Bluesky statistics: How many people use Bluesky?
Complete Bluesky statistics: 25.47M users, app downloads, funding, and global usage data across key markets.
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Number of Threads users
Explore the latest 2026 stats for Threads, Meta's new X (Twitter) rival, with over 400 million monthly active users.
Does topical authority matter in AI search?
New Semrush data shows topical authority still matters in AI search, helping brands earn and defend category ownership over time.
Google AI Overviews cite self-serving listicles, but recommend competitors 69% of the time
Lily Ray’s study found Google cited brands’ own listicles in AI Overviews, yet excluded those brands from recommendations in most cases.
AI search loves listicles: What 25,000 URLs reveal about citations
A review of 25,000 URLs yielded insights about the type of content most cited by ChatGPT and other popular large language models.
Bing, not Google, shapes which brands ChatGPT recommends
Case study finds that even top brands disappear without a Bing presence. Here’s how ranking in Bing boosts visibility in ChatGPT.
AI search engines cite Reddit, YouTube, and LinkedIn most: Study
Wikipedia and Forbes rank among the most-cited sources in AI answers, with Yelp and G2 frequently appearing in recommendation queries.
Own your branded search: Building a competitive PPC defense
Competitors and review sites are bidding on your brand. Here's how to structure PPC campaigns that protect revenue and high-intent traffic.
How display ads can boost organic reach and ROI: What SEOs need to know
Display ads build awareness and drive clicks across the web. Learn how they work, key targeting options, and tips to maximize performance and ROI.
Tracking AI search citations: Who’s winning across 11 industries
An analysis of 800+ websites across 11 sectors reveals which domains AI assistants cite most and what it means for authority in the AI era.
AI Search Strategy: The Seen & Trusted Brand Framework
AI search strategy guide: Apply the Seen & Trusted Framework to get mentioned and cited by ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, and other AI platforms.
Thriving in the AI era of search: Realign, measure, collaborate
Stay ahead in AI-driven search: realign your career, break silos, and measure outcomes to make your SEO strategies count.
7 ways to grow brand mentions, a key metric for AI Overviews visibility
To show up in AI search, you need to be mentioned – credibly, often, and in the right places. These tactics will help you get there.
Perplexity expands publisher ad revenue sharing program
Perplexity's expansion includes some major news outlets, though concerns over content use and transparency remain.
Google’s site reputation abuse policy is a band-aid for a bullet wound
Dive into the challenges of parasite SEO and why Google’s algorithmic shortcomings make this policy a temporary fix for a systemic issue.
Google’s next algorithm update is coming soon, but don’t expect to recover lost traffic
Google held a web creator event yesterday, where engineers and executives spoke directly to creators who had ranking declines.
Google Search demoting content that is starkly different from the main content of the site
A Google spokesperson told Glenn Gabe, "Our systems aim to understand if a section of a site is independent or starkly different from the main content of the site. This helps us surface the most useful information from a range of sites."
Google AI Overviews volatility continues: Rise, fall, repeat
The overlap of AI Overviews with Google's search results increased. Travel and entertainment queries no longer triggered AI Overviews.
Perplexity launches ad revenue sharing program for publishers
Perplexity's new program aims to address recent controversies over content use while differentiating itself from traditional search engines.
LinkedIn expands video ads, AI tools to help B2B marketers
LinkedIn is giving marketers a way to promote in-stream video ads alongside content from publishers and announces new Accelerate features.
Google begins enforcement of site reputation abuse policy with portions of sites being delisted
Sites like CNN, USA Today, LA Times and others are seeing their rented subdomains and subfolders dropping in rankings after they were hit by manual actions.
Small review site lost 91% of its Google traffic to affiliate-focused SEO content
Google's search results are dominated by big brands. SEOs for smaller sites are complaining. It's like 2003 all over again.
Google Bard can now answer questions about YouTube videos
Google is expanding Bard's capabilities to boost engagement on YouTube.
