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Hello #SEOFOMOer,It's time to stop having FOMO and go through the SEO highlights from the last few days...
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βGoogle: If Your Most Important Page Is Terrible, Then That Is Not Good For SEOβ
βBarry Schwartz / Search Q&Aβ
"If a site's most important page (say homepage) is "terrible" (in the sense of any algorithm), that's a pretty big deal. If the same site has a random archived page that's "terrible," no big deal."
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βGoogle: We Have Algorithms To Detect & Demote AI Altered Plagiarized Contentβ
βBarry Schwartz / Search Q&Aβ
Duy Nguyen from Google's search quality team said: "Scraping content, even with some modification, is against our spam policy." Duy added that Google has "many algorithms to go after such behaviors and demote site scraping content from other sites."
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βCuring Crawling Chaos [Video]β
βMartin Splitt and Crystal Carter / SEO Fairytalesβ
In this episode, Martin and Crystal chat about an indexing challenge where crawling tools were unable to crawl a site. Find out how Crystal solved this issue, the tools used, and more.
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βEnglish Google SEO Office-Hours from November 2022 [Video]β
βGoogle Search Central / Google SEO Office Hoursβ
Curious about the effect of noindexed pages on crawl budget? Does HTTP/3 improve SEO? Does Google rotate indexed pages? Uncover answers for these questions and more in the video.
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βFrom Journalism to SEO with Jennifer Slegg [Podcast]β
βSearch Off the Record / SEO Interviewsβ
In this episode of Search Off the Record, Gary and Lizzi talk with Jennifer Slegg about the early days of HTML, Jennifer's passion for helping people create good content for search, and thoughts on the future of AI in search.
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πThis week's SEO Awesomeness From technical to content, links, or rankings, here you have some top SEO awesomeness published in the last week
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βSurvey Of 755 Link Builders Shows What Works In 2022β
βMark Webster / Link Buildingβ
Guest Posting is still the #1 link building tactic, creating content only pursued by 50%, and PR campaigns, likely the hardest, only used by 17%. Learn about the latest on link building in this survey results!
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βHow to Use HARO (And Alternatives) to Get Killer Backlinksβ
βJenny Abouobaia / Link Buildingβ
HARO is oversaturated, and results are not guaranteed. So, what should do then? Jenny shares brilliant tips to get killer backlinks using HARO and alternatives.
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βWhich Content Format And Type Works Best For Earning Links For SaaS & B2B Businesses [Thread]β
βShaurya Jain / Link Buildingβ
After spending 52 hours analyzing the content of 100 websites, Shaurya found the format and type that work best for SaaS & B2B link building: What is X (27.7%), Listicle (20.8), and Guide (10.9%).
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βIn-house vs. Agency SEO Work: The Pros and Consβ
βJackie Chu / SEO Careersβ
Looking for a change in your SEO career? Can't decide between an in-house marketing or agency role? Jackie shares her POV and insights into how she feels about in-house vs. agency life.
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β3 Important Google Updates to Understand β Whiteboard Fridayβ
βLily Ray / Google Algorithm Updatesβ
2022 has been the year of frequent Google Updates. But, which are the ones that can affect your SEO strategy? Lily takes us through three of them in detail β Helpful, Product Reviews, and Core Update.
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βQuick & Easy Tips You Can Do Today To Help Improve Client Communicationβ
βTessa Voecks / SEO Managementβ
Whether you are on the agency side of SEO or working in-house, learn about client communication mistakes to avoid, frequency & medium, tools, and more!
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βHow to Create Website Content for Local SEO - A Free Online Courseβ
βClaire Carlile, BrightLocal / Local SEOβ
In this awesome free course, Claire shares how local businesses can create compelling content for gaining visibility and maximizing conversions.
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βStarting in Enterprise SEO: 10 Tips for Successβ
βEli Schwartz / Enterprise SEOβ
Eli goes through his top 10 tips to be successful with SEO at scale β everything from using the right tools, learning to plan and manage, to reporting and experimenting.
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βGenerative AI For SEO: An Overviewβ
βAndrea Volpini / SEO Automationβ
Andrea explains the technology behind transformer-based models, the best practices, and how we can use them in enterprise SEO.
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βInternational SEO: The Essential Guide To Global Successβ
βLidia Infante / International SEOβ
Thinking of going international? Lidiaβs guide on international SEO will help you understand how to rank for the right terms in the right places and make sure your international endeavors donβt fail.
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βHow to Use Google Search Console for Keyword Researchβ
βOlga Zarr / Keyword Researchβ
In this detailed guide by Olga, you'll be able to learn how to use Google Search Console for keyword research to start creating content that your target audience is looking for.
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βA Recap of the International Search Summit Barcelona β November 2022β
βJo Turnbull / SEO Eventsβ
Did you miss the International Search Summit? Don't worry! Jo has you covered with an in-depth coverage
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β π Free SEO Tools of the Week β
Each week, handy free SEO tools to help you.
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βMaker.ai - The Free, Powerful AI Content Studioβ
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Generate 100% free written & visual content in seconds through cutting-edge AI templates.
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βChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogueβ
βOpenAIβ
ChatGPT is a sibling model to InstructGPT, which is trained to follow an instruction in a prompt and provide a detailed response.
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βSerpbear - Search Engine Position Rank Tracking Appβ
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SerpBear is an Open Source Search Engine Position Tracking App. It allows you to track your website's keyword positions in Google and get notified of their positions for free.
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βBecause there's so much happening that is not purely SEO related that we can learn from β
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βCha-Ching! Shopify Merchants Break Black Friday Records with $3.36 Billion in Salesβ
βShopify / Ecommerceβ
This record marks a 17% increase in sales over Black Friday in 2021. Check out more stats on top selling countries, product categories, average cart price, and more!
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βTinder's Year in Swipe: Top flirt flexes of the yearβ
βTinder / Datingβ
Situationships, shared values and social issues were the top green flags for a new generation of daters that are done wasting their time.
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βYouTube year in review: The top 10 ads of 2022β
βNicole Farley / Adsβ
If youβre looking for inspiration, check out the top 10 most-watched YouTube ads from 2022.
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βFuturepedia / Artificial Intelligenceβ
Futurepedia is the largest AI tools directory with 350+ AI tools in categories like marketing, image generation and video editing. Search and filter the tools by categories, pricing and features.
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βRemote employee monitoring tech is surgingβ
βHayden Field / Remote Workβ
Despite the criticism and broader VC pullback, funding is up 62% for startups in the space.
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