SEO
Forecast breakdowns arrive in Keyword Planner, and how AI content affects rankings
Just in case customers in Florida love you, but customers in North Carolina hate you… Google updated its Keyword Planner with new forecast breakdowns by city, region, and device type. You can now filter by state, Designated Market Area, or even device, all displayed in a handy visual chart showing traffic share. This should give…
A SERPs insight and bug fix, and an end to cache updates in Search Console
Question: How many links from unique domains does your site have? If it’s less than 1,000, you probably won’t make it into Google’s top 10 in SERPs. Yep. According to an analysis of 1,113 unique websites, only 4% of websites with less than 1,000 backlinks made the top ten, and 0.3% with less than 100…
The Google API documentation leak, and AI Overviews reduce traffic
Quick, put on your raincoat… There’s been a huge leak: Over 14,000 Search ranking factors were discovered in 2,500+ pages of Google’s API documentation. Obviously there’s a lot here—more than we can cover in a feature. But here’s what you should know: The most recent date referenced is August 2023. The documentation does not include…
