Google Explains How CDNs Impact Crawling & SEO

Google published an explainer that discusses how Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) influence search crawling and improve SEO but also how they can sometimes cause problems. What Is A CDN? A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a service that caches a web page and displays it from a data center that’s closest to the browser requesting … Read more

Google Gemini Deep Research May Erode Website Earnings

There’s a compelling theory floating around that Google’s AI agent, called Deep Research, could negatively impact affiliate sites. If true, not only would this impact affiliate site earnings, it could also decrease ad revenues and web traffic and to informational sites, including to the “lucky” sites that are linked to by Google’s AI research assistant. … Read more

Marketing Calendar 2025 With Template To Plan Your Content

Setting yourself and your organization up for successful marketing means understanding the interesting dates, holidays, and events throughout the year that you can leverage for your brand. Pulling that information together takes time and effort, so we’ve done the legwork for you. Our complete marketing calendar for 2025 with a template gives you all the … Read more

Google CEO’s 2025 AI Strategy Deemphasizes Search Box

Google’s Sundar Pichai outlined the 2025 strategy, emphasizing consumer-focused AI, rapid development of agentic apps, a Chrome AI prototype called Project Mariner, and upgrades to Gemini and Project Astra, signaling a shift toward AI apps as the user interface for search. Although Pichai did not say Google is de-emphasizing the Google Search box, he did … Read more

Top 10 Digital Marketing Trends For 2025

Digital marketing is changing and the industry is trying to adapt whilst accepting the uncertainty. So, let me offer an alternative approach that you could take this year. Invite all the key decision-makers in your organization – including C-level executives as well as the heads of digital analytics, digital advertising, SEO, content marketing, and social … Read more

How Long Should An SEO Migration Take? [Study]

Website migrations, specifically domain migrations, are often seen as one of the more complex parts of SEO. They are becoming increasingly more common as businesses are consolidating websites and assets to reduce costs and consolidate efforts as more channels and platforms come into play. As SEO professionals, we are tasked with mitigating as many risks … Read more

17 Expert Tips For Content Writing In 2025

Let’s face it: Creating content that makes an impact has gotten a lot harder. With AI becoming more sophisticated by the day, it’s no wonder there’s a looming fear of machines replacing humans. And as if that weren’t enough, Google’s Helpful Content Update has reshaped the game entirely, favoring people-first content over mass-produced AI-generated material. … Read more

Google AI Overviews Claims More Pixel Height in SERPs

New data from BrightEdge reveals that Google’s AI Overviews is increasingly blocking organic search results. If this trend continues, Google AI Overviews and advertisements could cover well over half of the available space in search results. Organic Results Blocking Creeping Up Google’s AI Overviews feature, launched in May 2024, has been a controversial feature among … Read more

7 Changes Marketers Should Make

Paid media marketers, take a deep breath – 2024 was a whirlwind, wasn’t it? AI officially moved from buzzword to business-as-usual, with tools like Google’s Gemini and Microsoft’s Copilot changing how we create ads, manage campaigns, and even analyze performance. Privacy updates threw yet another curveball, with third-party cookies trying to fade into the sunset, … Read more