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WordPress Publishes AI Guidelines To Combat AI Slop via @sejournal, @martinibuster
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
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
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
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
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
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.
GSC Data Is 75% Incomplete via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig
New analysis shows Google Search Console hides roughly 75% of impressions, forcing SEO teams to rethink how they measure performance. The post GSC Data Is 75% Incomplete appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
How to structure pages for AEO and answer engines: A quick-start guide
The way consumers search for answers online has changed over the years. Instead of typing a keyword or query into search engines like Google, people are typing their questions directly into engines like ChatGPT to get direct, no-frills answers. So, instead of optimizing for SEO, marketers need to know how to structure a page for AEO (Answer Engine Optimization). Like many marketers, I found learning to optimize content for AEO challenging. Fortunately, you don‘t have to struggle like I did, because I’ve crafted this guide on structuring your content for AEO. Keep reading for a walkthrough of page structure, key […]
Google Shows How To Get More Traffic From Top Stories Feature via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google’s new documentation shows how to get traffic from their Top Stories search feature. The post Google Shows How To Get More Traffic From Top Stories Feature appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Why Proposal To Label Sections Of AI Generated Content Is Controvesial via @sejournal, @martinibuster
A new proposal suggests using semantic HTML to label sections of a page that are AI generated to support EU compliance. The post Why Proposal To Label Sections Of AI Generated Content Is Controvesial appeared first on Search Engine Journal.