Sharing my Findings on AI Content & How Google may be tracking AI generated content.

I’m in a bit of a dilemma and could really use your advice. I’m currently managing a few Google My Business (GMB) listings for a client (a small local biz group), and I’m being paid $150 per client. The job involves full GMB optimization – adding service areas, writing SEO-friendly descriptions, uploading images, keyword tagging, post scheduling, competitor research, citation corrections, and the whole shebang. It’s been about 3 weeks of pretty hands-on work across multiple listings. I’ve done everything by the book: optimized for local keywords, followed proximity-relevance-prominence principles, and submitted everything for indexing. But GMB SEO obviously takes time to show traction – especially in competitive niches. Now they’re asking me to justify whether SEO is even worth it, and if I can’t "prove" the value, ot they’ll cancel the SEO department. My questions are: Is this even a sustainable arrangement for me? What’s the best way to respond when a client wants fast results from SEO – especially local SEO? Would you continue or politely walk away? If the pay doesn’t change, is this just bad business for me? Any tips for setting expectations better next time? I'm trying to be fair, but not at the cost of being taken advantage of. Appreciate any thoughts, advice, or even a sanity check 😅 submitted by /u/MissSBlack [link] [comments]

I'm surprised I have not seen this written anywhere, but is there a golden list of the top 10 or 12 backlinks you should always get for a new domain when starting out? I always see bbb, yellow pages, yelp, and Google/Bing Business listings given as low hanging fruit, but don't you need to have an actual location to use these services? Any good ideas for online businesses only? submitted by /u/MotherTrucker76 [link] [comments]

I searched this sub and couldn't find the answer I was looking for. I have both installed. Google Site Kit shows my site tanking (even though I am constantly tweaking and adding blog posts), whereas MonsterInsights only shows growth. For example, MI shows 68 new users (580% increase vs previous period) and Sit Kit shows 11 unique visitors - and only 1 click?? Can someone help me understand what I am looking at? submitted by /u/avocadomama [link] [comments]

I won't link to it as I think it's a violation. But I've been reading this subreddit regularly and see the growing concern about AI overview and AI"s impact in general on SEO. Having just read a Semrush review of a study posted yesterday on their blog, my top level takeaway is that the speed and processing capacity of the LLMs used in AI mean that it can take advantage of a wide range of content that might often be placed lower in Google SERP. Implied (by me) is that the various LLMs in use producing AI overviews and response within AI frameworks like ChatGPT, etc., use their own rule sets and algorithms independent of Google. They might especially have different evaluations for broad concepts like "authority" and "relevance" given what they are being asked to provide. When time allows - which is often - I tend to look at at least the top 3 references if provided by AI in the answer footnotes. Sometimes more. And without doing any research, my casual impression is that often the links provides - meaning the source material used for producing results - are not always from what I would think to be "high ranking" places in past Google experiences prior to this period. For example, WebMD doesn't show up on certain medical questions I have asked, but I suspect it would've been at least a first page SERP result, say, a year or two ago. What I think this means is there will be new rules to figure out perhaps as to way LLMs value things differently than Google has to date. But "good, relevant" content will have its place. And will still show up down page and on post-page1 in Google. If you're interested in reading the full analysis, you can find it on that blog. submitted by /u/Tech4EasyLife [link] [comments]

Hello, I'm looking at starting some affiliate promotions and would like to do it the best way without hurting my site. I've got a good user base but I've been losing rankings so time to dive into the SEO world. So in my mind I would give affiliates their own URL; domain.com/affiliate1 domain.com/affiliate2 Would it be best to redirect both of these to the main page domain.com(currently single page will move to multi soon)? From what I've read online as long as I tag the redirects with a no follow and use 301s then it shouldn't have any negative effect. Can anyone see a problem with this sort of approach? Do you know of a better one? Thank you for any help :). submitted by /u/RunTimeFire [link] [comments]

