According to data from GS Statcounter, Google’s search engine market share has fallen to 86.99%, the lowest point since the firm began tracking search engine share in 2009. The drop represents a more than 4% decrease from the previous month, marking the largest single-month decline on record. Screenshot from: https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/, May 2024. U.S. Market Impact … Read more
John Mueller, a Google Search Advocate, provided guidance this week regarding the path forward for websites impacted by recent search algorithm updates. The discussion started on X (formerly Twitter) by SEO professional Thomas Jepsen. Jepsen tagged Mueller, asking: “Google has previously said Google doesn’t hold a grudge and sites will recover once issues have been … Read more
Following the recent SERPConf event, Google Search Analyst Gary Illyes shared insights that provided a glimpse into the latest trends and challenges in the SEO world. His LinkedIn post touches on a range of topics, from technical issues to the role of AI, providing a thorough overview of the industry’s current state. Addressing hreflang Frustrations … Read more
Google updated their guidance with five changes on how to debug ranking drops. The new version contains over 400 more words that address small and large ranking drops. There’s room to quibble about some of the changes but overall the revised version is a step up from what it replaced. Change# 1: Downplays Fixing Traffic … Read more
Google has published a research paper on a new technology called Infini-attention that allows it to process massively large amounts of data with “infinitely long contexts” while also being capable of being easily inserted into other models to vastly improve their capabilities That last part should be of interest to those who are interested in … Read more
Google and Alphabet’s CEO Sundar Pichai sat down for a discussion on AI that inevitably focused on the future of search. He explained his of search and the role of websites, insisting that the only thing different is the technology. These Are The Early Days The interviewer asked if Sundar was caught by surprise by … Read more
A recent discussion on the r/SEO Reddit forum provided insights from Google’s Search Advocate, John Mueller, regarding website penalties and the use of HTTP status codes. Mueller addressed questions raised by a website owner who had previously used AI to generate content for their videogame guide website. After removing approximately 200 AI-generated pages due to … Read more
In a recent video, Google’s Gary Illyes, a search team engineer, shared details about how the search engine assesses webpage quality during indexing. This information is timely, as Google has steadily raised the bar for “quality” content. Quality: A Key Factor in Indexing & Crawling Frequency Illyes described the indexing stage, which involves analyzing a … Read more
In a recent statement on LinkedIn, Google Analyst Gary Illyes shared his mission for the year: to figure out how to crawl the web even less. This comes on the heels of a Reddit post discussing the perception that Google is crawling less than in previous years. While Illyes clarifies that Google is crawling roughly … Read more
Google’s SearchLiaison responded to a tweet that was kind of “thinking out loud” about whether a particular tactic might be useful for recovering from the Helpful Content Update system. SearchLiason offered his opinion on why that might not be a good idea. One thing that SearchLiaison made clear is that he didn’t want his tweet … Read more
While honest websites experienced the ups and downs of Google’s March 2024 update, SEOs and recipe bloggers noticed AI spam sites surging to the top of search results. One example as of yesterday ranked for over 217K queries, 14.9K of which rank in the top 10 – and that number has increased a day later. … Read more
The impact of Google’s March 2024 Core Update, which targets low-quality content and spam, is becoming apparent as the rollout progresses. Recent analyses reveal that over 800 websites have been completely deindexed from Google’s search results in the early stages of the update. Widespread Deindexing Ian Nuttall, a prominent figure in the SEO community, has … 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
Google recently updated it’s Google Cache documentation on their website cache and in so doing indirectly created a reminder that the cache is still available for virtually any webpage that Google has indexed. What Google Said About The Webpage Cache What was reported about Google’s cache may have unintentionally left the impression that it was … Read more
Vetted.ai is one of many AI chatbots that are gaining traction in Google search. It’s not much, maybe 10,000 monthly visits, but Google found the site to be the best result for ~100 keywords. Trend: growing. Organic traffic and top 3 keywords for vetted.ai (Image Credit: Kevin Indig) A click on one of Vetted AI’s … Read more
Explore why Google Gemini may transform the SEO industry. Learn how its improved multimodality and unlimited capabilities affect SERPs, rankings, content, and ranking factors. The post Google’s Gemini Decoded: Unveiling The Impact On SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal. Source link
The advent of Google’s Search Generative Experience (SGE) is revolutionizing online search, ushering in a new era of contextualization and intuition in information discovery. This technological advancement is fundamentally changing SEO strategies, requiring professionals to adopt a new approach to content creation. The impact on users is equally significant, with AI greatly facilitating access to … Read more
Google’s Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, recently offered guidance on how to diagnose ranking declines. Sullivan provided the advice on X (formerly Twitter) to Wesley Copeland, owner of a gaming news website, who sought help after seeing a significant drop in traffic from Google searches. Google’s Search Liaison Offers SEO Tips According to Copeland’s post, he’s … Read more
