Search Engine Marketing

Google Local Service Ads now uses your booking links from Business Profiles

Google will now associate your booking links it finds in your Google Business Profiles automatically with your Google Local Service Ads. And when a searcher fills out that booking link, that will be charged to your ads account as Google would charge you for a phone call or message within Local Service Ads. What is […]

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Why SEO is your best defense against declining organic traffic

When most businesses start an SEO program, their primary goal is growth – more organic traffic, higher rankings, and increased revenue.  But in today’s search landscape, maintaining your visibility is just as important. With the rise of AI-driven search, AI Overviews, and zero-click results, organic growth is harder to achieve.  Nearly 60% of Google searches

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Leveraging AI For Buyer-Centric Strategies To Effectively Engage B2B Buyers via @sejournal, @alexanderkesler

Leverage AI to synchronize B2B marketing programs with buyer needs, delivering hyper-personalized experiences that drive engagement and impact. The post Leveraging AI For Buyer-Centric Strategies To Effectively Engage B2B Buyers appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Mullenweg Rebuffs Plea To Restore Automattic’s WordPress Core Contributions via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Mullenweg questioned at WordCamp Asia about Automattic’s scaled-back contributions to WordPress core The post Mullenweg Rebuffs Plea To Restore Automattic’s WordPress Core Contributions appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Not appearing in Google AI Overviews significantly harms webpages: Study

Webpages are significantly harmed when excluded from Google’s AI Overviews, but benefit when included in AI Overviews. That’s according to a new study by Terakeet, a company that focuses on brand management for global brands. AI Overviews benefits. Webpages featured in Google’s AI Overviews benefit from increased traffic, regardless of their original ranking. Of note:

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A guide to web crawlers: What you need to know

Understanding the difference between search bots and scrapers is crucial for SEO.  Website crawlers fall into two categories:  First-party bots, which you use to audit and optimize your own site. Third-party bots, which crawl your site externally – sometimes to index your content (like Googlebot) and other times to extract data (like competitor scrapers). This

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PPC budgeting in 2025: When to adjust, scale, and optimize with data

Budgeting for paid ad campaigns has long been a static process – set a monthly budget, monitor spending, and adjust incrementally as needed.  This method works for industries with stable demand and predictable conversion rates but falls short in dynamic, competitive markets. Still, static budgets aren’t obsolete. In industries with long sales cycles, consistent conversion

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