URL parameters can be an SEO nightmare.

In this episode of Whiteboard Friday, Joel discusses how to get client buy-in for being featured in customer stories. He explains why customers might say “no” to being featured and how to pitch the idea of a customer story successfully

OpenAI claims new o1 model excels in complex reasoning, outperforming humans in math, coding, and science tests. The post OpenAI Claims New “o1” Model Can Reason Like A Human appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google expands YouTube First Position ads, offering wider content reach and dynamic pricing through Display & Video 360. The post Google Expands YouTube First Position Ad Availability appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Learn ways to boost your international growth, with technical walkthroughs and methods for building trust in new markets. The post International SEO Expansion: Best Practices Guide appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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.

Google introduces confidential matching, a new privacy technology for advertisers using secure data processing. The post Google Introduces New Data Privacy Technology for Advertisers appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Over the years Google has been wishy-washy on if they use or do not use Exif (Exchangeable image file format) data for rankings.

In my interview with Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, I tried to get more details on Navboost and how it plays a roll in core updates and general rankings. I was pretty much shot down (I am a good loser). That being said, here are some old posts from ex-Googlers (from what I can tell) on the topic of Navboost from the Hacker News forums.

Google has updated its Indexing API documentation to add a few things but the largest update talks about how “all submissions through the Indexing API undergo rigorous spam detection.” Plus, it says that attempts to abuse the Indexing API “may result in access being revoked.”