This past Saturday, September 4th, there may have been another Google search ranking update. Microsoft Bing launched the content submission API out of beta. Google may automatically remove recipe rich results for listicles and category pages. Google Ads search term report gained more queries but some will be going away in the name of privacy.

SEO optimization is like any scientific theory — the more you research, the more you realize how many questions you need to find answers to. And to get down to the bottom of things, they both require some good ol’ experimentation. In reality, successful SEO specialists are just a different type of scientists. Nobody really

 GUESTS & RESOURCES Episode Overview: Searchmetrics’s SEO strategist Jordan Koene joins Ben Shapiro to break down the SEO winners and losers of the month of August. As Google still fleshes out 2021 updates, who is making the most of change in search? Who is losing out to it? Do you want to learn more

Google’s John Mueller said sometimes syndicating or republishing content makes sense but it never makes sense if you want to rank for the queries that those pieces of content aim to rank for. He said on Twitter “if your goal is that only your site ranks for those queries, then syndicating / republishing is a

Google’s John Mueller said recently on Twitter that when it comes to images, images being unique does not mean the image is higher quality. John said “IMO with images in particular, uniqueness isn’t equivalent to higher quality.” So having a unique image that you took yourself, doesn’t necessarily make the page that image is on

John Mueller from Google posted a reminder or PSA on Twitter this morning saying “having a dedicated page for some seasonal sales events is a good idea for ecommerce sites.” This is advice from July, just a few months ago, that John is repeating today. In July, Google posted SEO best practices for deal pages

Microsoft announced Microsoft Start, which looks and feels a lot like its own version of Google Discover. Microsoft describes it as a “personalized news feed and collection of informational content provides news from premium publishers, timely updates tailored to your interests, and is available when and where you want it.” Here is a GIF showing

Google’s John Mueller said again that you cannot fix your overall website quality by making some technical changes. John said on Twitter “Website quality is not something you can fix with technical changes.” He added that “if you want search engines to take your site more seriously, you really, really need to improve the game