Catégorie : SEO

Google updated their report spam documentation to make it clear that they may use reported spam to initiate manual actions against websites that are found to be spamming. This is a change in policy that makes it easier for site owners and SEOs to report actual spam. Change In Spam Report Policy The previous spam […]

Google Search Console erroneously sent out emails to site owners advising them that Google has just started to record impressions beginning on April 12th. The implication of the message is that Search Console has not previously been collecting those impressions, which is incorrect. Search Console Impressions The Search Console impressions report shows how often a […]

Google added a new section to its spam policies designating “back button hijacking” as an explicit violation under the malicious practices category. Enforcement begins on June 15, giving websites two months to make changes. Google published a blog post explaining the policy. It also updated the spam policies documentation to list back-button hijacking alongside malware […]

It works, until it doesn’t. The Chase Imagine you’re a news publisher. Your journalism is good, you write original stories, and your website is relatively popular within your editorial niche. Revenue is earned primarily via advertising. Google search is your biggest source of visitors. Management demands growth, and elevates traffic to the throne of all […]

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 […]