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Google AdSense to change how it counts impressions: Begin-to-Render

This change is happening on February 17, 2027 and will result in a change in total impressions.

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Posted in Marketing Opinion SEO Technical optimization

10 technical SEO audit mistakes that lead to bad recommendations

10 technical SEO audit mistakes that lead to bad recommendations

Your crawler can find the symptom. Your audit needs to explain the cause, why it matters, and what should happen next.

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Posted in Content Marketing Marketing

How to turn data thought leadership into a growth channel, according to Semrush’s marketing lead

For years, we ran data studies at Semrush the way most similar companies did: whenever someone had a good idea and whenever there was time to spare. Mostly, though, our efforts were limited to one or two major reports a year.

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Posted in Local Marketing News SEO

Calls and clicks keep falling as Google Maps becomes the destination

New findings show rankings remain stable while customer behavior changes, making profile quality and reviews critical for local visibility.

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Posted in google Google: SEO Marketing News Search features SEO

Google is dynamically expanding AI Overviews for some queries

This behavior pushes down the core search results and gives you an AI Mode type of experience within the main Google Search interface.

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Posted in Marketing News PPC

Greg Finn on 20 years of PPC: From exact match to AI Mode

Greg Finn reflects on 20 years of PPC, from exact match and Smart Bidding to automation, AI Mode and why authenticity will matter more than ever.

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Posted in AEO Marketing

AEO mentions vs. citations: Key differences explained

If you’ve been tracking your brand’s presence in AI-generated answers, you’ve probably noticed something confusing: your brand name shows up all the time, but that traffic isn’t materializing. The reason is usually the gap between an AEO mention and an AEO citation, and if you’re measuring the wrong one, you’re missing most of the picture.

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Google expands Demand Gen with messaging ads, travel tools and AI video creation

Google’s Demand Gen tools aim to shorten the path from discovery to conversion while making it easier to scale creative across campaigns.

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Posted in Google Algorithm Updates Marketing News SEO

Google’s August 2026 spam update hit rankings harder than normal

Google wrecking ball

Google’s spam update caused exceptional search disruption, with dramatic ranking losses across 20 industries, according to SE Ranking data.

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