Month: December 2022

Technology has made the world seem a lot smaller. Keeping up with friends and family on the other side of the country or across the globe no longer requires an expensive telephone call or slow, one-way snail mail. Instead, thanks to the power of social media, in just seconds, you can share updates about your […]

Google published a groundbreaking research paper about identifying page quality with AI. The details of the algorithm seem remarkably similar to what the helpful content algorithm is known to do. Google Doesn’t Identify Algorithm Technologies Nobody outside of Google can say with certainty that this research paper is the basis of the helpful content signal. […]

Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter 2.0’ really should really be titled ‘Twitter 1.5’, because none of his touted ‘new’ additions thus far are actually new at all, they’re all just variations of past Twitter experiments, which Elon’s then re-pitching as upgrades, as he foists them upon the platform’s users. Musk’s latest ‘new’ addition is this: Sound familiar? […]

With 2022 coming to an end, LinkedIn has previewed some of its planned updates for the new year, including new job category filters, which align with trending career shifts, and improved search options for product listings in the app. Yes, you can list your business products on their own pages on LinkedIn. In fact, there […]

OpenAI’s ChatGPT introduced a way to automatically create content but plans to introduce a watermarking feature to make it easy to detect are making some people nervous. This is how ChatGPT watermarking works and why there may be a way to defeat it. ChatGPT is an incredible tool that online publishers, affiliates and SEOs simultaneously […]

Redirects for SEO should be used correctly because they impact how websites are crawled and indexed by Google. While most people think of redirects as an internet detour sign, much more is happening, and it’s surprisingly enjoyable to discover. Keep reading for a comprehensive overview of redirects and the proper application for technical SEO. What Is […]

While looking through some questions submitted to SEJ after a recent webinar, two of them stuck out to me as related and similar. That means you’re in for a treat, gentile reader, because today’s a special 2-for-1 version of Ask an SEO. Here are the questions: Ines asked: What do you do with old websites […]

Can you believe the end of the year is already upon us? With so many changes to the advertising ecosystem, it’s easy for time to fly by. The year 2022 will be remembered for welcome (and unwelcome) changes to not only Google Ads and Microsoft Ads platforms but also to new features for up-and-coming channels. […]

Building for the web is harder than ever. Better mobile technologies and web standards roll out every day. So, how are websites keeping up? Unlimited data plans are a luxury. But how much data gets downloaded when visiting a website, and what’s the environmental impact of our web today? Google search engine’s mobile-first index prioritizes […]

Does your brand have a presence on Instagram? It should. The social media site has more than 2 billion monthly users. That’s billion, with a “b.” And 90% of those people are following at least one business on the app. With this in mind, it should be no surprise that Instagram bills itself as the “#1 […]