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How to write long-form content: 7 smart steps and examples
Writing long-form content that gets results is a skill. Learn how you can leverage it to meet your content marketing goals.
This day in search marketing history: February 6
AdWords announces Enhanced Campaigns, plus: more Google Shopping ads, Toolbar PageRank, GSC updates, AMP change and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 5
Moz updates DA, plus: spammy structured markup, Google launches link reporting tools, search deals, Super Bowls, antitrust, and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 4
MicroHoo Day 4, plus: Google expands phrase match, Google Adds JSON-LD support, reconsideration requests and more.
New Bingbot user-agent now fully live
After a couple years of testing, Microsoft has now stopped using the old BingBot user agent.
How to manage and edit your Google Business Profile from Google search
Managing your GBP listing from Google search is the new norm. Here's an overview of the in-search experience features you need to know.
International SEO: How to avoid common translation and localization pitfalls
Are you doing business in more than one language or more than one country? If you are, you'll want to avoid these common pitfalls.
Microsoft Bing’s ChatGPT interface spotted in the wild
We know Microsoft Bing is working towards integrating ChatGPT into its search interface.
This day in search marketing history: February 3
How Google uses AI in search, plus: an unconfirmed Google algorithm update, Amit Singhal leaving Google, bad ads and more.
Sundar Pichai confirms Google is working on AI search feature users can “engage directly with”
In the Google Q4 earnings call, Sundar Pichai confirmed the company's plans to deliver ChatGPT like features.
Make the switch to GA4, or Google will do it for you
Starting next month, advertisers should begin creating new Google Analytics 4 properties, or they'll be automatically configured.
Google’s search quality raters protest for higher pay
Google's search quality raters – the people who help evaluate Google's search results – want a raise.
Why SEO should be a product
Treating search engine optimization as a product means dedicating ample resources to growing organic traffic and revenue. Learn more here.
How much will backlinks matter in 2023?
While backlinks' importance to Google has waned over the years, earning natural links through high-quality content still helps with SEO.
This day in search marketing history: February 2
Google's revamped Partners program, plus: Bing again denies copying Google results, YouTube using Amazon's algorithm and more.
Report: Microsoft Bing’s ChatGPT feature to be faster and richer with GPT-4
As reported earlier, we are now learning more about Microsoft's plans to incorporate ChatGPT into Bing Search.
ChatGPT Plus launches, it costs $20 a month
OpenAI said users can access the paid version of its popular ChatGPT service during peak times and get faster responses to prompts.
Webinar: 4 disciplines for SEO teams to drive performance
Tune in for templates and examples you can use to set your goals.
Google Maps removed policy-abiding reviews from Local Guides
Google is working on restoring the reviews over the next few weeks.
Google testing new search design with AI answers over organic results
We may have gotten our first preview of at what chatbot-style Google desktop search results will look like later this year
Microsoft Bing to rely more on lastmod date in XML sitemap files for crawling
Microsoft also released some interesting stats on lastmod dates in XML sitemap files.
Google Search Console Video indexing report gains video impressions overlay and sitemap filter
Google has upgraded the video indexing report to help your videos perform better in search.
Is Google using a ChatGPT-like system for spam and AI content detection and ranking websites?
Key SEO takeaways from Google's 2020 paper on how text-generation models can be successfully used to detect low-quality content.
This day in search marketing history: February 1
Bing accused of copying Google's search results, plus: Microsoft tries to buy Yahoo, about this result, fake locksmith issues and more.
OpenAI launches new tool to detect AI-generated text
This new web-based AI Text Classifier tool predicts how likely it is that text was written by a human or AI.
Twitter announces the end of CoTweets
Twitter discontinues co-tweeting feature after it failed to meet expectations under Elon Musk's leadership.
LinkedIn now lets you add an SEO title and description
Publishing articles on LinkedIn? Now you can customize how your SEO title and description will appear in search engines.
Internal linking for ecommerce: The ultimate guide
Learn nine best practices for internally linking pages on ecommerce websites, plus examples of ecommerce SEO done well.
This day in search marketing history: January 31
Google releases URL Inspection Tool API, plus: AdWords IF functions, Page Speed Update confusion, local paid inclusion and more.
Yandex scrapes Google and other SEO learnings from the source code leak
Yandex isn't Google, but there is a lot SEOs can learn about how a modern search engine is built from reviewing this codebase.
Baidu working on AI chatbot service that will be added to search
Baidu reportedly is planning to launch its AI chatbot as a standalone app before incorporating it gradually into search by March.
9 tips to get the full SEO benefits of long-tail keywords
Using long-tail keywords can be powerful and effective for SEO. Learn why it’s important to use them strategically – and how to do it.
How to write a listicle (with 6 examples)
While writing listicles can be straightforward, you can make them more engaging and attention-grabbing by following these tips.
Yahoo is making a return to search
Yahoo has been dropping hints over the past couple weeks about its return to competing in the search space.
This day in search marketing history: January 30
Jumpshot shuts down, plus: Google publishes featured snippet guide, Universal Search expands, local reviews in Google search and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 29
Google penalizes a link network, plus: paid search spending, Google warns about article directories, Yelp ratings in Google AdWords and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 28
Featured snippets introduced, plus: Hamlet Batista passes away, Google buys DeepMind, Google ad labeling and more.
Yandex ‘leak’ reveals 1,922 search ranking factors
SEOs have already started analyzing Yandex's search ranking factors, which include PageRank and several other link-related factors
Where should you spend your SEO budget?
Backlinks? UX? Content? When determining where to invest your SEO budget, you must put a premium on tasks that move the needle.
How to build a winning SEO tool stack for 2023
Tools make every SEO practitioner's life more manageable. Here are some recommendations to consider as you build your SEO toolkit.