Catégorie : SEO

Google’s John Mueller responded to a question about how Google treats outbound links from a site that has a link-related penalty. His answer suggests the situation may not work in the way many assume. An SEO asked on Bluesky whether a site that has what they described as a “link penalty” could affect the value […]

An analysis of more than 400 websites by Zyppy founder Cyrus Shepard identifies five characteristics associated with whether a site gained or lost estimated organic traffic over the past 12 months. Shepard classified sites by revisiting many of the same ones covered in Lily Ray’s December core update analysis, categorizing them by business model, content […]

Everyone is scrambling to incorporate AI. But what takes priority? Is generative engine optimization (GEO) replacing traditional SEO? Should you shift budget from traditional SEO to AI content experiments? Watch this on-demand SEO webinar to see how to prioritize SEO vs. AI search based on your business model. Before You Reallocate SEO Budget, Validate Where […]

The next time you ask an AI what product to buy, which agency to hire, or which software platform actually works, pay attention to where the answer comes from. Increasingly, it does not come from the vendor’s own website. It comes from a stranger’s Reddit comment written eighteen months ago, upvoted 847 times by people […]

There is a common expectation in SEO that needs to be challenged, and it usually appears as soon as a new agency or consultant takes over performance. Many businesses assume that fresh expertise should lead to quick wins, as if changing vendors resets everything and removes the issues that held performance back before. This view […]

In a recent interview, Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, explained how search is changing in response to advances in AI. The discussion centered on a simple question: If AI can act, plan, and execute, then what role will search play in the future? Information Queries May Become Agent AI Search The interviewer asked whether search remains […]

Google’s March core update has finished rolling out, according to the Google Search Status Dashboard. The dashboard updated at 6:12 AM PDT on April 8 with the completion note: “The rollout was complete as of April 8, 2026.” The update began on March 27 at 2:00 AM PT, making the total rollout 12 days. That’s […]

Ask any PPC professional what career shape they are working toward, and most will say T-shaped. One deep specialism, broad supporting knowledge across adjacent areas. It became the dominant career framework in marketing over the last decade, and for good reason. In a world where platforms were simpler and clients valued versatility, the T-shaped practitioner […]

For more than a decade, Google’s share of global search traffic barely moved. It hovered between 91% and 93%, and the SEO industry built its workflow around that reality. As of March 2026, StatCounter data shows Google at 90.01% of worldwide search traffic, with Bing at 4.98%, Yahoo at 1.39%, Yandex at 1.34%, DuckDuckGo at […]

1. Identify Which AI Platforms Are Driving Your Visitors Each LLM and answer engine has different logic, leading to different outputs for the same prompts. It’s important to understand which AI chatbots are aligned with your brand before making decisions that inform a larger AI search or SEO strategy. Different LLMs Are Driving Leads In […]