We noticed a sharp increase in blog impressions starting in February, but a significant drop in traffic and CTR. Rankings have improved, so competition or content quality doesn’t seem to be the issue. We suspect SERP cannibalization, which is possibly due to hundreds of tag pages (keywords are implemented as tags to blog posts, unique URLs were created for each keyword, and they became indexable, around the same time, 470 pages), but I want to make sure we’re not missing anything. What would you recommend checking to confirm whether the traffic drop is due to internal cannibalization, AI overviews, or something else? submitted by /u/coopersayshello [link] [comments]

Hey everyone! I’m still fairly new to SEO (about a year in), and I’m currently working on building backlinks for our hemp-focused site. We don’t have a budget for buying links, so I’m looking to connect with others in the industry for mutually beneficial link exchanges. If you manage a blog or site in the hemp, CBD, cannabis, or wellness space, I’d love to collaborate. I can share existing blog content or even write a new post tailored for your audience. Just shoot me a message if you’re open to swapping links or brainstorming ideas! Looking forward to connecting with some like-minded folks. Let’s help each other grow. submitted by /u/Jenni_Helps [link] [comments]

So a month back, I posted a question about how im new to seo and where to learn it. 50 days later, ive obtained theoretical knowledge about seo, like keyword research, on page optimization, etc. and also completed the Hubspot SEO certification. Now, I have knowledge about the concept of SEO, but im confused as to what to proceed next. These theoretical knowledge alone wont help me in cracking roles and since Im new to it, its even hard for me. Anyone that has experience/expertise in this matter, please help me out. I just wanna know what is the next best thing to do. Should I start with content writing with keyword research, or set up an individual website and try to rank them? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance :) submitted by /u/mohd-ansar [link] [comments]

I’ve already set up a 301 redirect from HTTP to HTTPS and specified the HTTPS version as the canonical URL. Despite this, Google continues to show the HTTP version in search results. Bing, surprisingly, shows the correct HTTPS version without issue. Is there anything else I can do to get Google to properly recognize and display the HTTPS version? submitted by /u/amza10 [link] [comments]

As an SEO are you happy and comfortable with performing digital marketing tasks like social media management, at the same time? submitted by /u/Dapper_Big_783 [link] [comments]

Hi guys, I am looking for multiple link exchange opportunities from various websites. So, if you are looking for the same let me know. Either a mutual link exchange or a guest post sounds good to me. If you have a SaaS site it's better or at least a blog site related to it is my preference. submitted by /u/BusAlarming7488 [link] [comments]

Hello guys i have multiple domain for different countries and I have them conected with an footer drop-down to let users select their desired country, each country is region Subdomain based like London.domain.com , Manchester.domain.com etc for each country In Semrush a lot of this li ks are seen as high spam even if I used hreflang for each link they are all follow. Semrush can be right and Search engines can see them as Spam should I remove them or i can just ignore semrush. All the domains are brand new like 1/2 months old so they dont have a good backlink authority. Thank you submitted by /u/cryptogang_club [link] [comments]

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I am a newly recruited SEO specialist( no experience). The click of the website I am responsible for drops tremendously as the expression grows slowly. I started writing blogs for a month. When I planned my keyword, I encountered some problems. The search of long tailed keywords is little. The seed keywords have high search volume but when I searched the keywords on google, the first pages are stuffed with product pages instead of blogs. The second problem is that the high rank keywords of old blogs are losing. The previous seo specialist has already written new blogs with the same topics, but the new blogs doesn’t perform as well as the old ones. What should I do now? I am confused and lost. Help!🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲 submitted by /u/Fou-d-Absinthe [link] [comments]

Hello, i am looking for "perfect" example of a website / landing page that almost has all typical technical seo aspects especially the header hierarchy. I am trying to learn the technical basics like faq, schema, header hierarchy, italic/b/strong tags, external links etc etc. Hope you can give me a great example or even your own page! submitted by /u/Rough_Beginning_2715 [link] [comments]

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Hi there, I’ve been in the SEO game for quiet some time and I really learned a lot through courses, books and other videos. However, at some point all these resources stopped teaching anything valuable. It was always the same thing. Write good content, interlink and get backlinks. I know the SEO game is changing with AI, it’s not dead just different I think. So, any recommendations for a good and modern SEO course for instance, that also teaches some AI/modern stuff? submitted by /u/Ok-Consideration2955 [link] [comments]