SEO

Google has begun to push out an update to its helpful content system, the last helpful content system update was the December 2022 helpful content update. The update started on September 14 and should take about two weeks to fully roll out. What is new. Google said, “The September 2023 helpful content update is rolling out with…

Amazon is rolling out new features to improve its search capabilities on mobile. In a bid to rival search engines like Google and Pinterest, the retail giant is launching new search and discovery tools, including: Multimodal search (the ability to search using both text and images) Expanded AR features Find-on-Amazon (a new tool that identifies…

Whether we know it or not, we’re caught in a paradox.  There is an industry-wide obsession among SEOs with scalability. More specifically, how we can use generative AI to help with scalability.  With unprecedented advancements in AI as of late, it’s no surprise. On the one hand, efficiencies of scale are amazing and AI can…

Google Search Generative Experience (SGE) is looming over the search industry, but little is understood about its mechanisms and expected impact on our organic traffic. Join this webinar to understand how to overcome the Google SGE challenge. The first step is assessing how Google SGE goes live and how it will impact your organic traffic. Next,…

Search is hard, as Seth Godin wrote in 2005. I mean, if we think SEO is hard (and it is) imagine if you were trying to build a search engine in a world where: The users vary dramatically and change their preferences over time. The technology they access search advances every day. Competitors nipping at…

On average, Americans now check their phones 262 times a day and daily screen time averages over five hours per day. People are using their phones more frequently, for longer periods of time, and are shopping from their phones more than ever before. With 54% of web traffic coming from mobile, adding text messaging (also…

With the increase in smart bidding, broad match and Performance Max we can see Google Ads moving toward audience signals and first-party data audiences. First-party data is essential to improve audience targeting and provide Google with audience signals. What is first-party data? First-party data is information you collect through your website, or digital marketing and…

AI is helping PPC managers focus more on strategic initiatives, such as campaign inputs and back-end management, rather than manual operations. Increased efficiency and effectiveness? This evolution is exciting! AI will play an increasingly important role in daily operations as PPC evolves. Here’s a closer look at how AI will impact the daily activities of…

Q4 is almost here, along with the holiday shopping season. Rather than focus on ecommerce holiday SEO strategies and campaigns – which you should (hopefully) already have nailed down – now is a good time to start thinking ahead to next year. 1. Learn from last year Start by reviewing last year’s campaign wrap-ups to…

The multibillion-dollar question right now is whether the Search Generative Experience (SGE) will blow up Google’s Search business model. Based on early testing, Google CEO Sundar Pichai is “confident” that won’t happen. “It’s important to us to connect users with what’s out on the web, and we are working deeply to make sure that continues…