DeepSeek Fails 83% Of Accuracy Tests, NewsGuard Reports

DeepSeek Fails 83% Of Accuracy Tests, NewsGuard Reports

DeepSeek, the Chinese AI chatbot topping App Store downloads, has scored poorly in NewsGuard’s latest accuracy assessment. According to NewsGuard’s audit: “[the chatbot] failed to provide accurate information about news and information topics 83 percent of the time, ranking it tied for 10th out of 11 in comparison to its leading Western competitors.” Key Findings: … Read more

Google Launches Open-Source “Meridian” Marketing Mix Model

Google Launches Open-Source “Meridian” Marketing Mix Model

Google has launched Meridian, an open-source marketing mix model (MMM) that helps marketers improve their advertising budgets. It uses Bayesian causal inference methods to offer better insights into online and offline media channels. In an announcement, Google highlights how older MMMs focused on offline media and branding, often missing the complexities of performance media like … Read more

Consistent Posting Means 5x More Likes, Comments, and Shares: Study

Consistent Posting Means 5x More Likes, Comments, and Shares: Study

There’s a lot you can do to boost your chances of success on social media — optimize your content for engagement, find your perfect posting times, master the art of thumb-stopping hooks… But even these smart tactics don’t guarantee success. Few things do when it comes to navigating social media algorithms and ever-changing audience behavior. … Read more

How to analyze Instagram Reels analytics to grow

How to analyze Instagram Reels analytics to grow

Growing with Instagram Reels takes more than trend-hopping and editing chops. What differentiates successful creators from others is how they use their analytics. These numbers show you exactly what works with your audience and what doesn’t so you can consistently post high-quality videos that truly resonate with them. In this post, we’ll show you how … Read more

Layering Success: How To Target High-Intent Users In Google Ads

Layering Success: How To Target High-Intent Users In Google Ads

In an increasingly data-driven advertising world, getting your ads in front of the right people can make all the difference. One powerful way to achieve that is through audience layering in Google Ads. By stacking multiple audience signals like remarketing lists, in-market segments, and more, you can deliver highly relevant ads and zero in on … Read more

WordPress Shakeup Signaled By 3 Recent Events

WordPress Shakeup Signaled By 3 Recent Events

Three unrelated things happened in the world of WordPress and Content Management Systems which may point the direction of how content is published on the web. Two of the developments are directly related to WordPress and has the feel of pieces falling into place. WordPress Parallel Community There is movement to build a parallel community … Read more

Google AI Overviews Found In 74% Of Problem-Solving Queries

Google AI Overviews Found In 74% Of Problem-Solving Queries

Write a summary for this article using no more than 20 words that would be suitable for a news publication A new report shows that AI Overviews (AIOs) in Google’s search results are uncommon but significantly affect visibility and user engagement. Authoritas’s study examines how generative AI Overviews impact organic search performance. In December, the … Read more

Wix Shares How To Optimize Enterprise Marketing

Wix Shares How To Optimize Enterprise Marketing

Search Engine Journal spoke with Paula Ximena Mejia, VP of Enterprise Marketing at Wix, about building high-performing enterprise marketing teams. She shared actionable strategies to achieve marketing goals and identify what holds a team back. The discussion focused on multiple topics, including: Telltale signs of misaligned goals and inefficiencies How to overcome resource constraints Stakeholder … Read more

Perplexity AI Deploys Chinese DeepSeek AI Model

Perplexity AI Deploys Chinese DeepSeek AI Model

Perplexity AI has integrated the new Chinese DeepSeek AI model into their offerings, allowing their Pro level users to use DeepSeek for their Perplexity AI research. Some in the public reacted negatively to the news. Perplexity AI Perplexity AI is San Francisco based AI search engine that offers a different way to search for information … Read more

Marketing Spend Optimization: Expert Ways to Optimize Your Marketing & Ad Spend

Marketing Spend Optimization: Expert Ways to Optimize Your Marketing & Ad Spend

I recently watched a TikTok clip of a CEO explaining how, when businesses face tough times, marketing is often the first budget to get slashed. It stuck with me because, ironically, that’s when smart marketing spend becomes more critical than ever. Without it, companies risk spiraling deeper into inefficiency and lost opportunities. Is your audience … Read more

Advertising Dependency: How To Create Marketing Resilience

Kevin Indig's Growth Memo for SEJ

Advertising can pull your company forward like an 18 wheeler, but it can also create a risky dependency that backfires when you need to reduce budgets or reduce advertising spend. Think about it like over-watering a plant. Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. Lately, I’ve encountered a lot more companies … Read more

The Top Challenges Marketing Leaders Expect to Face in 2025 & How You Can Solve For Them [Expert Insights & Data]

The Top Challenges Marketing Leaders Expect to Face in 2025 & How You Can Solve For Them [Expert Insights & Data]

Marketing is a wild ride – trends flip overnight, and it’s a constant game of catch-up. In 2025 , it’s crucial to know where to focus and what roadblocks might lie ahead. That’s why I dug into the biggest challenges marketers are expecting next year and how to handle them, using insights from: 300+ global … Read more

Google Confirms Alt Text Is Not Primarily An SEO Decision

Google Confirms Alt Text Is Not Primarily An SEO Decision

Google’s John Mueller shared Jeffrey Zeldman’s Bluesky post reminding publishers and SEOs of proper alt text usage, including a link to the W3C decision tree for guidance. The most important takeaway is that the decision process for alt text is not primarily an SEO decision. The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) is an international standards … Read more

How Much Does a Super Bowl Ad Cost [& Does It Get ROI]? A Data-Backed Deep Dive

How Much Does a Super Bowl Ad Cost [& Does It Get ROI]? A Data-Backed Deep Dive

Whether you’re a diehard Super Bowl fan or, like me, prefer watching superb owls, you gotta admit: Super Bowl commercials are pretty great. They’re also pretty expensive. And still, Fox, which holds the rights to Super Bowl LIX, easily sold all the ad spots for the big game on February 9, 2025. Let’s take a … Read more

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