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Cyrus Maxx @zyppy.com · 25/03/2026

New post, and my first on Substack! "The AI SEO Playbook for Google Click Signals" How user click signals drive website visibility for both Google rankings and AI answers What exactly are these click signals, and can marketers influence them? Read & subscribe: signal.zyppy.com/p/google-cli...

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The AI SEO Playbook for Google Click Signals

How click behavior drives search visibility for websites and brands

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michael512.bsky.social @michael512.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I created a free tool that generates LocalBusiness schema automatically, from the Google Business Profile: www.michaelcottam.com/localbusines...

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Rand Fishkin @randfish.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

NEW research: sparktoro.com/blog/new-res... If you give ChatGPT the same request for product recommendations 100X, will you ever get the same list twice? And what does that answer mean for folks who try to track their brand presence in AI tools? Finally, some real answers 🧐

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Aleyda Solis @aleyda.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

📣 Announcing The "Trending Campaigns" Newsletter: Receive the most effective PR campaigns and coverage opportunities with the Trending Campaigns Newsletter. A free weekly newsletter curating standout PR campaigns and timely news hooks you can use. Subscribe now for free: trendingcampaigns(.)com 🙌

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michael512.bsky.social @michael512.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I'm supporting this again this year, and you should too. Awesome cause, awesome people.

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Rand Fishkin @randfish.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

AGENCY OWNERS! Help yourself & your fellow agencies out: randfish.typeform.com/to/eFoJ3tXz Paddy Moogan is once again running the Digital Agency Owner Survey for 2025. Last year's results were incredibly compelling; this year's will be, too.

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Dr. Pete Meyers @dr-pete.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I finished reading the 230-page Google antitrust remedy ruling and put together my thoughts from an industry perspective. I think a lot of the data-sharing details are critical -- moz.com/blog/google-...

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Will The Anti-Monopoly Ruling Crack Open Google's Data?

Wondering how the latest news around the Google Antitrust ruling will impact search and SEO? Dr. Pete breaks down the final Google antitrust remedies as determined by the court and how this landmark r...

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Aleyda Solis @aleyda.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The AI Search Content Optimization Checklist [With Google Sheets to copy/paste] 👇 Going through: 1. Optimize for Chunk-Level Retrieval 2. Optimize for Answer Synthesis 3. Optimize for Citation-Worthiness 4. Optimize for Topical Breadth and Depth * Much more: www.aleydasolis.com/en/ai-search...

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michael512.bsky.social @michael512.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

This makes perfect sense....unlinked recommendations of businesses in AI answers (plus social posts, e.g. TikTok, IG, etc.) lead to brand searches...which gets home page traffic.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Love thy neighbor doesn’t come with fine print.

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Dana DiTomaso @handle.invalid · 01/05/2025

📣 NEW COURSE ALERT! 📣 I'm excited to announce my comprehensive GA4 Audit Course is now LIVE! 🚀 Is your GA4 property collecting garbage data? You might be making critical business decisions based on completely inaccurate numbers... 🗑️

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michael512.bsky.social @michael512.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Dawn's done some awesome work for a bunch of people I know!

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Darren Shaw @whitespark.ca · 17/04/2025

You have acquired a business and need to rebrand it. How do you transition the Google Business Profile without getting it suspended? Here’s what you need to know 👇 (1/10) #LocalSEO #SEO

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Aleyda Solis @aleyda.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Optimizing for Traditional VS AI Search (SEO vs GEO) - I've created a chart featuring the differences/similarities between them 👇 ….

