Content Marketing and SEO

How to build high quality links with very little effort. You might as well try them. The post Lazy Link Building Building Strategies That Work appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google is rolling out AI shopping updates across Search and Gemini, including conversational queries, agentic checkout, and AI-powered local business calling. The post Google Adds AI Shopping Tools Across Search, Gemini appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google responds to EU investigation into its site reputation abuse policy, defending enforcement against parasite SEO as essential for protecting search quality. The post Google Defends Parasite SEO Crackdown As EU Opens Investigation appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

The llms.txt proposal aims to guide AI systems through web content, but without governance or verification, it risks repeating old SEO trust failures. The post llms.txt: The Web’s Next Great Idea, Or Its Next Spam Magnet appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

When a publisher demands money for a link, Quid Pro No helps you turn the solicitation into a safer, higher-value outcome. The post The Quid Pro No Method Of Link Building appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google updated its review snippet documentation to clarify that each review or rating in structured data should point to one clear target, reducing ambiguity. The post Google Reminds Websites To Use One Review Target appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google improves suspension accuracy and appeal turnaround times, reducing false positives and helping legitimate advertisers resolve issues faster with clearer policy enforcement. The post Google Sharpens Suspension Accuracy and Speeds Up Appeals for Advertisers appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google’s upcoming shift to default AI Mode marks a turning point for SEO, forcing brands to optimize for AI citations, brand authority, and multi-platform presence. The post Is Google About To Go Full AI Mode? appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Harry Clarkson-Bennett reveals how to turn Google Search Console’s constraints into enterprise-level SEO advantages through smarter property segmentation. The post How To Make Search Console Work Harder For You appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

This week’s PPC Pulse highlights Google’s PMax expansion, Microsoft’s Clarity requirement, and rising scrutiny around AI Max results. The post PPC Pulse: PMax Expands, Clarity Now Mandatory & AI Max Data Debate appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

The Pulse covers the latest from Google and Open AI and the EU investigation into Google's site reputation abuse enforcement The post SEO Pulse: AI Shopping, GPT-5.1 & EU Pressure On Google appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Learn how translated sites can boost SEO effectiveness. Discover the benefits of multilingual visibility in AI Overviews. The post Data: Translated Sites See 327% More Visibility in AI Overviews appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

ChatGPT outage is preventing files from uploading and Batch APIs get stuck at finalization stage. The post ChatGPT Outage Affects APIs And File Uploads appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Up to 56 million websites could be affected by unpatched versions of Imunify360 AV that allow full server takeover. The post Server Security Scanner Vulnerability Affects Up To 56M Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

The shift to AI search is testing every brand’s technical foundation, and only those tackling SEO debt head-on will survive. The post The Technical SEO Debt That Will Destroy Your AI Visibility appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Real-world cases reveal how failures in LLM systems spread harm and misattribute sources. Here are concrete actions SEOs can take now. The post LLMs Are Changing Search & Breaking It: What SEOs Must Understand About AI’s Blind Spots appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google is expanding AI Mode with Canvas travel planning, global Flight Deals rollout, and agentic booking for restaurants, events, and local appointments. The post Google Extends AI Travel Planning And Agentic Booking In Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google Search Console now lets you add custom annotations to performance charts, making it easier to track when changes or external events occurred. The post Google Search Console Adds Custom Annotations To Reports appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Unlock the power of local search to attract more customers. Elevate your marketing strategy with effective local search techniques. The post From Listings to Loyalty: The New Role of Local Search in Customer Experience appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller answers question about the SEO value of a keyword-based generic Top Level Domain The post Google On Generic Top Level Domains For SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Schema markup transforms uncertainty in AI search into a competitive edge built on clarity, context, and trust. The post The Knowns And Unknowns Of Structured Data Attribution appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Learn how to design a content strategy that compounds over time by aligning unique advantages, realistic execution, and community connection. The post B2B Content Marketing Has Changed: Principles Of Good Strategy appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

A Cloudflare outage is causing 5xx errors for many sites. Here’s how Google handles short server spikes and what to watch in SEO reports. The post Cloudflare Outage Triggers 5xx Spikes: What It Means For SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

AI search buy-in comes when it’s framed as a cost-effective way to prevent losing ground in the next discovery shift. The post Selling AI Search Strategies To Leadership Is About Risk appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google’s Gemini 3 Pro powers AI Mode with deeper reasoning, upgraded query fan-out, and new generative layouts. The post Google Brings Gemini 3 To Search’s AI Mode appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article