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I’ve worked in SEO for just over 12 years. In that time, I’ve built up a trusty vault of tried-and-tested SEO resources that I use, which I’ll share with you today. Hopefully, you’ll find them useful (…and maybe even bookmark this page). When you start your SEO career, it’s natural to gravitate to free tools—they’re usually the […]
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In October 2024, ChatGPT announced that they would be releasing “ChatGPT Search” – an official search engine integration into the LLM model. This new functionality pulls in from the Bing search results. What’s interesting is that instead of utilizing ChatGPT’s internal training data, they utilize search results from the Web. We decided to experiment with
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Posted on December 3, 2024 Written by Bill Hartzer Join Liquid Web’s free webinar, Mastering Hidden Ranking Factors for Organic SEO Growth in 2025, on December 12, 2024. Liquid Web is setting the stage for an eye-opening event for digital marketers and business owners looking to supercharge their SEO strategies in 2025. The hosting giant
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NeoReach Acquires Influencers.com and Partners with Blueberry AI to Shake Up the Creator Economy – Bill Hartzer Home » Social Media » NeoReach Acquires Influencers.com and Partners with Blueberry AI to Shake Up the Creator Economy
As you may (or may not) know, I run a company called DNProtect. We protect domain names, offer a domain name protection service, but also recover stolen domain names. Unfortunately recovering domain names takes up quite a bit of my time, as it’s a huge problem that no one talks about. People are literally waking
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Back in March this year, Google announced several new spam policies intended to fight the perceived degradation of their search results. One of these new policies was for ‘site reputation abuse’. In previous newsletters I covered this policy and its impact once enforcement began in early May. Fast-forward to the middle of November. For the
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Google Using Your Images in AI Overviews Without Credit: Where’s the Line? – Bill Hartzer Home » Google » Google Using Your Images in AI Overviews Without Credit: Where’s the Line?
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At first glance, branded content may seem worlds apart from the actual brand. But that’s because it’s not really about them. It’s about the audience and their interests. Take the famous Michelin guide At first you think: “What do restaurants have to do with Michelin tyres?” Then you think: “People drive all over America to
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If you’re a founder who knows that SEO matters, but doesn’t know where to start, check out this one-page primer. Thanks to the following founders for sharing feedback on this guide: Sidenote. I’m writing this based on my experience helping startups from pre-seed to post-IPO with their search strategy. I also taught some of these ideas
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We analyzed ~2.3 million keywords with ~4.99 million top ads to see how frequently businesses advertise on keywords where they already have an organic ranking in the top 10 positions. Here are some of the key statistics: 37.9% of advertised websites already rank in the top 10 organically for the same keyword. This indicates that
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