From scaling your agency all the way to thinking about SEO in a deeper way – check out this interview. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Marketing O’Clock covers the end of Google Ads’ message extensions, Baidu’s new AI technology, and the CCPA regulations. The post Goodbye, Google Ads’ Message Extensions & More News [PODCAST] via @shepzirnheld appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Are you optimizing images for your customers and search engines? Use these image optimization tips to maximize findability and speed. The post 11 Important Image SEO Tips You Need to Know via @annaleacrowe appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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Here’s why it’s important to audit your content, how to gather the details you’ll need, and the metrics you should track.

There has been a string of articles in the past few weeks about Google not being the same company it use to be. The culture, the strive, the attitude and passion, the do no evil, seems to have somewhat gone out of the window. I don’t have any inside information, but I found a former Googler Jonathan Rockway comment about it on Reddit and wanted to share it with you

Elegant Themes announced a code injection vulnerability.

Gary Illyes from Google posted on Twitter “It’s a new year, maybe we can put the voice search optimization fad to sleep finally…” What does he mean by this?

Google’s John Mueller was asked by a webmaster if he should remove the mobile alternative pages since the site is now responsive. John Mueller said yes, saying “Fewer page types make things easier, so if you can migrate away from m-dot that seems like a good idea to me.”