Content Marketing and SEO

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

Kevin Indig’s 2026 predictions reveal the end of AI dashboards, the rise of agentic SEO, and a web divided between bots and verified humans. The post 7 SEO, Marketing, And Tech Predictions For 2026 appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google Maps now lets users leave business reviews under a custom nickname instead of their real name. The setting is rolling out globally. The post Google Maps Lets Users Post Reviews With Nicknames appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

YouTube expands title A/B testing globally to all creators with advanced features. Test up to three titles or title-thumbnail combinations per video. The post YouTube Title A/B Testing Rolls Out Globally To Creators appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Modern performance tracking requires KPIs that reflect margin, lifetime value, and pipeline contribution instead of inflated platform numbers. The post The 8 Most Important PPC KPIs You Should Be Tracking appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

YouTube creators report sudden channel bans for spam policies, with some restored after public outcry. YouTube claims the vast majority of terminations are correct. The post YouTube AI Enforcement Questioned As Channels Get Restored appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

This week's Ask a PPC digs into how learning periods influence auction dynamics, conversion modeling, and the predictability of performance shifts. The post Ask A PPC: What Are Learning Periods In Digital Marketing? appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google offers direct guidance on what matters for ranking in AI-driven search experiences. The post Google Explains How To Rank In AI Search 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

Google's Danny Sullivan says all of their ranking systems reward content that is made for humans The post Google Says Ranking Systems Reward Content Made For Humans appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Search and social now operate as a single ecosystem where shared signals, audience insights, and unified workflows drive stronger visibility and trust. The post Search & Social: How To Engineer Cross-Channel Synergy appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Apple Ads inventory growth and reduced keyword control in Google AI Overviews define this week’s most notable PPC updates. The post PPC Pulse: More Apple Search Inventory, Exact Match Limits In AI Overviews appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

In 2026, success belongs to marketers who turn strategy into execution, integrating AI, creativity, and community to build authority. The post The Top 10 Digital Marketing Trends For 2026 appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

A new dataset of 300K viral YouTube videos suggests that faces in thumbnails perform about the same as without them, with larger differences by niche. The post Do Faces Help YouTube Thumbnails? Here’s What The Data Says appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

If your business depends on local traffic, this audit checklist highlights where to focus for stronger visibility in both organic and AI search. The post How To Do A Complete Local SEO Audit: 11-Point Checklist 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

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

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's John Mueller says he doesn’t expect a noticeable SEO impact from a 100MB video that loads in the background after page content and images. The post Mueller: Background Video Loading Unlikely To Affect SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

As engines favor synthesized answers over blue links, marketing leaders must rethink how content is built, validated, and measured. The post From Organic Search To AI Answers: How To Redesign SEO Content Workflows appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

This week’s SEO Pulse examines new data what drives AI citations, plus ChatGPT launches shopping research. Your quick catch-up on what practitioners need to know. The post SEO Pulse: ChatGPT Gets Shopping & What Drives AI Citations appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google is testing a mobile search flow that lets you move from AI Overviews into AI Mode without leaving the results page. The post Google Connects AI Overviews To AI Mode On Mobile appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

YouTube launched its first annual Recap feature showing viewing stats, top channels, and personality types. North America first, global rollout this week. The post YouTube Launches First Annual Recap Feature For All Users appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

CMOs must design 2026 SEO budgets that balance defensive stability with offensive growth across AI and GEO channels. The post How CMOs Should Prioritize SEO Budgets In 2026 Q1 And H1 appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Breaking news: Cloudflare is experiencing another major service disruption, causing widespread 5xx errors and connectivity issues for websites and services globally. The post Cloudflare Outage Returns, Triggering Fresh Wave Of 5xx Errors appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article