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michael512.bsky.social @michael512.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Responding to a prompt from Arizona Republic columnist EJ Montini, Musk's "maximally truth-seeking" AI, which is built into X, said after an analysis that the probability of the president being in the pocket of Vladimir Putin is between 75 and 85 percent. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 06/03/2025

Google updated its Search Console docs to say AI mode impressions/clicks data is not data included in the Search Console reports - as we knew but clarified in my story www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-mo... hat tip @lilyray.nyc and @searchliaison.bsky.social

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Darren Shaw @whitespark.ca · 05/03/2025

Hey friends! I made a cool new free SEO tool with AI. I'd love any feedback you have. Check it out at freshnessdistancecalculator dot com #localseo #seo

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The #1 reason your website ISN’T ranking: Outdated Content | Here’s how to fix it | Free SEO Tool

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michael512.bsky.social @michael512.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Excellent analysis of the incredible increases in changes to Google's algo from Dr. Pete here.

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Lily Ray 😏 @lilyray.nyc · 24/02/2025

The #1 ranking site within Google's AI Overviews for "healthy movie snacks" is google.com Turns out the content on this Google Store blog was written by a self-proclaimed freelance writer. AKA the same thing that got many sites penalized for Site Reputation Abuse. #SEO

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Miriam Ellis @miriamellis.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Learn to spot and report 6 signs of local business review spam, including signs that a fake review has been generated by AI. My column today at @gatherup.bsky.social will walk you through recognizing red flags and reporting review fraud to Google: gatherup.com/blog/recogni...

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How to Recognize And Report Your Competitors’ GBP Review Fraud

Learn how to identify fraudulent reviews on your competitors' Google Business Profiles (GBP) and take the necessary steps to report them.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 19/02/2025

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

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michael512.bsky.social @michael512.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Links still matter to Google (no matter what they say), and so it's no wonder there's lots of companies selling links. But I'm amazed at how many really bad linkbuilding still goes on...and how many people charge for complete garbage. www.michaelcottam.com/laughably-ba...

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12 Laughably Bad Linkbuilding Schemes - Michael Cottam

We've all had a dumb idea or two in our life, right? Today, I'm going to cover a number of common link building schemes that are either worthless, or

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Gianluca Fiorelli @gfiorelli1.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

And here we go! The 1st episode of The Search Session is live on Advanced Web Ranking website. It was a great pleasure to chat with Andrea Volpini of WordLift about #AI, Agents, LLMs.txt and the central role of humans in the evolution of Search. www.advancedwebranking.com/blog/agentic...

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Navigating Agentic AI in the World of SEO

Join Andrea Volpini and Gianluca Fiorelli to explore the evolution of AI-powered SEO, structured data's critical role, and how AI agents are reshaping search.

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Cyrus Maxx @zyppy.com · 12/02/2025

Happy to announce *Zyppy List* - A reimagined directory for marketing companies and consultants 🆓 Free Verification 💸 No Pay-to-Rank 🎯 Highly Specialized Categories 🤝 Community-powered endorsements 👥 People-Powered Profiles 🔗 Followed link(!) Let me know what you think! zyppy.com/marketing/an...

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Announcing Zyppy List: A Next-Level Directory For Marketing Pros - Zyppy SEO Consulting

The Problem There are 1000s of marketing companies out there, many of them excellent. Finding a trusted, proven one online is amazingly difficult. When my consultancy gets more business than we can ha...

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michael512.bsky.social @michael512.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Google Local Reviews Decreasing Over Past 24 Hours<br><br>https://www.seroundtable.com/google-local-reviews-decreasing-38873.html

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Amanda Natividad @amandanat.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

There's something only great marketers do. But there's no agreed-upon standard for doing it. It's audience research. And very likely, they're doing this without really knowing what it is. Studying and getting to know their audience is just part of their DNA. In this long overdue guide…

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Facts. Love Adam’s insights

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Dr. Pete Meyers @dr-pete.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Nice overview on the challenges of tracking ChatGPT traffic ...

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Aleyda Solis @aleyda.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Hubspot’s Blog Organic Search Traffic Drop: What happened? Is it really that bad? What does it mean for SEO? I've gone through it and shared some outcomes in this analysis. Read 👇 www.aleydasolis.com/en/search-en...

