Marketing & SEO

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Google Ads tweaks default conversion goal behavior

Google Ads will change how automatically created customer conversion goals are set as account-default starting Nov. 17, aiming to reduce wasted spend from campaigns optimizing toward irrelevant goals. How it works now. New conversion actions created via the API automatically…

$14 billion deal keeps TikTok alive in U.S.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order approving a proposed $14 billion deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S., with a new joint-venture company overseeing its U.S. business. ByteDance, TikTok’s China-based parent, would retain under 20% ownership if China…

Google is still 210x bigger than ChatGPT in search

ChatGPT now processes 66 million “search-like” prompts per day, while Google still processes about 14 billion searches daily – roughly 210 times more. That’s the latest AI search reality check, via Rand Fishkin, CEO and co-founder of SparkToro. By the…

When SEO becomes just content production – and how to break free

Content has long been the fuel for SEO, and its importance continues as AI-driven search relies on rich, trustworthy information.  I’ve always believed in doing the “good” and “right” things when it comes to creating content at scale – but…

The global E-E-A-T gap: When authority doesn’t travel

Many still treat E-E-A-T as a box to tick in an SEO audit.  But it’s more than that – it’s how search engines and AI systems decide which content to trust. The paradox?  Global brands that dominate in one country…

Rethinking the funnel with LLM tracking analytics by Semrush Enterprise

For a decade, marketing strategy was engineered to master Google’s “messy middle.” Today, the customer’s exploration and evaluation journey has migrated from the open web (PPC, Reddit, YouTube, websites) into closed AI environments (ChatGPT, AI Mode, Perplexity), making direct observation…