Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today……

Google’s John Mueller demystifies SEO tactics in a Reddit Q&A, emphasizing unique content, dismissing geotagging, and discouraging shortcuts. The post Google’s John Mueller Tackles “Dumb” SEO Questions On Reddit appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…

Google is enhancing YouTube Shorts advertising, introducing new features for brand visibility amid platform growth and broader revenue challenges. The post Google Bolsters Advertising On YouTube Shorts appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…

For some accounts, Meta has just updated its location targeting settings. What’s changed. In the past, Facebook’s default setting for targeting locations was “Living in or recently in this location.” This meant that without making any alterations to the settings, …

To enhance media buying efficiency, Google Ads plans to adopt real-time bidding auctions for apps, ceasing to respond to multiple calls in mediation starting October 31, 2023. Google Ads will no longer engage with or participate in the practice of …

Brave Search achieves full independence, operating solely on its own index, bolstering user privacy and transparency in search results. The post Brave Search Cuts Ties With Bing & Goes Independent appeared first on Search Engine Journal.…

This week YouTube announced new strategies for incorporating Shorts to engage new audiences. Expanding Shorts into Video reach campaigns Positioning alongside trending Shorts content First Position on Shorts Incorporating Shorts to optimize reach. Shorts is being integrated into Video reach …

Google seems to be testing a new section on the local knowledge panels named “often searched together.” Mordy Oberstein found this and said on Twitter that it is a “great way to see who your local competitors really are.”…

I finally convinced Glenn Gabe to let me interview him on my vlog, and we spoke for a while on a ton of core SEO topics. Glenn has been doing SEO for a long time……

I’ve written about ways to use ChatGPT for SEO and content marketing-related tasks, like keyword research, crafting title tags and local SEO. I use it at least once daily for a variety of tasks. The more you …

SEO product managers and SEO managers may sound similar, but they entail distinct responsibilities. So, what sets these roles apart? This article covers the different expectations between an SEO product manager and an SEO manager and how each role is …

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A poll on Twitter asks SEOs how they got started doing SEO. The poll showed that most got started in SEO by reading and then practicing alone.…

Google Image Search and Google Video Search has historically simply removed content from its search results when you ask it to filter explicit content using SafeSearch. Now it seems Google is blurring out content, like they do in social media, …

Historically, Google has said you should not use a noindex along with a canonical tag at the same time. But not always. John Mueller of Google said recently, “it depends.” He said it depends on whether the pages are identical …