A fantastical Sigmund Freud story…
Guitar, lead vocals: Craig Hordlow
Drums & vocals: Aaron Xavier
Bass & vocals: Ryan Hailey
Music & lyrics by Craig Hordlow (with assistance by Mike Kopp)
Verse 1
Hookers and cocaine,
Hookers and cocaine,
Hookers …
A Good Poem
A good poemcaptures the essenceof something, or of everything, in the fewest words possible. Truth does not needto sing, campaign,…
Lightning Bugs
You can tell a true lover by the gifts they give. When you only get them on occasions, dutifully,when millions…
The Al Franken Song
Guitar, lead vocals: Craig Hordlow
Drums & vocals: Aaron Xavier
Bass & vocals: Ryan Hailey
Music & lyrics by Craig Hordlow
Verse 1
Now Al Franken is standing next to you at the urinal, what will you do?
You’d like …
A Good Poem
A good poem
captures the essence
of something, or of everything,
in the fewest words possible.
Truth does not need
to sing, campaign, or serenade;
it might take a lifetime to figure out,
but only a sentence to translate.
Craig
The Bottom
The Bottom
I’ve been to the bottom and back.
Sometimes I leave because they kick me out,
other times I get enough sense to leave on my own,
but mostly I can’t remember why or how I left.
Usually I
Lightning Bugs
You can tell a true lover by the gifts they give.
When you only get them on occasions,
dutifully,
when millions of people probably got the same thing,
Love is coerced.
The true lover finds you gifts
randomly, accidentally;
the
Craig’s Ten Motives of Search
I began this list in 2006 (as Chief Search Strategist at Red Bricks Media), and presented it at numerous conferences (such as the 2009 O’Reilly Web 2.0). I also presented this at two Adobe MAX’s, Pubcon, Search Engine …
How to Audit Any Page in Under 3 Minutes with SEOquake
You’re looking at a page that should be performing better, and you want answers fast.
Maybe it’s a product page that slipped in rankings, a competitor’s post outranking yours, or a client page that isn’t converting.
You don’t need a …
We rebuilt SEOquake, Semrush’s free SEO Chrome extension
Semrush released a rebuilt version of SEOquake, the free Chrome extension for running quick page-level SEO checks without leaving your browser.…
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 9, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Google said with SEO……
Google Merchant Center AI Performance: AI Search Intent, Terms & Attribution
The Google Merchant Center AI Performance Insights which launched in July and has begun expanding to more regions earlier this month has also gained new metrics. AI Search intent, AI Search terms and AI attributes have been added to the …
Google Ads Local Customer Optimization & Store Sales In Data Manager
Google Ads is releasing two new features for multi-location retailers including Local Customer Optimization and Store Sales in Data Manager. Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, wrote on X, “Ahead of the holiday rush, we’re introducing two features for multi-location …
Google: Sometimes There Is No Absolute Right Answer For SEO
John Mueller has one of his Google lines again, he said in response to someone trying to pick the right answer for an SEO question – he said, “Sometimes there is no absolute right answer — but you can choose …
Google Confirmed Indexing Reporting Bug From Yesterday As Short Blip
Yesterday, for a short period of time, Google Search Console was reporting pages as not being indexed and in the status of “Crawled – currently not indexed.” The issue seemed to have been resolved within an hour or so and …
Google Ads Location Asset Requirements Update
Google has updated its location asset requirements for Google Ads. Google said it made these updates to “improve terminology, enhance readability, and include troubleshooting steps applicable to advertisers using location assets.”…
Almost 100% Of People Also Ask Results Are Answered By Google AI Overviews
Google is now answering nearly 100% of all people also asked questions with AI Overviews. 14 months ago, it was only at about 12% but now we are seeing thar nearly all People also ask sections are answered by AI …
How to build your first AI SEO agent (full walk-through)
Learn how to build an AI SEO agent from scratch to automate important tasks like keyword research and topic clustering.…
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 8, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today……
Regional Differences In Google Search Experience Documentation
Google has posted a new help document explaining the regional differences in the Google Search experience. This document includes information about search experiences available in certain countries, such as aggregator units, supplier units, and carousels.…
AI search & manufacturing SEO: What the data shows [Study]
Semrush data on AI search in manufacturing. See which brands get mentioned, which get cited, and why citations don‘t drive traffic.…
Google Search Console Links Report Not Updated In A Month
The Google Search Console link report has now not been updated for a month. The last time the report was updated with fresh link data was around August 8, 2026 – a month ago.…
Google Ads AI Dashboards Live For Some Advertisers
Some advertisers are starting to see the new AI dashboards within Google Ads. As a reminder, Google showed off these Gemini-powered Google Ads dashboards last May and then in August said they would roll out soon and I guess now …
Google AI Mode Tests Paginated Follow Up Responses With Skip Button
Google is testing a new form of responses in AI Mode that offers paginated follow-up questions and responses, with a skip button to skip them.…
September Data In Google Business Profiles Insights Missing
Google Business Profiles insights analytics report is missing data for the whole month of September 2026. Normally these reports can be a few days delayed but now we 8 days into the month and I still do not see any …
