Many factors can affect rankings after a core algorithm update. It’s not always about the helpfulness of content, there are other factors that can play a role in why the algorithm changed and negatively affected your website rankings. If you find yourself saying, “It used to rank before, why doesn’t it rank now?” then some … Read more
User search behavior is continually changing. To keep up, Google’s algorithm is doing the same. But what is helpful for Google users can often throw a wrench in any SEO marketer’s well-planned organic search strategy — especially when it’s hard to pinpoint the exact changes impacting a site’s performance. To aid you in that understanding, … Read more
Reading Time: 6 minutes According to Gitnux, Amazon has over 9.7 million sellers worldwide, and interestingly, over 7.9 million sellers joined after 2019. The number is huge, and it is a big part of why Amazon is so competitive. If you are among the Amazon sellers who struggle with Amazon SEO, you need to understand … Read more
Google once again said that its indexing systems are completely independent of its ranking updates, like the core update. Gary Illyes from Google said indexing, canonicalization, and those types of “systems are independent” of core updates. Truth is, this is not news, Google has said this numerous times. In 2016, Gary Ilyes said crawl rate … Read more
Text optimization aims to increase organic traffic to a page by improving its ranking for target keyword queries in search engine results. Now, I’ll discuss an underrated tool I regularly use and have seen improve document rankings. There are many ranking factors, and we’ll touch on one of them. If interested, read more about SEO … Read more
Pinterest provided insights into how its algorithm works while warning of the risks of overreliance on user engagement. The platform emphasized that excessive reliance on engagement to rank content can result in a negative user experience, and proposed non-engagement signals as a solution. To encourage other companies to follow suit and contribute to “building a … Read more
Google’s March 2024 core algorithm update is penalizing sites made with AI generated content and it’s a fact that AI-generated content cannot meet the quality standards that Google’s various documentations outline. But there is still a way to use AI in a way that results in high quality content. Why AI Cannot Meet Google’s Quality … Read more
I’m going to flip the script for this post, which I rarely do. I’ll start with where I think the helpful content system can go from here and then provide the why after (for those that want to better understand some background about Google’s punitive algorithm updates). Here we go. I think Google’s helpful content … Read more
I am seeing some massive volatility being reported today after seeing a spike in chatter within the SEO community on Friday. I have not seen the third-party Google tracking tools show this much volatility in a long time. I will say the tracking tools are way more heated than the chatter I am seeing, so … Read more
It was 13 years ago today that Google launched the Panda update. This algorithm update had a massive and far-reaching impact on SEO and content strategies for years to come. Here’s a complete history of the Google Panda algorithm update. What was the Google Panda update? Google Panda was a major algorithm update that impacted … Read more
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