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This day in search marketing history: January 27
Google AdWords API launches, plus: PAA vs. featured snippets, Google hiring an SEO, Expanded Text Ads findings and more.
What is ChatGPT and why SEOs should care
Learn how this AI-powered chatbot works, who's behind the technology, and what it can – and can't – do for search marketers.
Google rolling out cars for sale in Google Business Profiles
US-based dealerships can now add all their inventory to their local business profile in Google.
This day in search marketing history: January 26
LinkedIn Ads launches, plus: holiday retail insights, crappy results, Google Panda 3.2, sitemap testing, DuckDuckGo and more.
Resolve to get SEO done in 2023 – Here’s how
This year, overcome common obstacles to search success and get SEO done right with these five resolutions.
Apple Business Connect: Your guide to getting started
With Business Connect, you can now customize the way your business information appears across Apple apps. Learn how to get started.
This day in search marketing history: January 25
Google defuses miserable failure, plus: Topics API replaces FloC, value-based bidding, average search ranking position and more.
Google updates image SEO best practices and Google Discover docs
The title and link elements are most important for RSS feed follow in Discover and Google parses img elements within other elements.
Understanding quiet quitting in SEO – the silent exodus
By prioritizing the needs and well-being of your team, you can create a work environment that is conducive to success and retention.
Yoast SEO version 20 with a new interface for settings
Today, Yoast SEO is rolling out a large update that revamps the user interface.
This day in search marketing history: January 24
Google Ads experts managing your campaigns, plus: favicons, Google organic search CTRs decline, Bing Ads Automated Imports and more.
Webinar: Think spiderwebs, not funnels, for remarkable SEO results
Make the most out of your organic content strategy to get better traffic outcomes.
How to write a checklist article: A 5-step checklist
A checklist for writing a checklist? Why not. Learn how to master this content type, including how to tie your article to a keyword for SEO.
This day in search marketing history: January 23
Expedia buys Travelocity, plus: Don't Be Evil tool, semantic search, Position 6 penalty, unlimited site exclusions and more.
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This day in search marketing history: January 22
Google deduplicates featured snippets, plus: Facebook and Twitter signals, blacklisting domains, Wikipedia nofollows links and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 21
Google explains the core algorithm, plus: indexifembedded, Google sets sights on content farms, trademarketing SEO and more.
TikTok has a secret “Heating” (cheating?) button
Employees of TikTok and ByteDance are misusing "heating" privileges by boosting the view count of their own and their loved ones' accounts in violation of company policies, as revealed by sources and documents reviewed by Forbes.
Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms?
Red Ventures' use of AI to write cheap content that ranks well in search sure sounds like the old content farms Google Panda wiped out.
Google search will debut chatbot features this year
Google has put A.I. 'front and center' and sought help from founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin on their A.I. strategy.