A Third Of Fintech Is Invisible To AI Agents via @sejournal, @slobodanmanic
Most AI visibility advice skips the rendering step. A study of 274 fintech homepages shows why that’s the most expensive mistake to make. The post A Third Of Fintech Is…
Read More »Google’s Spam Update Now Reaches AI Answers. Enforcement Is Hard via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
The line between earning a brand mention in AI answers and engineering one is getting redrawn. Here’s what the research and Google’s June update say. The post Google’s Spam Update…
Read More »Bruce Clay, One of the Founding Figures of SEO, Has Died via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Bruce Clay, a founding figure who shaped the SEO marketing industry, has died. His concepts continue to influence professionals to this day. The post Bruce Clay, One of the Founding…
Read More »The Ultimate Content Marketing Guide in 2026
Key Takeaways Content marketing is how you turn attention into trust, and trust into business outcomes. Every section of this guide covers a piece of that pipeline. The majority of top-performing…
Read More »81.8% Of My ‘AI Assistant’ Traffic Was Fake. The Googlebot Number Was Worse via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester
ClaudeBot outpaced Googlebot on a new site. Here’s what verified crawl data actually looks like, and how to get your own. The post 81.8% Of My ‘AI Assistant’ Traffic Was…
Read More »Best Backlink Analysis Tools: Compare Free and Paid Options
Key Takeaways The right backlink analysis tool depends on the job: Ahrefs or Semrush for deep data, Pitchbox or BuzzStream for outreach, Linkody for monitoring, and Whitespark for local SEO. Referring domains carry more weight than total backlink count. One link from 100 different sites…
Read More »Keeping Data-Driven Content Fresh Was a Monthly Slog. So We Taught an Agent to Do It.
Publishing them is fun. Easy. And they get a ton of search traffic too. But such posts, like “Top Google Searches” or “Most Asked Questions on Google”, are only worth…
Read More »Google Desktop CTR Climbs While Mobile Dips, Report Finds via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Desktop and mobile clickthrough rates are splitting, according to new benchmark data. Clicks are growing on desktop while declining on mobile. The post Google Desktop CTR Climbs While Mobile Dips,…
Read More »Google’s Mueller Explains How AI Search Impressions Get Counted via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
John Mueller explained that impressions in Google’s Search Console AI report track links to your pages, and user-activated links only count after they’re activated. The post Google’s Mueller Explains How…
Read More »Marketing Hiring Down 36% At Big Tech, Data Shows via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
SignalFire reports marketing hiring at major tech companies has fallen far more sharply than engineering, based on its hiring data. The post Marketing Hiring Down 36% At Big Tech, Data…
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