TL;DR – you can’t completely block your content from being used to train AI models, but robots.txt directives and meta tags can limit it. Your content is probably training AI If you create and share any content on the internet, it’s probably being used to train generative AI. If it’s not already, it will be […]
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Screaming Frog is the best SEO audit tool. Period. One of the most important aspects of auditing your SEO is crawling your website. Screaming Frog isn’t the only web crawler on the market, but it’s definitely the leader in the industry. In this guide we’ll run through a number of configuration options, tips and tricks
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Experienced SEOs repeat it all the time – “you can’t rank for what you don’t talk about.” If your website content doesn’t mention a topic or keyword, odds are you won’t show up on Google for it. If you want your website to show up for a competitive keyword then you’ll need to do more
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If you’re wondering – do Google algorithm updates really matter in 2023? Yes, but rarely and not nearly as much as you (or many SEOs) may think.
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Are you a small business owner looking to drive more traffic from Google and Bing without breaking the bank (i.e., paying for ads)? Get ready to crush your natural search goals with these expert SEO tips for small business websites! Invest in your website Making sure you have a user-friendly website that is mobile-friendly and
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Search engines like Google and Bing are able to sidestep legal liability for their search results because they present third-party material. Will that change as AI-powered experiences take centerstage? Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) Search engines are just tools that reflect the internet and society as a whole. While the right to
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Last month Google announced that it was dropping support for How-to schema and FAQ rich snippets on mobile search results. Yesterday they confirmed that they will be extending this to desktop results as well. What is How-To schema How-To schema (or HowTo schema) is a form a structured data markup that allows developers and digital
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Google Search Generative Experience, or SGE, launched as an experimental search interface in May of 2023. Users gained access to the new search experience by joining a waitlist with their Google account through the new Search Labs program. Search Labs allows users to toggle experimental features on and off once they make it off the
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Search engine optimization (SEO) might not be top of mind for every small business owner, but it probably should be. SEO can help small-medium businesses (SMBs) improve their visibility online, reach more customers and increase sales in a cost-effective way. Local SEO in particular can be a very potent avenue to growing a small business
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The search engine optimization (SEO) community loves to discuss how new technologies, algorithm adjustments and the like will change everything as we know it. As an industry we’re often looking to the horizon making overly-adamant statements about what tomorrow will look like – most of us are futurists to the fullest. And while looking ahead
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