What are pageviews? (How to track and improve them)
Learn what pageviews really mean, how they compare to sessions and users, and why they’re not the most important metric to focus on in your analytics.
Topic: Pageview
AI bot traffic surged 300%, hitting publishers hardest: Report
AI fetcher bots siphon traffic and revenue from publishers, delivering real-time answers that bypass your site and cut referral visits.
Googlebot fraud (Fake crawlers, bot abuse & how to protect your site)
Learn how Googlebot crawls, renders, and indexes your site. See every crawler type, how crawl budget works, and the technical fixes that improve visibility.
AI Overviews data: Google visits are up but engagement is falling
Google's AI Overviews appear to be changing how users interact with Google – but not how they search, new data shows.
The design thinking approach to enterprise SEO
Here’s how to create user-focused, technically feasible solutions for your enterprise site that drive long-term growth and search visibility.
Search Engine Land celebrates its 17th birthday
Search Engine Land launched Dec. 11, 2006. Today, we look back on a successful 2023 and look forward to an even greater 2024.
X referral traffic falls for publishers like BuzzFeed, Reuters, CNN
X, formerly known as a reliable traffic source, has sent less traffic to large and small publishers over the past five years.
Improving or removing content for SEO: How to do it the right way
Here's a step-by-step process for determining whether you should improve or remove older content – and how to do it.
Google warns against content pruning as CNET deletes thousands of pages
Google says deleting old content just because it's old isn't beneficial for SEO. However, pruning content can be helpful – when done right.
Search Engine Land celebrates its 16th birthday
Search Engine Land launched on this day in 2006. Today, we look back on a successful 2022 and look forward to an even greater 2023.
How to do a content audit as painlessly as possible
Get a clear view of how your content helps (or hinders) your business goals. Here's a step-by-step guide for doing a content audit.
Why SEO must start with strategy, planning
Want to avoid spending a lot of time, resources and energy on SEO without results? Then you need an SEO strategy and plan.
5 ways to level-up lazy listicles
Avoid being an armchair commentator. Upgrade your next list article by following these five simple steps.
A few pointers from the pros during SMX Report; Wednesday’s daily brief
Plus, Google extends deadline for Partner Program requirements and Yelp releases new features to address new consumer behaviors.
SearchCap: Google PLA test, Google app indexing study & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Send AdWords alerts directly to Slack with this AdWords script libraryMar 10, 2016 by Russell Savage Looking to get those AdWords alerts out of your email inbox? Columnist Russell Savage shows […]
SearchCap: New Google Penalty, Action Schema & Subscribe To Google Trends
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Slaps Another Guest Blog Network: PostJoint Google’s Matt Cutts somewhat confirmed on Twitter that Google has taken action on another guest blogging network. This network is named PostJoint and claims […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 29, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google’s “Voice Assistant” Not Quite Siri-Smart But Most People Won’t Notice At Google I/O this week Google introduced spoken search results, which mimic Siri’s functionality on the iPhone. Siri had been […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 24, 2011
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: America’s Fastest Growing Search Marketing Companies Each year, Inc. Magazine releases its Inc. 500/5000 list of the fastest growing companies in America. We’re proud to announce that Search Engine Land’s parent […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 15, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The New Twitter & Search, An Illustrated Guide Twitter’s rolling out a new design to users that makes the site more interactive and shows more information than before. What’s new for […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 30, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google News Has Major Redesign: Personalization, Sharing & “News Stream” Offered Today, Google News is undergoing its first major redesign since being launched in 2002. Gone is the default “section” view, […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 22, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google, Twitter Argue Against Throttling Speed Of News Google and Twitter have teamed up to support a web site that’s facing legal trouble for reporting news too quickly. Reuters reports that […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 27, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 4, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SEM News, The Single Best SEM Report, & Nielson’s BlogPulse Trend Search
In The Trenches is a weekly spotlight of tips, tricks, and news about the tools search engine marketing professionals use to give them a leg up on the competition. Today: News from the search engines, today’s in-depth look, “The Single Best Report in SEM,” and this week’s free tips and tools.
Search Conference Coverage 2007: SES Chicago Day Two & PubCon Vegas Day One
Today is the second day of SES Chicago and the first day of PubCon Vegas. Here’s a recap of session coverage out of both shows, from across the web:
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 8, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 15, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web: