The world of SEO has gotten increasingly nuanced. If you’re here, you know that merely writing an article and buying links to it hasn’t worked in a long while. When I’m working on my own …
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Google’s Updated Machine Learning Courses Build SEO Understanding
Google has updated its machine learning crash course with new videos and modules on large language models and automated machine learning. These courses are useful introductions to the technologies behind modern search engines and generative …
Continue readingGoogle’s AI Search Experiment: “Learn About”
Google has quietly introduced a new AI Search experiment called Learn About, which summarizes content and offers navigational menus to explore related subtopics. This new way of exploring content uses drill-down navigational menus called Interactive …
Continue readingGoogle’s Privacy Sandbox faces continued competition concerns
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is closely monitoring Google’s evolving Privacy Sandbox initiative despite the tech giant’s major strategy shift announced earlier this year. Big picture. Google’s original plan to phase out third-party …
Continue readingGoogle’s New AI Shopping Experience Verticalizes Search
While everyone is looking at AI Overviews, Google launched a personalized shopping experience to build a foothold in the vertical that’s the least sensitive to LLM disruption. AI could revive personalization and bring it to …
Continue readingGoogle’s Answer on Ideal Content Length for SEO
Google’s John Mueller answered a question on LinkedIn about the ideal content length for performing well on Google. Participants in the discussion pressed for specifics, raised concerns about being SERP-blocked by Reddit, and suggested that …
Continue readingGoogle’s Mueller On How To Handle Legacy AMP Subdomains
Google’s John Mueller advises site owners on managing outdated AMP subdomains, suggesting redirects or complete DNS removal. Mueller recommends either keeping 301 redirects or removing the AMP subdomain entirely from DNS. For sites with 500,000 …
Continue readingGoogle’s Mueller Dismisses Core Web Vitals Impact On Rankings
Google Search Advocate John Mueller has reaffirmed that Core Web Vitals are not major ranking factors, responding to data that suggested otherwise. His statements come amid growing industry discussion about the immediate impact of site …
Continue readingGoogle’s Leadership Shakeup Long Time Coming
Google CEO Sundar Pichai finally took action and made significant leadership changes. Prabhakar Raghavan, who ran Google Search, Ads, Commerce, Geo, Assistant, and Payments, now reports to Pichai as Chief Technologist and hands the Search …
Continue readingGoogle’s Local Services Ads feature raises cost concerns
A “Request Competitive Quotes” button in Google Local Services Ads is causing uncertainty among advertisers about potential hidden costs. How it works: Users click the “Request Competitive Quotes” button. They select multiple businesses for quotes. …
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