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Cyrus Maxx @zyppy.com · 22/01/2025

Google issued a new definition of *Site Reputation Abuse* "An established first party site branches out into a new area primarily using freelance content because this content will rank better on the first-party site than it would have otherwise" This seems to apply to vast swaths of publishers

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

My one wish for the inauguration is that there is a gift bag under the seats of Bezos, Zuck, Elon etc, with a single, embroidered , padded knee pad Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆

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Rand Fishkin @randfish.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Amanda wrote a short blog post that I really liked, because it reminded me of the old days of blogging, when we'd share how we felt and what was going on, regardless of keywords or "business impact" or whatever blogs have become now. You should read it, too. sparktoro.com/blog/the-dig...

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The Digital Watercooler is Gone - SparkToro

I used to log onto Twitter in the mornings and see people talking about a major brand’s latest ad campaign, skim through the latest viral marketing

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Mike Blumenthal @mikeblumenthal.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Google Maps is now embedding images and products nearby related to your query

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 14/01/2025

Remember Russians messing up the underwater cables? They cut a wrong one and now Russian internet is down.

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Rand Fishkin @randfish.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

NEW: sparktoro.com/blog/why-do-... You've heard me and @amandanat.bsky.social talk a lot about moving from traffic-focused marketing to Zero-Click Marketing. But why? This week's new 5-minute Whiteboard has the answers.

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███ACTED @vicjager.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Possibly the best clap back against ignorant antivaxxers.

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Ian Lurie @ianlurie.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Just used ChatGPT (via Poe) to generate and customize a workout program. OK, fine. Then I asked it to give it to me in a Todoist-compatible format. That's kinda cool. #AI

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Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I JUST used the New Google Gemini 2.0 Real-time to coach me through a Google Analytics 4 problem, things are changing!! Sorry for the width youtu.be/gjJWLryLWYw

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I JUST used the New Google Gemini 2.0 Realtime to coach me through a Google Analytics 4 problem...

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Ross Hudgens @rosshudgens.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Fill out our short content trends survey and win a free $500 gift card! We’ve done this the last two years and we look forward to comparing the data YOY given all that’s changing in our industry. Thanks in advance! Shares are appreciated. 2025-content-marketing-trends-survey.paperform.co

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2025 Content Marketing Trends Report Survey

Help us discover the most impactful content marketing trends for 2025.

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Gianluca Fiorelli @gfiorelli1.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I wrote a thing about how to translate Brand and Branding into signals that can make them being understood by Google and AI.. it is not a short read, but I am convinced you will find it interesting: www.iloveseo.net/the-role-of-...

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The Role of SEO in making branding understood by search engines and AI.

Click and read how to translate a Brand in signals that can be understood and scored by Google and LLM-based Search Systems.

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Dr. Pete Meyers @dr-pete.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I wrapped up our internal findings on Site Reputation Abuse into something that I hope gives people a little guidance. It's an evolving situation, but here's what we know so far and a framework for assessing your risk (explained in detail in the post) -- moz.com/blog/site-re...

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Rand Fishkin @randfish.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Made a new visualization of 27.3M searches from September 2024. I put all the queries into 9, similar-demand-sized groups, and it really tells a story. This project has changed how I think about Google forever.

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Rand Fishkin @randfish.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

NEW research: sparktoro.com/blog/new-res... We looked at: - 332 million searches - Over 21 months - From ~130K mobile & desktop, Google searchers And published: - 13 charts & graphs - including data on many never-before-answered Qs about how people use Google Here's a little sample 👇

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 24/11/2024

I know BlueSky is on to something because all the worst people you know are raging against it

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Aleyda Solis @aleyda.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The one and only @AnnieCushing has just released her new service “404 No More”: An AI-Powered Redirect Concierge: “Using NLP and automation, 404 No More service identifies broken pages and suggests redirects using a series of rules.” Read: annielytics.com/services/404...

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Aleyda Solis @aleyda.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

When comparing the changes in Google's "Site reputation abuse" Spam Policy wording you can clearly see how now is all about the "purpose" of the content and how it's aligned to the site's main goal, independently of how it was created. From what I see with this change in policy...

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