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Content marketing success falls to 12-year low: Survey
AI isn't hurting content performance. Dropping proven content strategies is the bigger reason content isn't delivering, survey suggests.
What is visual content? 17 types that drive links, shares, and traffic
A complete guide to visual content marketing. Includes 17 types of visual content that you can try today.
Search everywhere optimization guide (+ free checklist)
Learn how Search Everywhere Optimization expands SEO beyond Google to build visibility, trust, and conversions across platforms like YouTube, Reddit, TikTok, Amazon, and AI search.
SEO report template: Show results, save time, get buy-in
Simple, free monthly SEO report template to demonstrate the true value of your SEO efforts. (Not just your keyword rankings.)
What is repurposing content?
This is a SUPER comprehensive guide to repurposing content to maximize shares, traffic and reach.
B2B content marketing: The ultimate guide
Complete guide to content marketing for B2B businesses. Includes lots of strategies, examples and mini case studies.
How to use Claude to run a stronger CRO audit
Claude can sort CRO data, surface patterns, and organize findings, but human judgment is still needed to validate conversion problems.
When SEO best practices become SEO dogma
SEO best practices often start with good reasoning. So why do we still treat old recommendations like gospel after the context has changed?
The dehumanization of SEO: Displaced by code, ignored by communication
When SEO gets reduced to keywords, audits, and content production, software will always look cheaper. That’s where the real risk begins.
Google’s top ranking factors, according to 131 SEO professionals
Search intent ranks highest, backlinks remain influential, and original research outperforms scaled AI content in perceived ranking impact.
Content gap analysis: The complete guide
Learn exactly how to conduct Content Gap Analysis. This guide will help you find “Content Gaps” so that your content shoots to the top of the search results.
Five best HARO alternatives (expert review)
Discover 6 powerful HARO alternatives for media outreach and backlinks. Compare features, pricing, and success rates to find your best option.
Jessica Bowman: SEO can’t win AI visibility alone
AI weighs reviews, operations and reputation — not just content. Bowman says future visibility depends on the whole business.
How to use SimilarWeb for SEO and content marketing
Want to get the most out of SimilarWeb? This in-depth guide will show you how to boost your SEO and content marketing campaigns with SimilarWeb.
4 risks hiding in your branded search results
Your branded search results can change in ways that affect visibility and perception. Learn what to monitor and how to spot emerging risks.
On-page SEO template
A free, downloadable on-page SEO template (no email or sign up required).
Caught by Google’s spam update? Don’t make recovery harder
Rushed fixes can make recovery harder after a Google spam update or manual action. Here’s what to investigate, address, and avoid.
The AI hours nobody on your marketing team is counting
AI adoption can turn marketers into unpaid (ineffective) software teams, while the real work absorbs the opportunity cost.
SEO vs. GEO, AEO, LLMO: What marketers need to know
Confused by GEO, AIO, LLMO, and AEO? This guide breaks down what each acronym means, how they relate to SEO, and what really matters for AI search visibility.
Inside Google Maps: 72 ranking signals and the architecture behind local search
Newly recovered Google data reveals how entities, web signals, geography, and semantic systems shape local visibility.
Before scaling programmatic SEO, prove the pattern works
Your first 50 pages can tell you whether the next 5,000 are worth building. Here’s how to turn a pilot into a scaling decision.
Google says DMA changes in EU resulted in worse degradation of search quality ever
Google said "the changes mark the largest reduction in quality of service at the world's most popular internet search engine in its 29-year search history."
How to build an AI governance framework for SEO
From hallucinated metrics to exposed customer data, here’s how to spot common AI risks and put practical guardrails in place.
Why growing restaurant chains win at local search and AI visibility
Research finds a measurable digital visibility gap between expanding and shrinking restaurant chains across search, reviews, social, and AI.
AI Overviews may be affecting Shopping ad CTR and impressions
AI Overviews may be reducing Shopping ad impressions while concentrating clicks among higher-intent searches.
Semrush is bringing AI visibility under the Spotlight
This October, Semrush, an Adobe company, will bring its Spotlight conference to London to discuss how AI is changing the way brands get discovered and why marketers need to rethink their visibility for the AI age.
USA TODAY overhauls audience strategy, citing search pressure
The overhaul includes layoffs and a new audience team structure as AI platforms send fewer users back to publisher websites.
The big winners and losers in U.S. website traffic over the past year
ChatGPT surged 48% while Bing fell 50% in U.S. traffic. See which sites gained, which lost, and what the latest data means for SEO.
BuzzStream review: Is this link building and outreach tool worth it?
I reviewed BuzzStream for a week. Does it work? Is it worth the money? I reveal everything in this review.
7 proven blog post templates (That work like a charm)
This is a list of 7 detailed blog post templates that are proven to drive traffic to your blog.
SEO and PPC are sitting on each other’s best insights
The keyword that’s too expensive for PPC could be your next SEO priority. The page that ranks first could tell you where to cut paid spend.
How to build a defensible SEO budget for 2027
Show leadership what your SEO investment protects, where growth is justified, and which bets are worth testing as search keeps changing.
Google to fix citation bug with Gemini 3.8 Flash in AI Mode
The latests Gemini model was unlikely to link or cite its sources. Google has confirmed the issue and will push a fix soon.
What is a marketing funnel? Complete beginner’s guide
Learn how to create effective marketing funnels that turn visitors into loyal customers. Start optimizing your sales process today.
SEO budgets: Where to invest for maximum impact as search evolves
With so many changes in search, where should you invest? Find out with our detailed guide and get our free SEO budget reallocation calculator.
The SEO warning signs before organic traffic falls
A healthy traffic graph can mask lost commercial visibility. Find the signals hiding in your rankings, queries, landing pages, and leads.
3 SEO priorities to win organic traffic in 2027
Prioritize commercial content, make your best answers easy to extract, and build authority signals for organic and AI search visibility.
AI works best when it removes work, not judgment
AI becomes risky when you delegate judgment. It becomes an “easy button” when you delegate tedious, repetitive, and mundane work.
From content creation to content orchestration: How agentic AI changes the role of content strategists
Agentic AI is shifting content strategists from writing copy to orchestrating workflows. Here's what the new role demands and what stays human.
Shopify revenue and merchant statistics
Interesting Shopify stores stats. Includes data on merchants, sales, revenue and more.