How to Plan Your Facebook Ads Budget (And Make The Biggest Impact)

How to Plan Your Facebook Ads Budget (And Make The Biggest Impact)

If budgeting stresses you out, we have a lot in common, my friend. Whether it’s a monthly entertainment budget or a Facebook Ads budget, ensuring you allocate only what you can afford and get the most for your money is a lot of pressure. Spending recklessly can have long-term consequences on a business’ profitability. But … Read more

Google Explains Why Low-Quality Traffic Can’t Impact Rankings

Google Explains Why Low-Quality Traffic Can't Impact Rankings

Google’s Martin Splitt addressed a question about website trustworthiness and whether competitors can negatively impact it. He explained how Google assesses site trustworthiness and clarified why factors like links and site traffic don’t have a negative influence on Google’s perception of trustworthiness. Trustworthiness Googlers, research papers and patents mention the trustworthiness of websites but there … Read more

Google Says Title Tags “Maybe” Impact Rankings

Google Says Title Tags "Maybe" Impact Rankings

Google’s John Mueller offered a surprising explanation about the ranking impact of title tags. His answer challenged the SEO belief that title tags are a critical ranking factor and clarified their actual role. Mueller also discussed the proper use of meta descriptions. Title Elements The purpose of title tags is to provide a general description … Read more

Understanding the Impact of Google Consent Mode For Your Business in 2024

Understanding the Impact of Google Consent Mode For Your Business in 2024

In a report from May 2023, Google states that “with Consent Mode in place, Air France’s visible conversions rose by 9% across Europe” after experiencing a 20% drop in conversions due to recent cookie guidance compliance. How can a company benefit from more accurate measurement as privacy regulations become increasingly strict? Consent Mode is the … Read more

SEO in the Martech Stack: How Tech Decisions Can Impact SEO

SEO in the Martech Stack: How Tech Decisions Can Impact SEO

Organizations typically are a mixture of orientations that impact all aspects of the business from operations, finance, and marketing and sales functions. This also means it can influence the marketing technology stack, and subsequently, these decisions can impact the performance of marketing channels, including SEO. When organizations determine the technologies they want to use to … Read more

Reddit Subreddits To Google Search: Maximizing Your Brand’s Impact [Webinar Recap]

Reddit Subreddits To Google Search: Maximizing Your Brand’s Impact [Webinar Recap]

Recently, I had the pleasure of hosting a webinar discussing Reddit, its growth, and how it impacts search results. It’s been quite a while since I covered Reddit as a topic, but I could talk about it all day, and I think it has and is one of the most influential communities around today. If … Read more

Google Warns Of Soft 404 Errors And Their Impact On SEO

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In a recent LinkedIn post, Google Analyst Gary Illyes raised awareness about two issues plaguing web crawlers: soft 404 and other “crypto” errors. These seemingly innocuous mistakes can negatively affect SEO efforts. Understanding Soft 404s Soft 404 errors occur when a web server returns a standard “200 OK” HTTP status code for pages that don’t … Read more

OpenAI’s Rockset Acquisition And How It May Impact Digital Marketing

OpenAI's Rockset Acquisition And How It May Impact Digital Marketing

OpenAI acquired a technology from Rockset that will enable the creation of new products, real-time data analysis, and recommendation systems, possibly signaling a new phase for OpenAI that could change the face of search marketing in the near future. What Is Rockset And Why It’s Important Rockset describes its technology as a Hybrid Search, a … Read more

The Impact Of AI And Other Innovations On Data Storytelling

The Impact Of AI And Other Innovations On Data Storytelling

This edited extract is from Data Storytelling in Marketing by Caroline Florence ©2024 and is reproduced and adapted with permission from Kogan Page Ltd. Storytelling is an integral part of the human experience. People have been communicating observations and data to each other for millen­nia using the same principles of persuasion that are being used … Read more

Google: Can 10 Pages Impact Sitewide Rankings?

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Google’s John Mueller answered a question about sitewide impacts on a site with ten pages that lost rankings in the March/April 2024 Core Update then subsequently experienced a sitewide collapse in May. Can 10 Pages Trigger A Sitewide Penalty? The person asking the question on Reddit explained that they had ten pages (out of 20,000 … Read more

Google AI Overview and Impact on SEO, Marketing, Advertising

Google AI Overview and Impact on SEO, Marketing, Advertising

Listen NEW! Listen to article Sign in or sign up to access this audio feature! No worries … it’s FREE! Marketing and advertising are experiencing an unprecedented era of transformation. Multiple market factors are at play: the potential deprecation of third-party cookies, the emergence of new alternative identifiers, Google’s privacy sandbox promises, and significant changes … Read more

The Traffic Impact Of AI Overviews

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Boost your skills with Growth Memo’s weekly expert insights. Subscribe for free! Two weeks after Google rolled out AI Overviews (AIOs), we can analyze early data to gauge the impact on organic traffic. I wanted to understand the impact and implications of AIOs, especially after many reports of misinformation and sometimes harmful recommendations from Google’s AI … Read more

Google CEO Addresses Concerns Over AI’s Impact On Search Traffic

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In a recent interview, Google CEO Sundar Pichai discussed the company’s implementation of AI in search results and addressed concerns from publishers and website owners about its potential impact on web traffic. Background On AI In Google Search Google has been gradually incorporating AI-generated overviews and summaries into its search results. These AI overviews aim … Read more

Google SGE Organic Traffic Impact Divided By Verticals [Data Study]

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We analyzed 500k queries to find patterns and triggers enabling SGE results. We started to research SGE in June 2023 and have conducted bi-weekly scrapes of 100-500k keywords along with data analysis from our R&D team. From this data, we have in-depth findings about SGE development and ranking factors. While verticals are not the only … Read more

The Impact Of Big Data Analytics Software On Industry Efficiency

The Impact Of Big Data Analytics Software On Industry Efficiency

Big data analytics software has become one of the cornerstones of success for many big industries. The manufacturing industry is especially affected by it quite significantly. You should be well aware of the scenarios while reaching your business goals with ease. Proper data analytics software can help your business to grow at a faster pace. … Read more

Google On The SEO Impact Of 503 Status Codes

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Searchers who expect a website to always be available may be disappointed to encounter a 503 status code. However, brief downtime is perfectly acceptable. During the April edition of the Google Search Central SEO office hours, a question was raised about the potential impact of intermittently serving 503 “Service Unavailable” status codes. Gary Illyes, a … Read more

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