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It's time to stop the FOMO, the March 5th, 2023 edition of #SEOFOMO is here!
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ποΈ Search Updates & News from Search Engines
βJanuary 2023 Google SEO office hours: Will Disavowing Links Make My Site Rank Better?β
βGoogle SEO Office Hours / Search Q&Aβ
βCheck out the transcript of the January 2023 edition of the Google SEO Office Hours, in which Googlers answer questions about lastmod in sitemaps, spammy links being bad for rankings, removing a staging subdomain from Google index, disavowing links making a site rank better, and more!
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βGoogle's Gary Illyes On Recovering From The Helpful Content Update: "you can't always get back to where you were."β
βBarry Schwartz / Search Q&Aβ
βGary Illyes from Google said in his Q&A session at PubCon that while recovering from a Google helpful content update is possible, you can't always get back to where you were.
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βGoogle On lastmod Tag In XML Sitemap: Update The Date If You're Providing Something Newβ
βBarry Schwartz / Search Q&Aβ
βGoogle's John Mueller spoke a bit more about when you should update the date in the lastmod tag in XML sitemaps: "if you are providing something new for search engines that you'd like reflected in search, then update the date, if not, then don't."
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βDatasets at your fingertips in Google Searchβ
βNatasha Noy and Omar Benjelloun / Search Releasesβ
βGoogle makes it easier to search for datasets. You can click on any of the top three results to get to the dataset page or you can explore further by clicking "More datasets."
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βExporting Search Console Data To Spreadsheets - Google Search Console Training [Video]β
βGoogle Search Central / Google Search Console Trainingβ
βIn this video, Daniel Waisberg discusses how to export Search Console data to spreadsheets so you can add more context to reports, enrich your data, and do more advanced analysis with data.
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βJavaScript Product Page Problems [Video]β
βGoogle Search Central / SEO Fairy Talesβ
βIn this episode of SEO Fairy Tales, Martin Spiltt and Jamie Indigo chat in-depth about a Javascript technical SEO problem, specifically how 3 million product page listings got lost from Googleβs index.
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βSite moves: Are they getting any easier? [Podcast]β
βSearch Off The Record / Search Guidelinesβ
βWith the right resources, site moves or domain changes donβt have to be as hard as we once remember. In this episode of Search Off the Record, join Lizzi, Gary, and John for a chat about site moves. Learn about the different types of site moves, common issues, and how to move your site without harming search ranking results.
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βGoogle execs tell employees in testy all-hands meeting that Bard A.I. isnβt just about searchβ
βJennifer Elias / Search Trendsβ
"I just want to be very clear: Bard is not search... itβs an experiment thatβs a collaborative AI service that we talked about... the magic that weβre finding in using the product is really around being this creative companion to helping you be the sparkplug for imagination, explore your curiosity, etc.β
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πThis week's SEO Awesomeness
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β9 Years of the Google Algorithmβ
βDr. Peter J. Meyers / Search Updatesβ
βWhat can we learn from nine years of Google rankings data, and how can it help us prepare for the future?. Dr. Pete analyzes it and shares some insights!
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βHow Googleβs Latest βHelpful Content Systemβ Update is Impacting SERPsβ
βLily Ray / Search Updatesβ
βLily shares insights about The Helpful Content system and how to future-proof your content strategies to build sustainable organic traffic growth.
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βThe Keys for Ecommerce SEO Success for 2022 [Presentation]β
βYours Truly / Ecommerce SEOβ
βLearn how to maximize your ecommerce organic search opportunities in 2023 focusing on 3 key areas for online stores: creating content that aligns with users intent, leveraging product search features, and avoiding common ecommerce SEO bugs.
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βMachine Learning in Search: Google's ML APIs vs OpenAI's APIs for SEO Use Cases [Presentation]β
βLazarina Stoy / SEO Automationβ
βLazarina goes through the different use cases of machine learning APIs for search marketers; looks at APIs by Google Cloud and OpenAI and identify the best to use for your SEO projects, based on the task at hand.
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βHow Search Works [Presentation]β
βPatrick Stox / Search Trendsβ
βA comprehensive presentation by Patrick with an advanced look at what we know about of Google's systems.
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βChatGPT (and other AI bots) as SEO Companions: How to Leverage Them Through the SEO Process [Presentation]β
βYours Truly / SEO Automationβ
βSEO processes that donβt leverage the opportunities given by the latest AI functionalities & tools will struggle to be competitive in the not-so-far future. Learn how to make the most out of ChatGPT, Chatsonic and the Bing Bot for SEO in this presentation.
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βSQL for SEOβ
βAntoine Eripret / SEO Automationβ
βThere has never been a better time to learn SQL as an SEO to leverage the new Google Search Console to BigQuery export feature Learn from Antoine the basics of SQL for SEO analysis and some simple yet powerful use cases.
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βSEO Fails: Horror Stories From Some Of The Worldβs Smartest SEOsβ
βDavid Broderick / General SEOβ
βFrom noindexing entire sites to setting the rank tracker to the south pole. Experienced SEOs have gone through many challenges, issues and also... horror stories. Learn from them here.
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βImage SEO: Optimizing Images Using Machine Learningβ
βAndrea Volpini / Image Optimizationβ
βImages can contribute to improve a site organic search visibility as well as its user experience. Learn how Andrea used neural networks to describe the content of images.
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βMarketplace SEO: What It Is, Examples and Tipsβ
βBrodie Clark / Ecommerce SEOβ
βAn actionable guide from Brodie sharing 5 tips that SEO Managers of Marketplace websites should keep in mind to achieve long-term success with SEO.
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βHow to find your real SEO competitorsβ
βLidia Infante / Marketplace SEO β
βCompetitor analysis is key to developing an effective SEO strategy, but your idea of who your competitors are could be just the tip of the iceberg, or worse yet, completely off. Learn how to effectively identify them in this guide.
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βAn Often Overlooked SEO Tactic Is to Target "Branded Search" Queries. Here's why is fundamental and what to do [Thread]β
βCarl Hendy / General SEOβ
βCarl shares why optimizing for your branded searches can lead to an improved user journey for new and existing customers. In most cases branded queries are easier to compete. A win for customers, win for SEO. Here are some examples!
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βHow to Advance Your SEO Career β Whiteboard Friday [Video]β
βNoah Learner / General SEO β
βAs SEOs, we know how to optimize websites, but what about our careers? In this episode of Whiteboard Friday, Noah shares his insights from his own search marketing career path, with tips for those people in the beginning and middle stages of their career.
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βThe State of AI and SEO [Survey]β
βiPullRank, MarketMuse / SEO Automationβ
βSEO and Content teams are figuring out AI generation in earnest and developing workflows for integrating it into their organizations. Let's see how by taking this survey.
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π Free SEO Tools of the Week
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βThe Ultimate Keyword Research Scriptβ
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βLinks On Your Site - A free Google Sheet SEO Checklist [Sheet]β
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βA useful and easy-to-follow Google Sheets checklist for the recently updated Google advice on internal & external links.
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