SEO

Some so-called digital marketing experts have said “blogs are dead,” especially in big business. This couldn’t be further from the truth, especially with changes in search like AI Overviews and the endless flow of trust customers now require. Blogs build trust gradually, contrary to what shady marketers claim. Results aren’t instant. It’s a long-term strategy…

The strongest paid search strategy builds on your brand’s unique value. Here, you control the customer experience and messaging, driving traffic that converts from search, via Google Ads.  Your brand terms, message and unique selling points are yours to leverage – and in paid search, they should be your safe haven. But with fierce competition,…

It doesn’t take a lot of sentences to cover the number of disruptions in search marketing in the season (or era?) that we’re in. Right now, Google is rapidly changing organic and paid search, causing excitement and confusion. New AI Overviews, leaked information and potential OpenAI search engines are creating distractions in our careers. Additionally,…

OpenAI today announced SearchGPT, its long-awaited search product. SearchGPT is a “temporary prototype” and limited to just 10,000 users and publishers at launch. OpenAI plans to integrate the “best” parts of the new search features directly within ChatGPT in the future. How SearchGPT works. SearchGPT responds to queries using its AI models plus information pulled…

Economic downturns create uncertainty and changes in user behavior that impact markets and forecasts. They also affect the approach and resources allocated to marketing activities. Because no two recessions or economic downsturns are the same, marketers operate in uncharted waters every time one occurs. This article can help marketers manage SEO campaigns and show the…

Bing is now testing its new generative search experience that combines the Bing search results and its language models to use AI to generate a different breed of search results, including an AI-generated search results pages. “I’m excited to share an early look at Bing’s new generative search experience. It combines the power of LLMs…

Reddit has updated its robots.txt file, preventing Bing and many other search engines from crawling the site. “Bing stopped crawling Reddit after they implemented their updated robots.txt file on July 1, which prohibits all crawling of their site,” a Microsoft representative told Search Engine Land. What happened. On July 1, 2024, Reddit updated its robots.txt…

Discover how predictive analytics and AI convert raw data into actionable insights, eliminate data noise and forecast emerging trends. Edna Chavira on July 24, 2024 at 7:08 pm | Reading time: 1 minute SearchBot is thinking … Imagine a world where your marketing efforts go beyond short-term gains. A world where you can predict customer behavior,…

Google’s Q2 earnings call revealed how the tech giant is leveraging AI to enhance its advertising products, potentially opening new opportunities for marketers. Google is betting big on AI to drive innovation across its ad platforms, from Search to YouTube, while also addressing growing privacy concerns. Why we care. Google is leveraging AI to transform…

The past year hasn’t been the easiest in search. SEOs are literally unhappier, trying to keep up with unprecedented volatility, ever-expanding workloads and cascading internal expectations.  Couple all this with an unstable macro environment, reduced liquidity that depressed valuations, little-to-no acquisitions or exits, once-in-a-generation technology advancements like AI and a couple of crushing core algorithm…