Since the August 2022 helpful content update, Google has been emphasizing “helpfulness” for ranking content on SERPs. Now, Google has incorporated helpfulness signals into the March 2024 core update. It’s now a huge part of search. So, what exactly is helpful content? Are you meeting Google’s “helpful” content requirements? This article is a one-stop solution … Read more
It’s frustrating when you’ve spent time and effort optimizing your site, only for Google not to index certain pages. Especially when those issues don’t have an obvious explanation. But ignoring the problem isn’t an option. So, what do you do if some of your important pages aren’t appearing in search results? You delve into the … Read more
The need for quality SEO keeps increasing. Brands that execute an organic strategy the right way are standing out early and often – and it’s more important now than ever, thanks to the emergence of AI and other technological innovations. Blend those emerging technologies with the tumultuous few years that made up the COVID pandemic … Read more
“SEO audits are a waste of time.” That one hurts to read, doesn’t it? Recently, I came across a LinkedIn post that lamented on SEO audits. My comment got a lot of engagement, so the idea for this article was born: There are good arguments why you could say that audits are indeed a waste … Read more
It’s frustrating. You put time, energy and a lot of hope into a webpage. But it just won’t rank. Your competitors’ pages are ranking well, even though (subjectively) they’re worse. Yours deserves to be top of Google. So why isn’t it? Figuring out the levers to pull to get your content to the top of … Read more
Your “pretty good” rankings look pretty good. Except they’re not. At least, not when you dig beneath the surface a bit. You’ll quickly realize that the “pretty good” ranking is actually more of a mirage, an oasis in a sea of fierce competition that means you’ll unlikely, if ever, get to drink from the firehose … Read more
Marketers and businesses alike have highlighted SEO as an effective tool to drive traffic and conversions to a website. In hopes of basking in this lucrative opportunity, you may have hired an SEO company or decided to wing SEO yourself. But after months of dedication, you hardly see any improvement in your monthly traffic or … Read more
The next phase in ChatGPT’s meteoric rise is the adoption of GPTBot. This new iteration of OpenAI’s technology involves crawling webpages to deepen the output ChatGPT can provide. AI improvement seems positive, but it’s not so clear-cut. Legal and ethical issues surround the technology. GPTBot’s arrival has highlighted these concerns, as many major brands are … Read more
BuzzFeed was one of the first major publishers to adopt heavy AI publishing. They drew scrutiny when a litany was plagiarized, copy-and-pasted, factually incorrect, awkward and simply poorly written. Most recently, they’ve resorted to shutting down entire business units because of their inability to compete. Sports Illustrated, also an early adopter, suffered from similar issues … Read more
Someone asked on Twitter why their articles aren’t ranking well and Google SearchLiaison surprised everyone with a mini site audit of things needing to be fixed. A person (@iambrandonsalt) tweeted on X (formerly Twitter) asking if anyone could offer an explanation of why some pages of their site was having problems ranking. He tweeted: “Does … Read more
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