In 2016, Andrey Lipattsev, a Google search quality senior strategist, said links pointing at your site were one of the top three Google Search ranking factors (along with content and RankBrain). In 2023, that is no longer the case, according to Gary Illyes, an analyst on the Google Search team, speaking at Pubcon Pro in ..
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Collecting data on your site’s performance is the first step toward delivering a great user experience. Over the years, Google has provided various tools to assess and report on web performance. Among them are Core Web Vitals, a set of performance signals that Google deems critical to all web experiences. This article covers the current ..
Before embarking on a shopping journey, customers often find themselves in a state of awareness where a specific need or desire has sprouted in their minds. A growing recognition of a gap characterizes this initial phase – perhaps a missing item in their collection, an upgrade to enhance their lifestyle or a solution to a ..
“Pretty much everyone knows we’re using clicks in rankings. That’s the debate: ‘Why are you trying to obscure this issue if everyone knows?’” That quote comes from Eric Lehman, a former 17-year employee of Google who worked as a software engineer on search quality and ranking. He left Google in November. Lehman testified last Wednesday ..
Bing has announced a set of new controls to allow webmasters and site owners to block Bing Chat from using its content for AI training and Microsoft’s generative AI models. “While we are actively collaborating with the industry on establishing future AI standards, we also wanted to provide more immediate support for publishers,” Fabrice Canel ..
Ever wondered which is the best generative AI tool for writing PR content? I have just finished conducting a series of tests to determine just that and found that the post generated by Bard produced: Slightly better results than a post I had written from scratch. Significantly better results than the post by ChatGPT. Dramatically ..
As advertisers, we want to maximize our PPC budgets for our clients But how do we do that? This article identifies eight areas where you can focus your optimization efforts to improve ROI. If you aren’t already doing these things – there’s time to start testing before we get into the throes of holiday planning ..
TikTok is testing displaying links to Google search results from its own internal search results page. Radu Oncescu spotted this and posted a screenshot of this on X, which we embedded below. What it looks like. TikTok added to its search pages a small link with a Google logo to its search results page. TikTok ..
Google’s Gary Illyes fielded several questions during an AMA at Pubcon Pro in Austin this afternoon from moderator Jennifer Slegg. Here are some of the highlights of the interview. 1. Does Google use user click data in ranking? “Technically, yes,” Illyes said. This is because historical search data is part of RankBrain. 2. Unlaunches happen ..
Google is currently rolling out the September 2023 helpful content update and with that Google made several updates to its helpful content documentation, which we covered in detail. But just because Google updated its documentation, it does not mean that those changes are reflected in the actual algorithm that Google has released. Gary Illyes from ..
