Research by BrightEdge shows that traffic is surging to Perplexity and where the opportunities lie for optimizing for traffic, particularly for ecommerce . What Is Perplexity AI? Perplexity is a self-described Answer Engine founded by researchers and engineers from OpenAI, Facebook, Quora, Microsoft, and Databricks. It has backing from many of the most influential investors … Read more
Google’s SearchLiaison answered a question asking for advice on how to diagnose content that’s lost rankings because of the Helpful Content update. SearchLiaison offered advice on how to step back and think about what the problem could be and if there even is a problem to consider. Question On Fixing HCU Affected Pages Someone on … Read more
Google recently paused the image generation capability of their Gemini model, admitting that the way it was tuned resulted unintended inaccuracies due to how the algorithm was “tuned”. This event offers insights into how Google’s algorithms, including their search ranking algorithms, can generate unintended results. Understanding what happened is helpful because it expands the understanding … Read more
Google Search Advocate John Mueller recently responded to a post on Reddit from a website owner experiencing a significant increase in indexed foreign language pages. The website owner reported that over 20,000 pages in Japanese and Chinese suddenly appeared on their site, which they didn’t create or intend to host. They asked the Reddit community … Read more
Google published a video offering three tips for using search console to identify technical issues that might be causing indexing or ranking problems. Three Tips For Troubleshooting Technical Issues Google’s three tips for troubleshooting technical issues are: Check if page is indexed or indexable Check if page is duplicate or if another page is the … Read more
Update Florida, which happened twenty years ago this month, completely shook up the search results and changed what it meant to do SEO. The lessons learned in 2004 hold a key to understanding and surviving Google updates today. Before the update known as Florida, Google had monthly index refreshes that for a few days made … Read more
Bing decided not to wait for the alternative approach to a robots.txt method for blocking AI tools from using your content and decided to go with what is out there now, meta tag approaches. Bing will continue to work with the rest of the AI community to come up with solutions but for now, since … Read more
TikTok is trialling a new ad-targeting tool that reportedly offers improved data privacy protection. PrivacyGo operates like a data clean room, where separate parties can input multiple sets of data and find commonalities without sharing the original source. Why we care. If PrivacyGo works as expected, this tool will provide marketers with deeper insights into … Read more
Your consumers crave more than just a product or service. They desire the result of what you’re selling. How you craft and execute your promotional activities from August through October will largely depend on your understanding of this subtle yet critical aspect. Whether you are a dentist, a family therapist, a florist, or a stock … Read more
It seems government regulators found an ally with OpenAI CEO and ChatGPT creator Sam Altman. During a Judiciary Committee hearing last Tuesday, May 16, 2023, Altman called for companies to take responsibility regardless of Congress’ actions. This is in light of recent concerns about artificial intelligence or AI’s implications on several social issues, including the … Read more
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