Hello, #SEOFOMOerThe January 29, 2023 edition of #SEOFOMO is here 🙌

🗞️ Search Updates & News from Search Engines ​
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​Google Research, 2022 & beyond: Responsible AI​
​Marian Croak / Artificial Intelligence​
Google shares some of its recent work in Responsible AI and where it’s headed in 2023, as part of its commitment to build AI products in a responsible and ethical manner, in alignment with its AI Principles.
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​Yandex repository leaked: An analysis of their ranking factors [Thread]​
​Mike King / Yandex Search Rankings​
Mike has gone through the Yandex leaked code to analyze its ranking factors: Age of links, traffic, and % of organic traffic are ranking factors, among others. Take a look!
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​How Vimeo improved Video SEO for their customers​
​Google Search Central / SEO Case Study​
A new Google case study has been published in Google Search Central, sharing how Vimeo adopted Google's new guidance for video players that use iframe embeds to optimize their indexing.
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​Google Search Issue With Search Results In Preferred Language Due To Mobile-First Indexing customers​
​Barry Schwartz / Search Status​
Danny Sullivan, posted a message on social media apologizing for the ongoing issues and complaints with Google showing the preferred language in the search results. Google said the issue seems to be from mobile sites not being properly configured and Google's mobile-first indexing being more widespread.

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👌This week's SEO Awesomeness

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​IndexWatch 2022: The Losing Domains in Google US​
​Lily Ray / Search Status​
2022 was a volatile year in Google’s organic search results! This article analyses the top losing domains of the year, with sector breakdown and deep-dives.
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​Enterprise Link Building: Top Guide with 8 Great Strategies​
​Alexandra Tachalova / Link Building​
Enterprise-level companies still need links! Alex shares why as well as 8 link-building strategies with tactics from top industry specialists.
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​The $122Bn SEO Industry: 31 Success Stories (with Revenue Numbers) for 2023​
​Glen Allsopp / SEO Industry​
With the SEO industry expected to generate $122B in revenue by 2028, who is actually making that money, and are there opportunities for those of us with the necessary skills to get a slice of the action? Glen has developed a comprehensive report.
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​ChatGPT for SEO: Opportunities, Threats, Tips & Future in SEO and Search [Video]​
​Crawling Mondays / SEO Automation​
Learn all you need to know about ChatGPT for SEO: Opportunities, Threats, Tips & Future in SEO and Search, which I discussed with Mordy Oberstein and Darth Autocrat in this episode of Crawling Mondays.
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​How to use topic clusters and pillar pages for SEO​
​Jonas Sickler / Content Optimization​
Topic clusters fuse your content with your SEO strategy to help you rank better on Google with fewer backlinks. Learn everything about them in this guide from Jonas.
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​SEO Frameworks by Mihir Naik [Thread]​
​JC Chouinard and Mihir Naik / General SEO​
JC shares a thread with SEO frameworks from Mihir: From indexing strategy, crawling to content optimization. Check them out.
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​Custom Sitemaps for Faster Issue Validation​
​Oliver Mason / Technical SEO​
Did you know that you can limit Search Console’s issue validation to specific Sitemaps submitted in Google Search Console and that these Sitemaps don’t have to currently exist? Read this post from Oliver!

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​ChatGPT Won’t Replace Google Search (Yet)​
​Dr. Peter J. Meyers / Search Trends​
Is ChatGPT a threat to Google? To most people having this question, Dr. Pete shares three reasons why he doesn’t think it is... yet.
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​Register to SEO Reborn: SEO in the age of AI - A Free, 2-Day, Online Summit​
​IMG / SEO Event​
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​⚡ How you land 100+ links with expert commentary link building ​
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In this case study, Fery from Search Intelligence shares a step-by-step guide on landing 100+ links with expert commentary link building, without asking for any content from the client.
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It all starts with going to your client's blog and finding some interesting content they have written in the past. The content must be a useful guide or expert opinion about a problem in their industry.
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In this example, they found an article on their blog about how bananas can help you sleep, and secured over 100 links for their client, by using exactly the approach explained in the case study.
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​Read the case study here.​
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💸 New Digital Marketing & SEO Jobs

• ​SEO/SEM Digital Strategist at Thrivent​
• ​SEO Specialist at BetterVet​
• ​Head of SEO at upfeat​
• ​SEO Consultant at SearchLab​
• ​SEO Manager (Trading/Stocks) at Finixio​

See more digital marketing and SEO jobs at the new #SEOFOMO Job Pallet, curating the best SEO and Digital Marketing Jobs in top companies; whether remote, hybrid, or in-person.
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🙌 The #SEOFOMO's SEO & Digital Marketers to Follow ​
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Let's follow these amazing Content specialists and marketers:

• Amanda Natividad (Twitter, LinkedIn), VP of Marketing at Sparktoro
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​ 💡 Non-SEO focused awesomeness

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​CNET's AI Journalist Appears to Have Committed Extensive Plagiarism​
​Jon Christian / AI ​
"Extensive evidence that the CNET AI's work has demonstrated deep similarities to articles published elsewhere, without giving credit... It looks like the bot directly plagiarized the work of Red Ventures competitors, as well as human writers at Bankrate."
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​Google Optimize Discontinued: What Businesses Need To Know​
​Matt G. Southern / Conversion Optimization​
Google announced that Optimize and Optimize 360 will be discontinued on September 30. Users are encouraged to download their data before it becomes unavailable.
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​Conversion Optimization: Is Your Content Converting?​
​Gabriella Sannino / Conversion Optimization​
What's conversion optimization? Gabriella goes through the major concepts and shares useful tips to get started.
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​2023 Content Marketing Trends Report [Survey] ​
​Siege Media / Content Marketing​
Help discover the most impactful content marketing trends for 2023! SiegeMedia is partnering with Clearscope to bring you a content marketing trends report. Participate now in this 16-question survey that will take less than 5 minutes to complete.
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​OpenAI has hired an army of contractors to make basic coding obsolete​
​Jonathan Raa / AI ​
"OpenAI appears to be building a dataset that includes not just lines of code, but also the human explanations behind them written in natural language."
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​After inking its OpenAI deal, Shutterstock rolls out a generative AI toolkit to create images based on text prompts​
​Ingrid Lunden / AI ​
Customers of Shutterstock’s Creative Flow online design platform will now be able to create images based on text prompts, powered by OpenAI and Dall-E 2.
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​How to Pull Off the Perfect Social Media Collaboration​
​Kristi Hines / Social Media ​
Whether you're partnering with a creator to promote a one-off campaign or looking for a long-term relationship, these social media collaboration tips are essential.
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