As, not everyone can see all of the past Q&As posted on those Business Profiles within Google Search. The Local Search Forums, a few … Read more
Google looks stupid right now. And AI Overviews are to blame. Google’s AI Overviews have given incorrect, misleading and even dangerous answers. The fact that Google includes a disclaimer at the bottom of every answer (“Generative AI is experimental”) should be no excuse. What’s happening. Google’s AI-generated answers have gained a lot negative mainstream media … Read more
One of the big worries for Google investors was the cost of running AI to show within its search results. The AI overviews, now AI answers are costly to run. But as expected, Google was able to reduce the cost to generate these AI Answers. The Information wrote that Google was able to reduce the … Read more
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