We’re heading toward a voice-first world for publishers, retailers and brands. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Updating alt tags and creating friendly URLs and file names are just a few ways to maximize the accessibility of your organic search presence. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Yesterday Google unveiled a nice number of useful new features in the URL inspection tool. One of those features was to show the HTTP response code of a URL. But did you know it doesn’t show redirect HTTP response codes?

Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that typically cancelling URL removal requests in Google Search Console is quick.

Posted by willcritchlow Testing for only SEO or only CRO isn’t always ideal. Some changes result in higher conversions and reduced site traffic, for instance, while others may rank more highly but convert less well. In today’s Whiteboard Friday, we welcome Will Critchlow as he demonstrates a method of testing for both your top-of-funnel SEO changes and your conversion-focused CRO changes at once.

Twitter has released a new, free resource to help guide marketers’ social media strategies in 2019.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

A study of US consumers reveals how they’re using voice assistants, and what types of products they’re buying. The post New Study Reveals What People Are Buying Through Voice Assistants by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal

A new study reveals that 91% of brands have moved at least a part of their digital marketing operations in-house. The post 91% of Brands are Moving Toward In-House Digital Marketing [STUDY] by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal