SEO

For the original iTunes version, click here. We got another official Google ranking update, the September 2023 helpful content update. This week, we had our first post-Google core update tremors and fluctuations. After saying they would a month ago, Google also finally dropped the FAQ-rich results snippets. Google also surprised us by saying How-to…

Peak seasonality is here. It’s the time of year when demand – and paid search – accelerates for goods or services that brands provide. When this happens, queries, traffic, sales and (fingers crossed) your conversions increase noticeably compared to the rest of the year. This almost definitely will lead to more optimizations, reporting, forecasting, analyzing and…

Being a one-person marketing team can be both exciting and stressful. You have a high level of control over the company’s creative messaging, which gives you the power to truly launch a brand. But you’re responsible for building and executing a company’s entire marketing strategy, which can feel overwhelming given the sheer amount of effort…

The September 2023 Google helpful content update is rolling out as of yesterday at about 4:20 pm ET and while we expect it to continue to roll out for the next two weeks, everyone wants to know what to expect from this update. Thankfully, Google dropped some clues in its revisions to its search documentation…

Large Language Models (LLMs) remain a hot topic in SEO – especially with the popularity of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other generative AI tools with user-friendly chat interfaces. It’s so easy to get excited about the potential of generative AI and what it means for an SEO strategy. But managing client expectations remains critical.  This overarching…

Google Ads has launched a new feature to assist advertisers in optimizing their YouTube campaigns Known as Creative Guidance, this innovative tool is now available through Recommendations and has been integrated into Video Analytics within Google Ads. Creative Guidance leverages AI to evaluate your content and offer best-practice feedback. For example, if critical information is…

Google is on trial for allegedly using underhand tactics to ensure it stays the world’s leading search engine. The U.S. Justice Department claims Google, which owns a 90% market share in search, paid massive sums to companies like Apple to make it the default search engine on products like the iPhone. These multibillion-dollar deals gave…

Microsoft has been criticised after publishing an AI-generated obituary for NBA star Brandon Hunter. The former Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic player passed away suddenly this week, aged 42, after collapsing during a hot yoga class in Orlando, Fl. Shortly after his passing, fans were shocked to see the father of three described as “useless”…

TikTok now serves Wikipedia snippets in some of its search results. This is the first time that the platform has offered its users results from the wider web as historically, it exclusively featured its own content in SERPs. The Wikipedia snippets were first noticed in TikTok SERPs by The Verge, as shown here: A spokesperson…

Amazon is rolling out enhanced AI capabilities to help advertisers create better product listings. The new technology simplifies how sellers create product descriptions, titles, and listing details by automatically generating content based on brief product descriptions. Previously, sellers were required to enter many pieces of information to create product listings, however, the process has now…