Dec 25
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Bill Hunt reveals why CEOs must manage their websites like factories for digital value creation, not expenses buried in marketing budgets. The post Questions The CEO Should Be Asking About Their Website (But Rarely Does) appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Questions The CEO Should Be Asking About Their Website (But Rarely Does) via @sejournal, @billhunt
Google has updated its Manage customer reviews help documentation to expand and clarify the “Understand what happens to your replies” section.
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Google Clarifies Business Owner Review Replies Expectations
How you answer skeptical questions matters more than the questions themselves when links are at stake. The post Improve Any Link Building Strategy With One Small Change appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Improve Any Link Building Strategy With One Small Change via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Microsoft is testing the ability to upload an image directly within the Bing search bar. You click on a plus sign and Bing shows you “search with an image” and “make an image.” I get the search with an image feature but why add generative AI features, like make an image, in this search bar?
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Microsoft Tests Search With An Image & Make An Image In Bing Search Bar
Is it GEO, AI SEO, or just SEO?
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SEOs Should Not Dismiss Geo for Being Low-Traffic
Dec 25
16
Apple’s updated Safari browser enables site owners to more accurately track critical Core Web Vitals metrics.
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Apple Safari Update Enables Tracking Two Core Web Vitals Metrics via @sejournal, @martinibuster
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…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 16, 2025
Why Google’s focus on AI products is weakening traditional spam enforcement and reshaping risk for legitimate publishers and SEOs. The post Why Google’s Spam Problem Is Getting Worse appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Why Google’s Spam Problem Is Getting Worse
User-behavior insights from GA4 help prioritize the improvements that drive measurable gains instead of surface-level traffic wins. The post How To Track User Journey In GA4 To Make SEO Wins More Visible appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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How To Track User Journey In GA4 To Make SEO Wins More Visible via @sejournal, @bngsrc
Nick Fox is the SVP of Knowledge and Information at Google was interviewed again on the AI Inside channel by Jason Howel and Jeff Jarvin. He said a lot of interesting things but said no, Google won’t be offering standarized licensing deals for all publishers. He also said that optimizing for AI Search is the same as what you do for web search and normal SEO.
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Google Won’t Provide Standard License Deals For AI & SEO Is The Same