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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
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Blogs, SEO, Industry News, AI
Is Opting Out of Google Search a Good Idea?
Major publishers have recently announced plans to opt out of Google Search, citing the search engine's scraping of their content without compensation. While it may seem like the beginning of the end for Google, the harsh reality is that it isn't.
Jonas Trinidad
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Blogs, Digital Marketing, Content Marketing, Educative Content
The Smartest AI Marketing Strategy is Made of Stupid
Jonas Trinidad
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Google Can Now Make the Picture Instead of Finding It
Rasit Cakir
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ChatGPT Owns the AI Traffic You Can Measure
Rasit Cakir
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Google Put a Number on AI Clicks. You Can’t Check It.
Google’s head of Search says AI features now send billions of clicks to websites weekly, the first number Google has named. It has no denominator and no site-level data to verify, while a study found AI Overviews cut clicks 38%. Both can be true, so measure your own traffic.
Rasit Cakir
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Blogs, SEO, Industry News, AI
Is Opting Out of Google Search a Good Idea?
Major publishers have recently announced plans to opt out of Google Search, citing the search engine's scraping of their content without compensation. While it may seem like the beginning of the end for Google, the harsh reality is that it isn't.
Jonas Trinidad
Invalid Date • 6 min read
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When an AI Agent Can’t Read Your Price, It Quotes G2
A Siteline study found AI shopping agents fail to read B2B pricing on a third of runs, and then pull 58% of their answer from third-party sites like G2 instead of your page. Fixing the page is half the job. Your standing on those sources is the other half.
Rasit Cakir
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Blogs, Digital Marketing, Content Marketing, Educative Content
The Smartest AI Marketing Strategy is Made of Stupid
Businesses are under pressure to make their marketing today better than yesterday, prompting them to ask technology for help. But sometimes, the best campaigns are hiding in the worst ideas.
Jonas Trinidad
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SEO
Google Now Measures Your Social Posts in Search
Google added platform properties to Search Console, letting you connect Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube accounts and see the search queries behind your posts. The reports cover Google Search performance only, and only for accounts you own, which leaves the mentions that earn AI citations invisible.
Rasit Cakir
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Google Can Now Make the Picture Instead of Finding It
Google is bringing image generation into AI Overviews, so Search can invent a picture rather than find one. The feature targets conceptual images that don’t exist yet, not photos of real things. Visual work tied to something real is what keeps earning attention.
Rasit Cakir
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ChatGPT Owns the AI Traffic You Can Measure
A new Previsible study of 6.77 million sessions found ChatGPT drives 92% of trackable standalone AI referral traffic. But it leaves out Google’s AI Overviews and AI Mode, which send even more. The foundation that wins across both is earned authority and citation-worthy content.
Rasit Cakir
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Blogs, Digital Marketing, SEO, Industry News, Advertising, AI
AI is Pushing Humans to Be More Human
AI may seem like the norm today, but there's also been much pushback from people who've grown tired of it. The recently concluded Cannes Lions made this clear, among other things.
Jonas Trinidad
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SEO
Google Is Putting More Links Back Into AI Answers
Google rolled out five new ways for AI Mode and AI Overviews to link out to the web, from suggested articles to firsthand advice and inline source links. It opens more citation opportunities, though the traffic effect is unproven. Earning those links rewards depth, firsthand presence, and authority.
Rasit Cakir
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Ranking Yourself #1 Now Works Against You
Self-promotional best-of listicles, where a brand ranks itself number one, have turned into a liability. Google demoted sites that scaled them starting in January, and Lily Ray’s research shows AI Overviews often cite a brand’s own listicle while recommending its competitors. Earned third-party coverage is the durable path.
Rasit Cakir
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