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Google’s John Mueller says giving each image its own landing page can help it appear in image search, while gallery setups may limit visibility. Google recommends unique landing pages for important images instead of JavaScript-only galleries or URL fragments. Responsive images and modern formats improve user experience but aren’t direct ranking factors. Auditing…

What Are Keyword Rankings? Keyword rankings are your webpages’ positions in organic (unpaid) search results for the specific queries those pages are focused on. For example, an article ranking #2 for “what is project management” appears as the second organic result when someone searches for that term. And may appear alongside paid search ads and…

Step 1: Understand your buyer’s intent and awareness level  Before deciding which content formats to create, consider: The stakeholder’s role in the buying process Evaluation criteria Familiarity with your product and solutions BoFu decisions usually involve multiple stakeholders with different levels of awareness and evaluation criteria. Choose content formats that speak directly to their needs….

Do AI assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity prefer to cite “fresh” content? We analyzed 17 million citations across 7 AI search platforms to find out. As we clamor to optimize for AI search visibility, I’ve seen suggestions that we should update pages more frequently to boost their chance of being cited. To test the theory, we used…

Content marketers’ patience and performance are being tested as AI infiltrates every tech stack, which has been both a blessing and a curse. Creating content has never been simpler, given the rise of AI, upending content creation, distribution, and discovery. At the same time, writing original content has never been more paramount, given the vast…

If you want to jump into the new year like a pro, you need to keep ahead of your competition. That’s where our roundup comes in. We’ve got the latest guides, case studies and new stories from SEOs top minds. First, we’ll cover the month’s biggest guides. You’ll learn how to avoid the most common…

blog/”>Blog / SE Ranking Tools & Updates / SE Ranking becomes a multi-product company with Planable acquisition, embracing the AI-first search era Written by Svitlana Shchehel Svitlana leads the Content Team at SE Ranking. Her content marketing expertise is enhanced by the deep understanding of the SEO processes. Strategic acquisition marks SE Ranking’s expansion into…

Google’s Liz Reid, in response to all the third-party studies, blog.google/products/search/ai-search-driving-more-queries-higher-quality-clicks/”>wrote on the Google blog, “Overall, total organic click volume from Google Search to websites has been relatively stable year-over-year.” There was no specific data shared, Google did not offer up Search Console data, Google didn’t show a chart – they just wrote clicks are…

Google’s latest blog.google/products/search/ai-search-driving-more-queries-higher-quality-clicks/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>blog post claims AI is making Search more useful than ever. Google says people are asking new kinds of questions, clicking on more links, and spending more time on the content they visit. But with no supporting data or clear definitions, the message reads more like reassurance than transparency. Rather than…

If you want your site to rank, you need to ensure search engines can crawl your pages. But what if they can’t?  This article explains what crawl errors are, why they matter for SEO, and how to find and fix them. What Are Crawl Errors? Crawl errors occur when blog/website-crawler/” style=”text-decoration:none”>website crawlers (like Googlebot) encounter…