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Google’s Mueller Calls Markdown-For-Bots Idea ‘A Stupid Idea’ via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

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Google Search Advocate John Mueller is pushing back on the idea of serving Markdown files to LLM crawlers. The post Google’s Mueller Calls Markdown-For-Bots Idea ‘A Stupid Idea’ appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Information Retrieval Part 2: How To Get Into Model Training Data

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Navigate the complexities of information retrieval and find out how to get into model training data for AI success. The post Information Retrieval Part 2: How To Get Into Model Training Data appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

The Real SEO Skill No One Teaches: Problem Deduction via @sejournal, @billhunt

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Bill Hunt shows how disciplined reasoning transforms SEO escalations into resolvable system behaviors rather than endless debates. The post The Real SEO Skill No One Teaches: Problem Deduction appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Email marketing reporting: Our top best practices and tool recommendations for 2026

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Here’s a (maybe) mildly spicy hot take: Email marketing reporting is the backbone of any performance-focused email strategy. Without it, you’re sending campaigns into a void, unable to see what’s working, what’s falling flat, and most importantly, what’s driving revenue. The top reporting features in email marketing software go far beyond open rates and click-throughs. Today’s email reporting tools enable closed-loop reporting, connecting every email touchpoint to pipeline outcomes and customer lifetime value. This means marketers can finally answer the question executives care about most: How does email contribute to revenue? In this guide, I’ll break down what email marketing […]

WordPress Publishes AI Guidelines To Combat AI Slop via @sejournal, @martinibuster

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WordPress published AI guidelines with five principles designed to encourage responsible use of AI. The post WordPress Publishes AI Guidelines To Combat AI Slop appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Using AI For SEO Can Fail Without Real Data (& How Ahrefs Fixes It) via @sejournal, @ahrefs

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This post was sponsored by Ahrefs. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. If you’ve ever run into the limits of solo AI or manual SEO tools, this article is for you. AI on its own can write and suggest ideas, but without reliable data to anchor those suggestions, it can miss the mark. On the other hand, traditional SEO dashboards are powerful – yet slow and siloed. The emerging sweet spot? Connecting AI to real, live SEO data so you can ask natural language questions and get deep answers fast. Ahrefs Uses Its Own MCP Server […]

Google Updates Googlebot File Size Limit Docs via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

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Google updated its Googlebot documentation to clarify file size limits, separating default limits that apply to all crawlers from Googlebot-specific details. The post Google Updates Googlebot File Size Limit Docs appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Google’s Crawl Team Filed Bugs Against WordPress Plugins via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

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Google’s crawl team filed a bug against WooCommerce for add-to-cart parameters wasting crawl budget. WooCommerce fixed it. Other plugins haven’t. The post Google’s Crawl Team Filed Bugs Against WordPress Plugins appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Introducing the Agentic Customer Platform

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The Gap Between Output and Outcomes Over the past two years, I’ve had hundreds of conversations with business leaders about AI. The pattern is always the same: initial excitement about what AI can do, followed by frustration about what it actually delivers. “It writes great emails,” they tell me. “But are they converting?” Not really. “It can research prospects in seconds.” Great. But is it finding the right ones? Usually not. The gap between AI‘s impressive output and the business outcomes we actually need has never been clearer. At HubSpot, we have an opinion on why this gap exists. It’s […]

Why SEO Roadmaps Break In January (And How To Build Ones That Survive The Year) via @sejournal, @cshel

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SEO roadmaps age poorly. Search evolves faster than planning cycles, technical debt accumulates quietly, and AI shortens the distance between approval and obsolescence. The post Why SEO Roadmaps Break In January (And How To Build Ones That Survive The Year) appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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