Google’s Chrome team shares an updated set of recommendations for optimizing Core Web Vitals to help you decide what to prioritize when time is limited. The post Google Chrome Team Shares Tips For Optimizing Core Web Vitals appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google has confirmed that the  December 2022 helpful content update  is now finished rolling out. The update took 38 days to roll out, starting on December 5, 2022 but was first noticeable on December 6th, and ending on January 12, 2023. Google has posted it was completed today, January 12

Google has confirmed that the  December 2022 link spam update  is now finished rolling out.

All the buzz these days is around AI, artificial intelligence, as a Googler killer, Bing’s plans to add ChatGPT, and also as a tool, we can use for our own websites. Recently, Bankrate was highlighted as having some of its content written by machines but reviewed by human editors, and the SEO community wanted to know Google’s policies around these efforts. Bankrate example

A successful SEO strategy includes various must-have components, such as SEO best practices, a proper focus and connection with target audiences and competitive factors. Best practices and audience aspects are generalized and personal to your brand. Conducting a competitor analysis is also critical, as you want to learn from brands already well-positioned in the space you want to be in.

Google has this SEO case studies and success stories page since 2019 and they have updated it a few times, I believe, since. Recently, someone Mariachiara Marsella asked John Mueller if Google can add new case studies.

Apple has reannounced its toolset for businesses to manage their business listings on Apple Maps.

Over the last few days or so, Bankrate has been gaining a lot of attention in the SEO space. They are using AI to write a lot of content and not hide it. With that, Google’s Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, responded to the SEO community about Google’s stance on such AI-generated content.

Google Search is testing displaying news stories for users in a specific country or region, from a specific country or region. Google titles this section, “Trending stories from country/region” and then shows the country or region as the header.

Google’s John Mueller said when it comes to your HTML head section, you want to ensure that section is clean and tight. If possible, you don’t want it to have broken syntax because it can break other parts of the page and make it hard for Google to read the page and your users.