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The October 1st, 2023, edition of SEOFOMO is here! Now with +28.5K Subscribers ๐ฎโ
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๐๏ธ Search Updates & News from Search Engines
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โGoogle September 2023 Helpful Content Completed Rolling Out - Targeting SEO-First Contentโ
โBarry Schwartz / Google's Search Updatesโ
โGoogle announced that the September 2023 helpful content update has finished rolling out. It took about 14 days, starting on September 14, 2023, and completing on September 28, 2023. This update went after SEO-first content.
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โGoogle to block Bardโs shared chats from showing in Google Searchโ
โBarry Schwartz / Google's Product Updatesโ
โโBard allows people to share chats, if they choose. We also donโt intend for these shared chats to be indexed by Google Search. Weโre working on blocking them from being indexed now.โ
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โGoogle introduces Google-Extended to let you block Bard, Vertex AI via robots.txtโ
โDanny Goodwin / Google's Product Updatesโ
โYou can now prevent Bard and VertexAI from accessing your website, or parts of it, by blocking Google-Extended in robots.txt.
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โGoogle: How weโre responsibly expanding access to generative AI in Searchโ
โBarry Schwartz / Google's Product Updatesโ
โSearch Generative Experience is rolling out to teens, so they can test out generative AI in Google Search.
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โDebugging Drops in Google Search Trafficโ
โGoogle Search Central / Google's SEO Adviceโ
โA drop in organic Search traffic can happen for several reasons. Google has shared a useful guide with a video from Daniel Waisberg showing how you can use the Search Console Performance report and Google Trends to identify the potential causes.
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โImproving SEO with a Search Console Bubble Chartโ
โGoogle Search Central / Google's SEO Adviceโ
โAnother useful resource from Google Search Central, featuring Daniel Waisberg showing how a bubble chart can help you understand which queries are performing well for your site in Google Search and which could be improved.
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โHow to Modify Your Site Name in Google Search [Video]โ
โGoogle Search Central / Google's SEO Advice
โHow does Google Search determine a websiteโs name? In this episode of SEO Made Easy, Martin Splitt discusses how to structure your website so that Google Search knows what your website is about.
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โExpanding Our AI Partnership with Metaโ
โMicrosoft Bing Blogs / Bing Product Updates
โMicrosoft has begun to work with Meta to integrate Bing into Meta AIโs chat experiences. Bingโs integration extends to Meta AI and a few of Metaโs other AIs available to message within WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram.
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โ26% of the top 100 websites are now blocking GPTBotโ
โDanny Goodwin / Search Trends
โThe number of popular websites blocking ChatGPT has increased 250% in the past month. Pinterest, Indeed and more big brands now block GPTBot.
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๐ This week's SEO Awesomeness
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โHow to communicate Google core updates to executivesโ
โCraig Harkins / SEO Management
โTake control of the conversation and drive your SEO strategy forward with proactive communication during Google updates.
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โHow to Measure the Impact of Your SEO Changes with Causal Impactโ
โGiulia Panozzo / SEO Measurement
โLearn how to measure the Impact of your SEO Changes with Causal Impact, a data analytics package developed by Google that allows you to clearly display the effect of a change on a variable and helps you with business cases and decision making.
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โ8 Keyword Metrics To Track And Measure Your SEO Performanceโ
โSophie Brannon / SEO Reporting
โLearn how to evaluate your SEO performance to identify the topics that perform (or underperform) for your brand, including the metrics to track and why.
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โHow to recover from the Google rich results shake-upโ
โAbigail Crosbie / Google Search Updates
โLearn the far-reaching consequences of Google's changes to HowTo and FAQ rich results and actionable steps to get back on track.
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โHow to Craft a Successful News SEO Pitch (With Examples)โ
โJessie Willms and Shelby Blackley / News SEO
โAudience editors have a million story and product ideas. Here's how to create a news SEO pitch that will have your editors saying, "yes!"
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โHow to create an SEO roadmapโ
โAmanda King / SEO Management
โLearn why an SEO roadmap is essential for your strategy, how to create one, and tips for prioritizing tasks and collaborating effectively.
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โHow to Create a Brand SEO Strategy โ Whiteboard Friday [Video]โ
โMiracle Inameti-Archibong / General SEO
โMiracle shares valuable insights on establishing your brand's online identity and dominating the SERPs in this informative Whiteboard Friday.
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โAutonomous AI Agents in SEOโ
โAndrea Volpini / SEO Trends
โDiscover how AI Autonomous Agents are reshaping SEO for businesses in the rapidly evolving landscape of user interfaces.
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โ5 useful GA4 dashboards for local SEOโ
โHarmony Huskinson / Local SEO
โWondering where to go in GA4 to gather local SEO insights? These dashboards are key to developing an effective strategy.
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โHow to Fix Image Not Approved in Google Business Profile Photosโ
โBen Seidel / Local SEO
โIf youโre uploading images on a regular basis on your Google Business Profile, you will indubitably encounter the dreaded โNot Approvedโ status on a photo. Here's how to avoid it. โ
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๐ Free(mium) SEO Tools
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โA free subdomain scanner to help find all website's subdomains and get additional information like traffic share or the number of keywords.
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โLess Tags
โJoost de Valk
โOne of the most common SEO problems on WordPress sites is that people add too many tags to posts. This plugin minimizes that effect by setting a minimum number of posts needed for a tag to be โliveโ on your site.
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๐๏ธ Upcoming SEO Events
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โJoint the waitlist of Search Central Live Zurich 2023โ
โโGoogle Search Central / Switzerland / October 24
โJoin the waitlist to be invited to Google Search Central Live Zurich 2023. The event will take place on October 24, with four presentations by Googlers, a Q&A session with Search Relations, and networking opportunities with drinks and snacks
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โWin a One Day ticket to brightonSEO San Diego 2023โ
โโbrightonSEO / San Diego / November 9-10
โApply for one of brightonSEO San Diego one-day free tickets by submitting your details in the form before October 6 at 12pm PDT.
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Are you learning about how to measure the SEO process or want to refresh your knowledge about the topic? Watch the latest free LearningSEO.io accelerator session Q&A about measuring SEO with Cyrus Shepard, SEO Consultant and Founder of Zippy.
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