How to Create an SEO-Friendly URL Slug for a Blog Post
Every blog post on your website has a web address, and the last part of that address is called the slug. It looks like a small detail, but a clean…
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Every blog post on your website has a web address, and the last part of that address is called the slug. It looks like a small detail, but a clean…
2 hours ago · Read article →If your website has more than one language or targets more than one country, there is a good chance Google is showing the wrong version to some of your visitors.…
3 hours ago · Read article →OpenAI sent out emails to advertisers, including me, telling me they have automatically enabled creative enhancements for my ChatGPT Ads. The email says this is starting on October 30, 2026…
14 hours ago · Read on source ↗Build an SEO and content strategy for audiences who use AI but distrust it, with clearer sourcing, audience segmentation, and honest product limits. The post Your Audience Uses AI But…
14 hours ago · Read on source ↗Most SEO tools ask for your email before they show you anything. Some want a credit card for a "free trial." Others give you three searches and then lock the…
18 hours ago · Read article →Google has announced it is expanding its Google Ads Financial Services Verification requirements to the United States and Canada. Google is working with the American Bankers Association and Canadian Bankers…
18 hours ago · Read on source ↗Cloudflare says its network signals helped OpenAI index hundreds of millions of new pages for ChatGPT search. The post ChatGPT Search Can Draw On More Pages After A Cloudflare Pilot…
18 hours ago · Read on source ↗Regain control of Google Ads with a curated article stack on lead quality, Local Services Ads migration, Smart Bidding goals, and proving PPC business value. The post Regain Control Of…
19 hours ago · Read on source ↗DeepSeek’s date filters dropped every undated page, 11% of results. Six practical checks for SEOs testing the new Search API, from localization to logs. The post I Tested DeepSeek’s New…
19 hours ago · Read on source ↗Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
19 hours ago · Read on source ↗Google seems to be removing the AI Overviews label from some of the search results that are AI Overviews. The desktop version is missing the AI Overview label, while the…
20 hours ago · Read on source ↗Meta's Muse and OpenAI's dots reach websites through connectors or cloud browsers, changing what robots.txt, on-page SEO, and analytics can tell you. The post What Personal AI Agents Like Meta…
21 hours ago · Read on source ↗Google is testing a new way to verify your Google Business Profiles, the method is by uploading a photo of your government ID. This is in addition ot the phone/text,…
21 hours ago · Read on source ↗The Google Ads team posted a new help document that talks about the length of booking bid adjustment in legacy Hotel campaigns versus Search campaigns for travel. Hotel campaigns multiply…
21 hours ago · Read on source ↗Google Search had some issues handling square brackets punctuation marks (i.e. [ ]) within URLs. John Mueller from Google responded to former Googler, Vanessa Fox, saying that he is "seeing…
22 hours ago · Read on source ↗Microsoft seems to be testing not showing sitelinks under the main Bing search result snippets. I am honestly not sure if this is new but I was able to replicate…
22 hours ago · Read on source ↗Google Business Profiles review appeals are delayed again. Dan Boguslavsky from the Google team posted about the delay last Friday saying, "Due to high volume of review related appeals, processing…
22 hours ago · Read on source ↗Google is testing removing the HR, thematic line break or horizontal rule line, that is found under the search tabs under the search box in the search results page.
22 hours ago · Read on source ↗Search's share of North American publisher pageviews fell to 12%, but a lower share alone doesn't show fewer search pageviews. The post Search Share Fell To 12% For North American…
1 day ago · Read on source ↗CTM’s Lisa Salvatore and Brian Barranger show how to mine customer conversations for useful content, qualified-lead criteria, conversion feedback, and product-demand signals. The post A New Place To Look: Where…
1 day ago · Read on source ↗You can have a page ranking on the first page of Google and still get very few visitors. Why? Because ranking is only half the job. The other half is…
1 day ago · Read article →Your page title is the first thing people see in Google results, and it is one of the first things search engines read to understand your page. A weak title…
1 day ago · Read article →Meta tags are one of the oldest parts of SEO and one of the most misunderstood. Some people still stuff keywords into a meta keywords tag that Google ignored years…
1 day ago · Read article →Meta removed training from the crawling clause in its upcoming Commercial Terms. The permission to crawl sites tied to business users is still in place. The post Meta Drops Training…
2 days ago · Read on source ↗Learn how to choose B2B marketing channels, fund a trial campaign and measure results with CallRail and Matter Made on October 29. The post B2B Lead Generation: How To Choose…
2 days ago · Read on source ↗A Chinese AI lab opened its search engine to developers. Each result carries a page-level authority tier, and DeepSeek says it filters GEO manipulation. The post DeepSeek Opens Its In-House…
2 days ago · Read on source ↗A model can recite your brand’s description and still fail the buyer’s question. Research on training data shows why “knowing” is the hard part. The post It Knew Every Word…
2 days ago · Read on source ↗Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
2 days ago · Read on source ↗Researchers posted about a made-up concept on sites AI search tools cite. Four English-web tools cited it within a week. Other topics mostly didn't land. The post AI Search Tools…
2 days ago · Read on source ↗Here is something new for you - the Is it new? AI scan tool. It is a feature I thought would be neat to build, where instead of you reaching…
2 days ago · Read on source ↗Over the years, the Search Central YouTube channel has published hundreds of videos across various series, from Search for Beginners and Ask Googlebot to Search Console Training and Search Off…
2 weeks ago · Read on source ↗Understanding how users find your content is crucial for any publisher or site owner. As Search evolves to include more visual and multimodal experiences, we want to ensure you have…
4 weeks ago · Read on source ↗It's happening! We are absolutely pumped that we're just about two weeks away from Search Central Live Deep Dive Europe 2026! From September 30 to October 2, 2026, the Google…
1 month ago · Read on source ↗Remember back in March when we told our Indian community to "sit tight" while we figured out the APAC event calendar? Hopefully, you didn't take that too literally, because sitting…
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1 month ago · Read on source ↗In 2024, we introduced our site reputation policy to stop a practice where third-party content is published on a trusted website just to exploit that site's good reputation to rank…
2 months ago · Read on source ↗Earlier this month, we announced platform properties for Search Console, allowing you to track how your social and video posts on Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube perform on Google Search,…
3 months ago · Read on source ↗Content creators and publishers use many channels beyond their own websites to reach their audiences. As people gravitate toward firsthand perspectives and different content formats, we want to make it…
4 months ago · Read on source ↗We're excited to officially announce the next stop for Search Central Live Deep Dive Europe 2026! Mark your calendars: based directly on your feedback, we're headed to Barcelona, Spain, from…
4 months ago · Read on source ↗As we mentioned a few months ago, we are bringing the Search Central Live Deep Dive format to the EMEA region. This SCL format requires finding the absolute best home…
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