This could make Semrush a more robust source of SEO knowledge and may help it pull away from other toolset providers. Semrush, the SEO toolset provider, has acquired SEO training website Backlinko, the company announced Wednesday, for an unannounced sum. Why we care. Semrush’s acquisition will likely strengthen the company’s own SEO education hub, Semrush Academy. This could […]
DuckDuckGo, the privacy focused search engine, keeps growing steadily. DuckDuckGo, the privacy focused search engine, announced it has surpassed 100 billion searches – all time. It posted this announcement on Twitter. 100 billion searches. Here is the announcement on Twitter: A year ago, the search company announced it was hitting over a 100 million searches per day. […]
On December 28, 2021 Google made a change to how it evaluates and reports errors in product structured data, so you may see a change in errors in that report going forward. Google has made a change to the rich result reports for product structured data on December 28, 2021. This rich results report is […]
In this webinar, discover exactly what you need to get in front of your audience and deliver on your 2022 marketing goals. It’s a new year, and it’s time to up your SEO game if you want to improve your rankings or keep your position at the top of Google results. With the end of […]
A lot has change since the Page Experience update rolled out. At SMX Next, Patrick Stox shared tactics to prepare for what’s next. When Google’s Page Experience update finished rolling out in early September, it changed how the search engine evaluates websites — namely, a new emphasis on user experience signals. In his session at SMX […]
In Windows 11, Microsoft made switching default browsers a multi-step process. After feedback and criticism, it reinstated the ability to change defaults with a single button. Microsoft has reversed the Windows 11 changes that made switching default browsers more difficult. Now, users who prefer Chrome, Firefox or other browsers can change their default with a single […]
Between November 11th and November 17th, Googlebot slowed crawling on some websites. Google’s John Mueller has confirmed that a bug prevented Google from crawling for the AMP cache between November 11, 2021 and November 17, 2021. The bug has since been resolved. Google confirmed. “We saw that crawling for the AMP cache had slowed down for […]
SEOs have a few opinions on the timing of this update. Yesterday, Google announced the November 2021 core update. While there’s nothing new about these periodic algorithm changes, many SEOs are wondering why Google decided to release it right before one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. The holiday shopping season. The weeks encompassing Black Friday […]
Learn how online referrals can boost your site ranking. Consumer behavior has evolved in a way that customers worldwide are relying on reviews from their fellow shoppers to find the most up-to-date and accurate information about businesses in their local communities and beyond. Reviews are an opportunity for anyone familiar with your brand to publicly […]
After both Microsoft Bing and Yandex announce IndexNow, Google promises to give it a try. A Google spokesperson has confirmed that the search company will be testing the new IndexNow protocol first introduced by Microsoft Bing and Yandex a few weeks ago. Google said while its crawling efforts are efficient, Google will test to see if it […]