White hat link building strategies that work in 2023
Discover how quality links can elevate a website's credibility and boost rankings with no shortcuts – just straightforward strategies
10 simple steps to analyze your brand SERP and build an effective digital strategy
Learn the key parts of a brand SERP and ways to guide Google to show the information you want your audience to see.
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.
Alphabet to lay off 12,000 roles across various product areas, levels, functions, and regions
For the first time in the company's 25 year history, Google parent Alphabet has announced a mass layoff.
What is content marketing? Defining marketing’s present and future
Learn what content marketing means, why it's essential for businesses today, and the steps to take for implementing a content strategy.
30+ brands suspend their Twitter marketing campaigns after finding their ads next to child-pornography accounts
Twitter has landed in hot water after some brands discovered their ads associated with the content, but are they doing enough to stop it from happening again?
5 ways your CX team can enhance content marketing efforts
Tapping into your customer experience team can shed light on the content that engages and converts.
4 ways to own your own career path in digital marketing
If you find yourself going with the flow or doing a lot of hoping for your career, here’s how to start taking charge today.
Search used when brands are unknown, but it’s direct navigation for existing customers
A new survey from Yext explores what content sources are more trusted and what's at stake in not paying enough attention to third party platforms.
The Role of Nofollow Links in SEO
Written by Chris Hinchly, SEO Specialist Link building is a fundamental element of SEO. As a webmaster or digital marketer, you want as many sites as possible linking to your platform. Of course, they have to be quality links to make a difference in search engine rankings. The simplest way to understand the role that […]
Google officially adds AMP based featured snippets to mobile search results
Now AMP pages can rank in Google's position zero but Google says AMP is still not a ranking factor.
Will Google’s Expected $1.3 Billion Waze Acquisition Be Allowed?
Early yesterday, Israeli business website Globes.co.il said that Google will acquire social mapping app Waze for $1.3 billion. That report has subsequently been all-but-confirmed by others, including the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which said the announcement could come this week. The WSJ said that by size Waze would constitute Google’s fourth largest acquisition, assuming it comes to pass. […]
Did Google Just Penalize Another Link Network? SAPE Links
Unconfirmed reports are surfacing throughout the SEO community that Google has penalized yet another link network. The rumors within the industry are that the link network targeted by Google is named SAPE links. Webmasters who have used the SAPE link network are reporting that their sites have taken hard penalties within Google, resulting in a […]
Google Dishes Out PageRank Penalties To UK Newspaper Web Sites For Selling Links
Google has downgraded the Toolbar PageRank scores for several dozen UK operated newspapers and news sites today. It is believed the reason Google has downgraded their PageRank scores is because they were selling links on a massive scale. Google Penalizes Sites Selling Links As you may remember, in October 2007, Google went on record that […]
Eric Schmidt Floats Idea Of A Yahoo-Google Search Partnership
Apple, Google and mapping apps weren’t the only thing that Eric Schmidt spoke about today in Tokyo. Forbes is reporting that Schmidt also floated the idea of a Google-Yahoo search partnership. Dow Jones reporter Kenneth Maxwell was at the event, and shared this statement with Forbes: Yes, I can confirm, Eric Schmidt definitely said they’d […]
Google Sending Warnings About “Artificial” Or “Unnatural” Links
Have you recently gotten a warning from Google about having “artificial” or “unnatural” links pointing at your site? Google says this isn’t a fresh crackdown on link networks but rather a change from bad links being “silently distrusted” to being more vocal about this type of penalty. Warnings Issued Many people have reported getting messages […]
Google Eliminates Another Link Network, BuildMyRank.com – Just One Of Several?
The battle between Google and those trying to artificially manipulate its search results is an ongoing battle. Google on March 19th took down one of those blog/link networks named BuildMyRank.com. BuildMyRank.com confirmed Google has deindexed an “overwhelming majority” of their network as of March 19, 2012. The management of BuildMyRank.com has decided to immediately shut […]