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People don't search to be educated or entertained anymore. Discover the three actual motivations driving search behavior in 2025—and how to create content that matches.

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The Three Real Reasons People Search (And Why HubSpot's Framework Is Outdated)

I remember the foundational HubSpot framework from fifteen years ago, when they said the reasons why people search something on the internet. That...

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Topic clusters aren't cutting it anymore. Discover why concept coverage is the evolved approach to SEO content that actually competes

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Why Traditional Topic Clusters Are Dead

I've been saying for a long time that the traditional topic cluster probably isn't going to work as well anymore. And I know some people disagree...

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SEO isn't dead—it's evolving. Cut through the sensationalism to understand what's actually changing in search and why Google still matters for your marketing strategy in 2025.

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The Death of SEO: Debunking the Internet's Favorite Marketing Myth

I can't tell you how many YouTube videos I've seen with gravestones and people dramatically falling backwards onto the grave of SEO. It's become the...

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Google's 2025 Year in Search shows

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Google's 2025 Year in Search: Hot Honey and Onyx Storm FTW

Google released its 2025 Year in Search data, and the top trending search term globally wasn't a celebrity death, political crisis, or cultural...

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Google Discover now pushes AI Mode options within articles, offering to summarize publisher content users are already reading. What attention arbitrage means for publishers and engagement economics.

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Google Discover's AI Mode Push: Summarizing Your Content Before You Finish Reading It

Google now offers AI Mode options directly within articles you're reading through Discover. Click the three-dot menu on any webpage in the Google...

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Google tests AI-powered Search Console assistant that configures Performance reports through natural language. What conversational analytics means for SEO professionals and data accessibility.

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Google's AI-Powered Configuration Tool for Search Console

Google quietly rolled out an AI-powered configuration tool for Search Console's Performance report, letting users request data views through natural...

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Google's Vertex AI documentation reveals seven ranking signals that likely power AI Mode. Learn what this means for your SEO strategy

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Seven Signals Powering Google's AI Mode (Exposed in Vertex AI Documentation)

Sometimes the best insights come from places you least expect. SEO analyst Metehan Yeşilyurt recently uncovered something remarkable: Google's...

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AI Overviews are answering questions without clicks. Learn why your impressions stay strong while traffic drops—and how to win in the zero-click search era.

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When AI Overviews Kill Your Click-Through Rate (And Why That's Not the Whole Story)

Your Google Search Console looks schizophrenic.

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Users research on ChatGPT then buy on Google. Learn why direct traffic surges signal brand strength in the multi-platform search era—and how to track invisible conversions.

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The Direct Traffic Surge: Decoding Brand Awareness

Your analytics are telling you a story that doesn't make sense.

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Publishing 8-10 blogs weekly got us 2-hour Google indexing and 10K monthly traffic gains. Learn the signals that reveal your perfect content cadence.

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Content Velocity vs. Content Volume: Finding Your Publishing Sweet Spot

Most content strategies suffer from one of two problems: publishing too little to gain momentum, or publishing so much that quality collapses under...

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