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searchengineland.com - Kaspar Szymanski - SEO in 2026: What will stay the same
SEO in 2026: What will stay the same
Search Engine Land

Around the turn of the year, search industry media fills up with reviews and predictions. Bold, disruptive ideas steal the spotlight and trigger a sense of FOMO (fear of missing out). However, sustainable online sales growth doesn't come from…

bbc.co.uk - Chris Adams - Tottenham news: More good SEO terms - have your say
Tottenham news: More good SEO terms - have your say
BBC

With the news that Ben Davies is to undergo surgery on the fractured ankle he sustained in Tottenham's 2-1 defeat against West Ham United on Saturday, the Welshman's latest injury could bring the curtain down on his 12-year stay in north London.

latesttechnicalreviews.com - rudyard - Tracking SEO Performance: Learn About The Important Metrics
Tracking SEO Performance: Learn About The Important Metrics
Tech ! Reviews

One of the most significant reasons for implementing SEO strategies is to “rank higher” on the SERPs (Search Engine Result Page). Every step that a digital marketer takes, whether providing quality content or using backlinks, is to…

searchengineland.com - Bruce Clay - 7 real-world AI failures that show why adoption keeps going wrong
7 real-world AI failures that show why adoption keeps going wrong
Search Engine Land

AI has quickly risen to the top of the corporate agenda. Despite this, 95% of businesses struggle with adoption, MIT research found. Those failures are no longer hypothetical. They are already playing out in real time, across industries, and often…

thelondoneconomic.com - Ben Williams - How Local SEO Helps Small Firms Win Customers in Their Own Area
How Local SEO Helps Small Firms Win Customers in Their Own Area
The London Economic

Local SEO focuses on visibility within a defined area, placing a business directly in front of people who are already looking, already nearby, and often ready to buy. Local SEO is not about chasing national rankings or broad, high-volume keywords.

searchengineland.com - Danny Goodwin - Organic search traffic is down 2.5% YoY, new data shows
Organic search traffic is down 2.5% YoY, new data shows
Search Engine Land

Organic search traffic is down just 2.5% year over year — nowhere near the 25% to 60% drops often cited in industry commentary. That's one big takeaway from a new large-scale analysis by Graphite using Similarweb data from more than 40,000…

searchengineland.com - Wasim Kagzi - Why LLM-only pages aren't the answer to AI search
Why LLM-only pages aren't the answer to AI search
Search Engine Land

With new updates in the search world stacking up in 2026, content teams are trying a new strategy to rank: LLM pages. They're building pages that no human will ever see: markdown files, stripped-down JSON feeds, and entire /ai/ versions of their…

searchengineland.com - Ana Fernández - Does llms.txt matter? We tracked 10 sites to find out
Does llms.txt matter? We tracked 10 sites to find out
Search Engine Land

The debate around llms.txt has become one of the most polarized topics in web optimization. Some treat llms.txt as foundational infrastructure, while many SEO veterans dismiss it as speculative theater. Platform tools flag missing llms.txt files as…

wwd.com - Kathryn Hopkins - EXCLUSIVE: Micro-influencer Marketing Platform Statusphere Secures $18M in Funding
EXCLUSIVE: Micro-influencer Marketing Platform Statusphere Secures $18M in Funding
WWD

Statusphere, a software platform powered by AI that helps brands to quickly scale micro- influencer marketing, has secured $18 million in series A funding. The round was led by Volition Capital, with participation from HearstLab, 1984 Ventures and…

searchengineland.com - Yext - Yext's Visibility Brief: Your guide to brand visibility in AI search
Yext's Visibility Brief: Your guide to brand visibility in AI search
Search Engine Land

Search visibility isn't what it used to be. Rankings still matter, but they're no longer the whole story. Today, discovery happens across traditional search results, local listings, brand knowledge panels, and increasingly, AI-driven experiences…

searchenginejournal.com - Martha van Berkel - Case Study: How Entity Linking Can Support Local Search Success
Case Study: How Entity Linking Can Support Local Search Success
Search Engine Journal

Search has changed dramatically, including local search. Search engines and AI systems now incorporate semantic understanding to generate citations and results. To gain semantic understanding, they need to know which topics appear in the content…

searchenginejournal.com - Kevin Indig - The Great Decoupling
The Great Decoupling
Search Engine Journal

SEO died as a traffic channel the moment pipeline stopped following page views. Traffic is either down for many sites, or its growth nowhere near reflects growth rates of 2019-2022, but demos and pipeline are up for brands that shifted from chasing…

searchenginejournal.com - Roger Montti - Perplexity AI Interview Explains How AI Search Works
Perplexity AI Interview Explains How AI Search Works
Search Engine Journal

I recently spoke with Jesse Dwyer of Perplexity about SEO and AI search about what SEOs should be focusing on in terms of optimizing for AI search. His answers offered useful feedback about what publishers and SEOs should be focusing on right now.

seekingalpha.com - Mike Zaccardi - SAP: A Software Bear Market Weighs Ahead Of Earnings (NYSE:SAP)
SAP: A Software Bear Market Weighs Ahead Of Earnings (NYSE:SAP)
Seeking Alpha

SAP SE is rated Hold due to a bearish technical setup despite solid GARP valuation and strong EPS growth outlook. Q3 results showed robust cloud backlog growth (+23%), EBIT up 19% YoY, and upbeat management commentary on AI-driven demand. Forward…

mirror.co.uk - Yasmin Vince - All the unanswered questions as Brooklyn Beckham's statement fires up the feud
All the unanswered questions as Brooklyn Beckham's statement fires up the feud
The Mirror

Following Brooklyn Beckham 's explosive statement about his parents, there are still so many unanswered questions. The statement, posted to Instagram on 19 January, claimed that David and Victoria Beckham were 'controlling', spread 'countless lies…

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