Search Engine Marketing

Want to increase visibility? Start by building trust

Attention is fragmenting further every day as the platforms providing information continue to multiply. There are new players on the scene, like AI search, while companies build proprietary spaces through social networks and communities. Smaller spaces pop up daily through vibe-coded apps. Many of these platforms are noisier than ever, with everyone demanding our attention […]

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How to run an AI-assisted SEO competitor analysis that actually works

You can now do in 20 minutes what used to take a full afternoon. Feed two Semrush exports into Claude or ChatGPT, and you’ll get a polished competitor analysis – complete with topic clusters, gap tables, and prioritized briefs. The output looks convincing. The tables are clean. The recommendations sound confident. That’s the problem. AI

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AI safety risk: How Best-of-N jailbreaking bypasses safeguards

As artificial intelligence integrates deeper into our workflows, understanding its vulnerabilities is critical. A recently exposed vulnerability known as Best-of-N (BoN) jailbreaking has redefined how we view AI safety.  Here’s a breakdown of BoN jailbreaking, how the attack works, and why it creates real risk for your data, brand, and the AI tools you rely

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WooCommerce Stores Can Now Sell Products Via YouTube Videos via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google and WooCommerce announced today that the Google for WooCommerce extension now enables merchants to sell products directly through YouTube. The update connects WooCommerce stores to YouTube channels enabling them to tap into 2.7 billion shoppers. Merchants can tag products in videos and Shorts, where they appear as shoppable cards during playback and in a

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Why ugly ads outperform polished creative and how to test them

You’ve been told to follow a familiar set of rules for years: always use high-quality creative, keep your brand polished, stay scripted, and follow platform-recommended formats. If you’ve been in ad accounts lately or browsing feeds, you may have noticed something. Attention-grabbing ads don’t always follow those rules. They’re scrappier, less polished, and sometimes even

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The hidden ‘bland tax’ that could erase your brand from AI search

AI isn’t just changing search — it’s deciding which brands get ignored. At Adobe Summit today, Andrew Warden, CMO of Semrush, argued that visibility has fundamentally changed — and that brands now risk being systematically filtered out by AI systems. “The idea of standing out is no longer optional. There’s a real risk of sameness,”

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