How I built 5,660 backlinks in 30 days [New strategy]
How to use a new link building strategy called "Reverse Outreach".
Topic: DuckDuckGo
ChatGPT is using Google Search – We tested it
We created a fake SEO term, blocked Bing, and asked ChatGPT about it. The answer proves it’s using Google Search. Here’s the full breakdown.
Google AI Mode cuts clicks and user satisfaction: Study
A 1,100-person experiment found fewer publisher visits, lower trust and satisfaction, and greater use of rival search engines.
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.
DuckDuckGo usage stats
Interesting DuckDuckGo usage stats. Includes data on searches, market share, employees and more.
Yelp brings restaurant reservations and waitlists to ChatGPT
ChatGPT users can now reserve a table or join a Yelp waitlist without leaving the conversation, streamlining discovery to booking.
Your AI salesforce is already selling your brand. The question is who trained it.
Recommendations depend on confidence, not just content. Here's how search, knowledge graphs, and third-party proof influence AI decisions.
How Google’s removal tools work for SEO and reputation management
A practitioner’s guide to deindexing, removal requests, and managing client search results.
Googlebot dominates web crawling in 2025 as AI bots surge: Report
Cloudflare data shows AI crawlers exploding, publishers blocking bots, and many platforms sending little traffic back.
How AI answers are disrupting publisher revenue and advertising
A deeper look at the traffic losses, revenue shifts, and emerging models reshaping publishing and search in an AI-first era.
When AI agents do the shopping: Insights from 100 conversations with ChatGPT Agent mode
As ChatGPT agents book, buy, and convert for users, SEO must evolve. Make your site agent-readable, accessible, and built to convert.
Google is still 210x bigger than ChatGPT in search
ChatGPT handles 66 million search-like prompts daily vs. 14 billion Google searches. AI is growing, but Google search still dominates.
International SEO: Measure results & avoid costly mistakes
Use international SEO to avoid costly mistakes and track performance across languages, countries, and cultures with confidence.
AI tool adoption jumps to 38%, but 95% still rely on search engines
Data shows AI growth is slowing while search usage edges higher – with heavy AI users actually turning to Google search more often.
Will GEO replace SEO – or become part of it?
GEO isn’t the death of SEO. It’s what happens when search becomes multi-platform, multi-modal, and powered by AI.
Mastering voice search SEO: Simple strategies that work
Voice search is changing how people find you. Discover strategies to optimize for natural language, featured snippets, and AI-driven search results.
Is Google really getting worse? (Actually, it’s complicated)
Explore why Google search may feel worse, why it isn’t necessarily worse, and how shifting dynamics shape the search experience.
Google’s AI Mode: Here’s what matters for SEOs and marketers
Discover how Google's new AI mode impacts search results, citations, and visibility –plus key insights for SEO and marketing.
Google Search is 373x bigger than ChatGPT search
Think Google has lost market share to ChatGPT and other AI engines? Wrong. Google search grew, and ChatGPT's market share is less than 1%.
A guide to web crawlers: What you need to know
Your website is being crawled right now. Find out which bots are helping your SEO, which ones are hurting it, and how to take control.
How to optimize your 2025 content strategy for AI-powered SERPs and LLMs
The future of SEO is about mentions, authority, and AI relevance. Here’s how to secure brand visibility in AI-generated search results.
How would a Google breakup impact SEO?
Here’s how the DOJ's case against Google and proposed market changes could forever reshape search engines, SEO, and digital privacy.
Google’s search market share drops below 90% for first time since 2015
In a surprising development, Google's global search market share was less than 90% for the final three months of 2024.
Microsoft Advertising: A comprehensive guide
Microsoft Ads offers unique targeting, lower costs and fewer competitors. Learn how to harness its potential for B2B, ecommerce and more.
4 of the best technical SEO tools
From in-depth technical SEO analysis to powerful page speed tools, find the ideal tool for your strategy and budget.
Key PPC ad strategies for home services
Optimize your PPC budget and get high-quality leads in this competitive niche using strategies tailored to short and long sales cycles.
Top 7 Google Ads and SEO synergies you should act upon
Enhance your search marketing ROI by aligning PPC and SEO. Learn practical tips for collaboration and optimization across both channels.
Survey: User satisfaction with Google grows in 2024
Google's push into AI-driven search doesn't seem to have hurt customer satisfaction. Meanwhile, ads are problematic for social media users.
Bing Search back online after 5-hour outage
Third-party search services that use Bing are also offline, including DuckDuckGo, ChatGPT Search, Copilot and more.
Optimization beyond data: Design thinking for SEO
Elevate your SEO strategy by using a design thinking framework to create more impactful, user-centric search campaigns.
New research study asks if Google Search is getting worse
It seems more like a game of Whac-A-Mole, where the results get better, than worse, and then better as Google releases updates.
U.S. vs. Google antitrust trial: Everything you need to know
The landmark court case brought by the US Justice Department could spell huge changes for Google and the future of Search.
Apple has 19 billion reasons not to build a Google Search rival
"Apple Search" is not in the works as the company believes its deal with Google works better for its customers.
Microsoft Ads introduces PLA Extensions
Onsite ads are beneficial, but represent a closed ecosystem managed by the retailer, or publisher. PLA Extensions change this.
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.
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 5
Google confirms Vince Update, plus: mobile-first indexing, webspam, Google adds page load time to Quality Score algorithm and more.
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 1
Google publishes Search quality rating guidelines, plus: Ginny Marvin joins Google, AdWords Price Extensions, click fraud and more.