These 44 hilariously terrible BuzzFeed travel articles were AI-assisted
Need 44 reasons why you need to be careful about publishing AI-assisted content, even if it is easy to do? Meet As Told to Buzzy.
Danny Goodwin has been Managing Editor of Search Engine Land & Search Marketing Expo – SMX since 2022. He joined Search Engine Land in 2022 as Senior Editor. In addition to reporting on the latest search marketing news, he manages Search Engine Land’s SME (Subject Matter Expert) program. He also helps program U.S. SMX events. Goodwin has been editing and writing about the latest developments and trends in search and digital marketing since 2007. He previously was Executive Editor of Search Engine Journal (from 2017 to 2022), managing editor of Momentology (from 2014-2016) and editor of Search Engine Watch (from 2007 to 2014). He has spoken at many major search conferences and virtual events, and has been sourced for his expertise by a wide range of publications and podcasts.
Search marketing: Evolving roles, responsibilities, challenges
Despite increased churn within organizations, job satisfaction is high, a new Search Engine Land survey finds.
2023 Salary & Career guide: How much search marketers make
Learn the average search marketing salary ranges, plus what most impacts compensation (and what doesn't) in this Search Engine Land survey.
This day in search marketing history: March 27
Google research finds a #1 organic ranking can still benefit from PPC, plus: RIP Blekko, authorship, Google robots.txt generator and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 26
More sites move to Google mobile-first indexing, plus: Google penalizes entire site over one guest blog post, Google Maps logo bomb and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 25
Google Panda patent granted, plus: Microsoft starts IndexNow push, mobile-friendly update details, AdWords remarketing and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 24
Google’s top 3 search ranking factors, plus: Google Maps blocks abusive business profile edits, Google penalties and more.
The new Bing making (small) gains on Google Search
Page visits on Bing have risen 15.8% and Bing is becoming a more significant referral source for some publishers.
This day in search marketing history: March 23
March 2022 product reviews update launches, plus: PPC salaries, Google Panda 3.4, Yahoo Search Direct and more.
How The Verge gamed Google with its ‘best printer 2023’ article
The authoritative tech publication used ChatGPT to produce the majority of a satirical review, pointing out that it shouldn't rank. Yet it does.
This day in search marketing history: March 22
Google AdWords forces use of call extensions, plus: zero-click searches, rel=next/prev apology, PC search query volumes peak and more.
Breaking Bard: Google’s AI chatbot lacks sources, hallucinates, gives bad SEO advice
Google Bard suggests buying links, predicts the next Core Update and refuses to share links to its sources. We're off to a ridiculous start.
This day in search marketing history: March 21
No more rel=next/prev support on Google, plus: CTR patent, neural matching versus RankBrain, Google wins KinderStart case and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 18
Learn what happened on this day in search marketing history – including developments in SEO, PPC, search and digital marketing.
This day in search marketing history: March 17
Google AdWords further dilutes exact match, plus: DMOZ officially closes, Matt Cutts hints at HTTPS ranking signal and more.
Semrush ends 2022 with 95,000 customers, 35% revenue growth
Company says optimizing for new AI-powered chat interfaces in search is similar to optimizing for featured snippets
This day in search marketing history: March 16
Google to sunset Universal Analytics, plus: Google's doorway page penalty, over-optimization, Chrome’s paid link penalty ends and more.
The new Bing: No more waiting list?
Many people who had been on the Bing waitlist now have access – and there are reports that people can now sign up for instant access.
Andi Search adds Generated Content feature
The small startup search engine is launching a new ChatGPT alternative – but is this generative AI tool worth your time?
This day in search marketing history: March 15
Spurious SEO trademark claim fails, plus: core updates named, EU wants Google's ranking factors, BBC link penalty and more.
Google: Generative AI coming to Docs, Gmail in Workspace
Google will soon add ChatGPT-like prompts to help you draft in Docs and Gmail, including brainstorming, proofreading, writing and rewriting.
This day in search marketing history: March 14
Learn what happened on this day in search marketing history – including developments in SEO, PPC, search and digital marketing.
This day in search marketing history: March 13
Google hides organic search listings plus: broad core search algorithm update, Panda updates, author rank, incremental ad clicks and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 12
Go inside a Google search quality meeting, plus: Google core search ranking algorithm update, how Google prices and ranks ads and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 11
Google officially acquires DoubleClick, plus: how dates in Google snippets work, nofollowing links, interest-based advertising and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 10
Google and Bing exception lists, plus: key moments, HTTPS URLs not showing, Google's block sites feature, searchers ignore PPC ads and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 9
Google's Fred update, plus: people also ask, personalization, Google puts bad merchants on notice and more.
Why a Google search revolution never happened
Google had a 'revolutionary' chatbot ready two years ago. Now, it's slowly rushing to put AI into more products. What happened?
This day in search marketing history: March 8
RIP Google PageRank score, plus: member of SEO community killed in Ukraine, Google's Full Coverage feature, Google penalizes itself, and more.
Use of AI for SEO and content to grow 5x this year
Plus, 90% of organizations say they are prioritizing SEO in 2023 due to compounding benefits, new BrightEdge research finds.
This day in search marketing history: March 7
Landing page load time added to Google Quality Score, plus: Broad Core Algorithm Updates, bogus Domain Authority pitches, and more.
Google: ‘Bard is not Search’
Google wants to be clear: Bard is separate from Search. Yet it has become synonymous with generative AI features coming soon to Search.
This day in search marketing history: March 6
Google Webmaster Tools adds user administration, plus: no click search study, Trusted Stores program shuttering and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 5
Google confirms Vince Update, plus: mobile-first indexing, webspam, Google adds page load time to Quality Score algorithm and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 4
Sheryl Sandberg leaves Google for Facebook, plus: new GA4 homepage, Wikipedia turns PPC into SEM, goodbye Scroogled and more.
LinkedIn launches collaborative articles for users to share insights and advice
LinkedIn members will be invited to share ideas, examples, and experiences in specific sections of these new collaborative articles.
Brave Search adds AI Summarizer feature
Don't call it generative AI. Brave trained its large language models (LLMs) to provide answers by processing multiple information sources.
This day in search marketing history: March 3
Google Panda name revealed, plus: desktop page experience update completes rollout, Interflora gets its Google rankings back and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 2
Happy 28th birthday, Yahoo!, plus: Semrush plans IPO, click to call ads, Google's About 260 problem, Steve Ballmer yelling at SMX and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 1
Google publishes Search quality rating guidelines, plus: Ginny Marvin joins Google, AdWords Price Extensions, click fraud and more.