Content Marketing and SEO

The second part of Kevin Indig’s AI Mode study breaks down what’s measurable, what’s myth, and where visibility is really earned. The post Google’s AI Mode SEO Impact | AI Mode User Behavior Study [Part 2] appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google AI Mode introduces a shift in what content gets surfaced. Here's what you need to know to succeed. The post Google’s AI Mode: What We Know & What Experts Think appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

A randomized field experiment found Google AI Overviews reduced organic clicks on triggered queries by 38%, while user experience ratings stayed unchanged. The post Google’s AI Overviews Cut Clicks Without Satisfaction Gain: Report appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google AI Overviews reaches 1.5 billion monthly users with Alphabet's Q1 earnings showing 10% search revenue growth. The post Google’s AI Overviews Reach 1.5 Billion Monthly Users appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google has launched AI shopping tools that help customers find real clothing items based on generated images. The post Google’s AI Shopping Tools Transform Ideas Into Real Products appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

This week's PPC Pulse recaps Google’s evolving Search asset guidance, revised budget pacing behavior, and Microsoft’s rollout of self-serve negative lists for PMax. The post Google’s Asset Guidance & Ad Scheduling Updates, Microsoft Negatives – PPC Pulse appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's CEO says that informational queries will become agentic search and that search itself will be an agent manager. The post Google’s CEO Predicts Search Will Become An AI Agent Manager appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google CEO Sundar Pichai fails to read the room, insisting that “no one sends traffic to the web the way we do" The post Google’s CEO Says AI Overviews Website Referrals Are Increasing appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's crawl team filed a bug against WooCommerce for add-to-cart parameters wasting crawl budget. WooCommerce fixed it. Other plugins haven't. The post Google’s Crawl Team Filed Bugs Against WordPress Plugins appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's February Discover core update is complete after a roughly 22-day rollout. Early data suggests fewer domains in top slots. The post Google’s Discover Core Update Finishes Rolling Out appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

On Reddit, Google’s John Mueller reviewed a two-day “vibe-coded” Bento Grid Generator and listed fixes for crawlability, meta tags, hreflang, and structured data. The post Google’s John Mueller Flags SEO Issues In Vibe Coded Website appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

XML sitemap date manipulation won't improve SEO, says Google's John Mueller. Learn why this common tactic wastes resources and what to do instead. The post Google’s John Mueller: Updating XML Sitemap Dates Doesn’t Help SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's head of Search described how multimodal LLMs help Google understand audio and video, and discussed a direction for subscription-aware search. The post Google’s Liz Reid Says LLMs Unlock Audio And Video Indexing appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google Search says llms.txt isn't needed for AI features, while Lighthouse now checks the file for agentic browsing readiness in an experimental audit. The post Google’s llms.txt Guidance Depends On Which Product You Ask appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Data shows YouTube, Reddit, and aggregators lost US search visibility after Google's March core update, while brand and government sites gained. The post Google’s March Core Update Shifted Visibility Away From Aggregators appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's March Core Update continues to rollout. Patterns are beginning to emerge as reports come in with data from the past week. The post Google’s March Core Update: Early Observations From Initial Rollout appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Why Google's recently finished Spam Update could be the beginning of something bigger that is yet to come. The post Google’s March Spam Update Felt Muted But May Signal Bigger Changes appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Noindex tags hiding in your site can prevent search engines from indexing your pages. Google's Martin Splitt advises where to look for them. The post Google’s Martin Splitt Explains How To Find & Remove Noindex Tags appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

JavaScript SEO problems can hurt search rankings, warns Google's Martin Splitt. Learn how error pages, geolocation requests, and rendered HTML issues impact indexing. The post Google’s Martin Splitt Reveals 3 JavaScript SEO Mistakes & Fixes appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google advises against redirecting all 404 pages to the homepage, recommending proper redirects or maintaining 404 status codes. The post Google’s Martin Splitt Warns Against Redirecting 404s To Homepage appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

JavaScript-loaded images can be indexed, Google's Martin Splitt confirms. Learn common indexing issues and best practices to ensure your JS images appear in search. The post Google’s Martin Splitt: JavaScript-Loaded Images Can Be Indexed appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google Search Advocate John Mueller is pushing back on the idea of serving Markdown files to LLM crawlers. The post Google’s Mueller Calls Markdown-For-Bots Idea ‘A Stupid Idea’ appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller says "Page Indexed without content" errors typically indicate server or CDN blocking of Googlebot, not JavaScript issues. Here's what to check. The post Google’s Mueller Explains ‘Page Indexed Without Content’ Error appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller says that those who self-identify as SEO gurus are clueless imposters. The post Google’s Mueller On SEO Gurus Who Are “Clueless Imposters” appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

AI tools are creating fake URLs causing 404 errors. Google's John Mueller offers guidance to navigate this issue. The post Google’s Mueller Predicts Uptick Of Hallucinated Links: Redirect Or Not? appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article