4 days ago So far, Google has. at least publicly, vehemently denied using click data to sort search results. In the hearings currently underway in the USA regarding potential antitrust violations by Google, a different perspective is now emerging. Eric …
7 days ago Just days after the Core Update had finished, Google followed up with a new Helpful Content update. Announced on the 14th of September the roll-out is said to take two weeks. It’s been a while since …
15 days ago The second Core Update of 2023 was announced on August 22nd 2023 and was active for two weeks as it rolled out globally. The overall effects of the Core Update were low, but there are, …
2 months ago The FAQ snippets have been one of the most popular extensions for organic search hits so far: with a little modification in the source code, common questions and answers could be highlighted in the search …
2 months ago In this SectorWatch analysis you’ll learn about one of the most popular SAAS categories – Customer Relationship Management. We’re looking for the winning domains and examples of excellent content around customer relationship management tools. Who’s …
2 months ago The first half of 2023 has been one of the busiest and most eventful periods the SEO industry has seen for a long time, and this time, it’s not just because of ongoing Google updates …
2 months ago The first half of 2023 has been one of the busiest and most eventful periods the SEO industry has seen for a long time, and this time, it’s not just because of ongoing Google updates …
2 months ago Brands, foods, recipes, clothes, household, information, finance, banking. While it might say Tesco on the domain, evaluating search marketing success across supermarket brands is difficult. You can take a high level domain vs domain comparative …
2 months ago Google has publicly announced major algorithm updates for quite a few years now. It remains to be seen whether the motivation behind this is an intrinsic desire for transparency or rather the watchful eye of the …
2 months ago The SEO industry has experienced an eventful second quarter of 2023. We have been actively preparing for the sunsetting of Universal Analytics, while also exploring the potential of Search Generative Experience (SGE) alongside our colleagues …
3 months ago In this new study, we present domain visibility trends from Google Search Sweden based on six years of historical data. The domains are categorised based on industry sectors, categories, and business models.
3 months ago Three years after the European Court of Justice overturned the last data protection agreement (Privacy Shield) between the USA and the EU, there is now a successor. This new agreement makes it easier once again to …
3 months ago Data ‘scraping’ is core to Google’s crawling process so if you block them, you’ll lose visibility. Following measures taken by Elon Musk on Saturday we’re now seeing the evidence that twitter.com is being removed from …
3 months ago Google has also been applying the same principle for several years in its search results – Mobile first. Innovations and optimisations are always displayed in the mobile SERPs before they can be seen on the desktop. Google …
3 months ago One of the most popular home technology categories that exists is for TVs. In this report we show you the winning domains and analyse examples of high performance content for both commercial and informational search …
4 months ago The search engine of the future will be different from the “10 blue links” We have been accustomed to from Google until now. Nevertheless, internet search will continue to make recommendations. Today we present a …
5 months ago The second Visibility Leaders study has been published and this time we look at the travel sector – one that’s huge in scale and is dominated by big brands. Five detailed reports from five data …
5 months ago To simulate a semblance of transparency for regulators worldwide, Google has been publishing a list of relevant ranking systems (often called ranking factors in SEO circles) for some time. A recent update removed Page Experience from the list …
5 months ago A recent article in the New York Times sheds light on the extent to which the success of OpenAI (and thus also Microsoft/Bing) is putting the market leader Google under pressure. The NYT reports that Samsung is considering …
6 months ago Google blessed us with 2 updates in the last three months that have caused big movements in SERPs. They add an interesting dynamic to the usual shifting of SERPs and we analyse another three months …
6 months ago Google is in a difficult situation – rapid advances in AI development. If Google does nothing it ends up, very soon, with search results being flooded with mediocre, regurgitated and popular content. After some time for …
6 months ago Around half a year after the last major core update, Google is currently rolling out a new core update. In the SISTRIX blog here we have the first numbers, analyses and explanations.
7 months ago This month, SectorWatch is getting horticultural as we take a look at the search market for garden tools. We’ll show you the growing domains and some examples of content that is sprouting results. Which sites …
7 months ago With the series of Product Reviews Updates, Google has been trying to improve the quality of product ratings and recommendations in the search results. So far, these updates were only relevant for English-language content – but …
7 months ago Microsoft has announced that it will significantly increase the prices for using the Bing search engine interface. Depending on the intensity of use, the costs will increase by up to 1,000 percent, automatically, from May 2023. This surprising step …