SEO

This day in search marketing history: January 28

Posted by admin on 2023/01/28 at 5:01 am

Google begins experimenting with featured snippets in 2014, Google started answering complex questions at the top of its search results with detailed responses (or answers) taken from websites. Does that sound like featured snippets? It should.

Daily Search Forum Recap: January 27, 2023

Posted by admin on 2023/01/27 at 9:00 pm

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 Ads now supports negative keywords on the account level. SEOs trust YMYL content less if AI writes it…

Yandex ‘leak’ reveals 1,922 search ranking factors

Posted by admin on 2023/01/27 at 8:54 pm

A former employee allegedly leaked a Yandex

Where should you spend your SEO budget?

Posted by admin on 2023/01/27 at 3:00 pm

Incoming links, or backlinks, still matter for SEO. But they are becoming less important for Google.

Google Account-level negative keywords are here

Posted by admin on 2023/01/27 at 2:54 pm

To prevent unwanted impressions or clicks from certain search terms across multiple campaigns, advertisers can create a negative keyword list at the account level and then apply it to relevant campaigns. This will save you the effort of adding the same negative keywords to individual campaigns and make it easier to manage future changes to negative keywords across campaigns. How it works

How to build a winning SEO tool stack for 2023

Posted by admin on 2023/01/27 at 2:00 pm

SEO professionals can access many free and paid platforms, tools, and software. But if you and your competitors are all using the same tools, data, and approaches – how can you set yourself apart?

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Layoffs, DOJ Sues Google, Search Console Content Ideas & Google Optimize Going Away, Yahoo Search Comeback

Posted by admin on 2023/01/27 at 1:01 pm

As I mentioned briefly last week, Google announced mass layoffs last week, and I discuss what I know so far about it. There are also reports that Google is pushing advertisers to use third-party resellers and not their internal staff. The DOJ sued Google again to break…

Moving on from search engine optimization to search optimization

Posted by admin on 2023/01/27 at 1:00 pm

In the early 2000s, web search was mostly limited to search engines and online directories available at the time. But we have come a long way since then.

Poll: Most SEOs Won’t Recommend Using AI To Write Content

Posted by admin on 2023/01/27 at 12:51 pm

A new Twitter poll shows that most SEOs do not yet feel comfortable recommending using AI to write client content. The poll asked, “Would you recommend using an AI writer to your clients?” Most SEOs said no.

Google Search Result Snippet Scrollable On Some Browsers

Posted by admin on 2023/01/27 at 12:41 pm

Did you know that in some browsers, specifically on Android on Chrome and maybe others, that you can scroll to see more of a longer and truncated snippet in the Google Search results? I didn’t but Kamran Badal spotted this the other day and Glenn Gabe was able to replicate it.