Content Marketing and SEO

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

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

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

Google's John Mueller pushes back on building LLM-only Markdown or JSON pages for LLMs, saying clean HTML and structured data should come first. The post Google’s Mueller Questions Need For LLM-Only Markdown Pages appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller says sites with low-quality AI content should rethink their purpose rather than manually rewrite pages. Starting fresh may be faster than recovering. The post Google’s Mueller Says Sites In A ‘Bad State’ May Need To Start Over appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller says businesses relying on referral traffic should consider the 'full picture' of AI and prioritize based on actual usage data. The post Google’s Mueller Weighs In On SEO vs GEO Debate appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller explains why free subdomain hosting services attract spam and make it harder for legitimate sites to gain search visibility. The post Google’s Mueller: Free Subdomain Hosting Makes SEO Harder appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller advises SEO professionals to adapt to modern business needs, focus less on server-side optimization. The post Google’s Muller Cautions SEO Pros On Changing Business Needs appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Uncover the potential impacts of Google's new Ask for Me on local businesses and customers. Is it a game changer, or bad for local businesses? The post Google’s New ‘Ask For Me’ Reviewed: Is This Bad For Local Businesses? appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google AI agents can now modify campaigns automatically, but advertisers at Marketing Live raised control concerns. The post Google’s New AI Tools Promise Faster Ads, But Raise Control Concerns appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's new BlockRank AI ranking method could make advanced semantic search accessible to everyone. The post Google’s New BlockRank Democratizes Advanced Semantic Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google domains are consolidating to Google.com. Learn what this could mean for hreflang tags and what SEO steps you should take now. The post Google’s New Domain Structure: What’s Next For Hreflang? appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's user intent extraction research shows how AI on mobile devices could be used to proactively assist users and automate tasks. The post Google’s New User Intent Extraction Method appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google publishes blog posts with official tips to make your content perform well in AI search features like AI Overviews & AI Mode. The post Google’s Official Advice On Optimizing For AI Overviews & AI Mode appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

This year’s SEO Trends ebook translates SEO expertise into the practical, high-impact strategic guidance marketers need for 2026. The post Google’s Old Search Era Is Over – Here’s What 2026 SEO Will Really Look Like appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's Preferred Sources tool is surfacing parked domains, spammy domain squatters, and random websites, detracting from legit sites that should be benefiting. The post Google’s Preferred Sources Tool Is Jammed With Spam appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Alphabet's Q4 revenue rose 12%, driven by AI advancements, cloud growth, and infrastructure investments. The post Google’s Q4 Earnings Point To An AI-Focused Future appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's Thematic Search patent describes a system that closely parallels how AI Mode's Query Fan-Out technique generates summaries The post Google’s Query Fan-Out Patent: Thematic Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google quietly published a research paper that shows how to improve recommender systems like Google Discover and YouTube. The post Google’s Recommender System Breakthrough Detects Semantic Intent appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's Robby Stein explains how AI Mode judges content quality and names five quality signals useful for SEO The post Google’s Robby Stein Names 5 SEO Factors For AI Mode appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article