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Welcome to the NO-BS Marketplace SEO blog.
Here we’ll cover the latest SEO industry news, link building tips and tricks, as well as other SEO related updates.
SEO is an ever-changing world and that’s why we’re proud to share our findings with the wider SEO industry for free. I still remember the first days of learning SEO back in 2008. The only way most of us learnt back then was in forums like Warrior Forum and Black Hat World. I don’t hide the fact that, that is my history.
— Aaron Gray
Co-Founder & CEO
Featured blog posts
Blogs, SEO, Link Building, Educative Content
How to Never Pay Too Much for Guest Posting Again
Paying hundreds of dollars to publish your content off-page is normal, but there's always the risk of paying too much for too little gain. In this updated guide, learn how to vet your choice of publisher websites by taking a closer look at their price tags.
Jonas Trinidad
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Blogs, SEO, Content, Educative Content
Everything You Need to Know About Meta (Not the Company)
Jonas Trinidad
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Blogs, SEO, Content Marketing, Content, Educative Content
Guest Blogging in the Age of AI Search
Jonas Trinidad
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Blogs, SEO, Link Building, Educative Content
Dofollow vs. Nofollow Backlinks: Are They Still Different?
Jonas Trinidad
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Latest blog posts
Blogs, SEO, Link Building, Educative Content
How to Never Pay Too Much for Guest Posting Again
Paying hundreds of dollars to publish your content off-page is normal, but there's always the risk of paying too much for too little gain. In this updated guide, learn how to vet your choice of publisher websites by taking a closer look at their price tags.
Jonas Trinidad
Invalid Date • 7 min read
Blogs, SEO, Content, Educative Content
Everything You Need to Know About Meta (Not the Company)
If you need search engines to know exactly what your content is all about, talking like a human just won't do. Your page needs to talk in what's known as "metadata." Here are some examples of metadata in use in modern SEO.
Jonas Trinidad
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Blogs, SEO, Content Marketing, Content, Educative Content
Guest Blogging in the Age of AI Search
Guest blogging, like many SEO techniques, had been at the receiving end of the "X is Dead" argument. And yet, it's still widely used years later because the alternatives are either a steep climb to the top or a good way to rile Google up. Don't be quick to dismiss guest blogging, even in the era of AI-powered search.
Jonas Trinidad
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Blogs, SEO, Link Building, Educative Content
Dofollow vs. Nofollow Backlinks: Are They Still Different?
The most basic classification of backlinks is whether they're dofollow or nofollow, that is, whether or not they pass link equity. While their nature hasn't changed, changes in search have rewritten the rules on how they should be used.
Jonas Trinidad
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Adding Schema Doesn’t Boost AI Citations
Ahrefs ran a difference-in-differences study on 1,885 pages that added JSON-LD schema between August 2025 and March 2026. Adding schema produced no meaningful boost in AI citations on Google AI Overview, AI Mode, or ChatGPT, despite schema being three times more common on AI-cited pages overall.
Rasit Cakir
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Blogs, SEO, Link Building, Educative Content
Even in AI Search, You Still Need Local Visibility
Amid the continued growth of AI search, where does local link building fit in? Surprisingly, it's still relevant in this day and age, including its tried-and-true techniques.
Jonas Trinidad
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SEO, AI
FAQ Schema May Matter More for AI Than for Search
Google retired FAQ rich results in May 2026. The schema markup itself remains useful, and may have more value for AI citation than it ever had for the SERP feature. Structured Q&A pages align with how AI retrieval systems search for and surface information.
Rasit Cakir
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SEO
Google Officially Kills FAQ Rich Results
On May 7, 2026, Google announced FAQ rich results are no longer appearing in Search. The full deprecation timeline removes Search Console reporting in June and API support in August. Google says the schema will continue to inform how it understands pages.
Rasit Cakir
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AI
ChatGPT Ads Go Self-Serve With CPC Bidding
OpenAI launched a self-serve ChatGPT Ads Manager with CPC bidding, conversion tracking, and expanded advertiser access. The company’s stated “answer independence” principle keeps organic citations and paid ads as two distinct channels inside the same product.
Rasit Cakir
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Blogs, SEO, Link Building, Educative Content, AI
Yes, Links Still Matter—More Than Ever
Links may have become less important in this day and age, but they're by no means obsolete. For all its advances through the years, AI still depends on quality links to generate accurate summaries. Here's why links aren't going anywhere anytime soon and what types of links you need the most.
Jonas Trinidad
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