Content Marketing and SEO

Bill Hunt reveals why CEOs must manage their websites like factories for digital value creation, not expenses buried in marketing budgets. The post Questions The CEO Should Be Asking About Their Website (But Rarely Does) appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

How you answer skeptical questions matters more than the questions themselves when links are at stake. The post Improve Any Link Building Strategy With One Small Change appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Five expert strategies for increasing visitors to informational sites and outperforming competitors. The post Five Ways To Boost Traffic To Informational Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Apple's updated Safari browser enables site owners to more accurately track critical Core Web Vitals metrics. The post Apple Safari Update Enables Tracking Two Core Web Vitals Metrics appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Why Google’s focus on AI products is weakening traditional spam enforcement and reshaping risk for legitimate publishers and SEOs. The post Why Google’s Spam Problem Is Getting Worse appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

User-behavior insights from GA4 help prioritize the improvements that drive measurable gains instead of surface-level traffic wins. The post How To Track User Journey In GA4 To Make SEO Wins More Visible appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's core updates can trigger issues that standard SEO audits fail to catch. Here are eight factors to check. The post Eight Overlooked Reasons Why Sites Lose Rankings In Core Updates appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Ahrefs data suggests Google’s AI Mode and AI Overviews often align on meaning while citing different URLs. The post Google AI Mode & AI Overviews Cite Different URLs, Per Ahrefs Report appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's John Mueller explains that staggered site migrations may impact how the site is understood The post Google Explains Why Staggered Site Migrations Impact SEO Outcome appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google updated its JavaScript SEO documentation to clarify that noindex tags may prevent rendering and JavaScript execution, blocking changes. The post Google Warns Noindex Can Block JavaScript From Running appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Cloudflare's sixth annual Year in Review reveals how AI crawlers, security threats, and traffic patterns changed in 2025. The post Cloudflare Report: Googlebot Tops AI Crawler Traffic appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

These expert insights show SEO marketers and decision-makers exactly where to focus in 2026 to protect organic visibility and turn discovery into real business impact. The post 20 SEO Experts Offer Their Advice For 2026 appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Most “AI hallucinations” trace back to broken data hygiene. This guide shows how to clean, test, and own your data before it derails ROI. The post Why Your AI Agent Keeps ‘Hallucinating’ (Hint: It’s Your Data, Not The AI) appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

WooCommerce announces plans to roll out support for agentic shopping across its merchant ecosystem. The post WooCommerce Is Integrating Agentic AI Capabilities appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google continues evolution beyond text-first interactions with upgrades to Search Live Gemini model, possibly complicating SEO. The post Google Updates Search Live With Gemini Model Upgrade appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Microsoft analyzed 37.5 million Copilot chats and found differences in how people use the assistant on mobile versus desktop. The post How People Use Copilot Depends On Device, Microsoft Says appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google's December 2025 core update leads this week's SEO Pulse, alongside Preferred Sources expansion and social insights in Search Console. The post SEO Pulse: December Core Update, Preferred Sources & Social Data appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

This week’s PPC Pulse covers Google’s Data Manager API, new YouTube Shorts features, and LinkedIn’s Reserved Ads for brand and performance teams. The post PPC Pulse: Google Data Manager API, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn Reserved Ads appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Standard Shopping gives marketers dependable control and clear intent signals when Performance Max’s automation doesn’t align with complex sales needs. The post When To Say No To PMax: Strategic Use Cases For Standard Shopping Campaigns appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

Google has released the December 2025 core update, its third of the year. The rollout began December 11 and may take up to three weeks. The post Google Releases December 2025 Core Update appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

The next phase of search belongs to companies that treat AI systems as decision engines and redesign their content for retrieval, reliability, and trust. The post 14 Things Executives And SEOs Need To Focus On In 2026 appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

This IMHO interview explores Marie Haynes’ view of an agent-led future, and why the SEOs who master agentic systems early will hold a critical advantage. The post Well-Known SEO Explains Why AI Agents Are Coming For You & What To Do Now 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

Find out how WordPress & vibe coding can come together for rapid client website creation, under your agency's brand. The post WordPress Meets Vibe Coding: White-Labeled Platform & API For Search-Ready AI Websites appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article

YouTube adds comment sections to eligible Shorts ads, lets creators link to brand websites, and expands Shorts ads to mobile web browsers. The post YouTube Adds Comments To Shorts Ads, Expands To Mobile Web appeared first on Search Engine Journal. View the full article