Google Rolls Out December 2024 Core Update: Another Big Algorithm Shift! Google has just rolled out its December 2024 Core Update, only weeks after the November 2024 Core Update. This marks the final significant algorithm change in a year packed with updates that have kept SEOs on their toes. The update, which is expected to finish rolling out in about two weeks, underscores Google’s continued push to refine search quality and rankings. While the full impact of the update will take time to unfold, it’s clear that this is another step in shaping how content is evaluated and ranked. **For... 5 0 replies
Ranking Loss After Updating Content on a Page I completely refined a webpage yesterday and submitted it in Google Search Console. Today, I noticed that the page’s position for many major queries has shifted from #1 to #2, losing to our main competitor. Should I be worried about this now, or is it just a temporary fluctuation while Google tests the new content? 3 0 replies
Google Adsense Is Giving Peanuts? Any reason? I have decent amount of traffic on one of my website around 800k per month. I am also getting good impressions on displayed ads. But earning I get from Google Adsense is in cents. Anyone know why this is happening or could anyone suggest workaround or a better alternative? 4 0 replies
Competitor with junk backlinks, how should I compete? Hi all, I'm not an expert in SEO by any means but I just want to hear people's advice on how to figure this situation out. I have no backlinks for my new site as of now, so I'm looking through one of my main relevant competitors backlink profile on semrush. I've come across some pretty junk-ish websites that link to them and I can't tell if it's helping or hurting them, seems like helping. They are ranking high, usually #1, and steadily growing, no harsh drops offs/spikes from... 2 0 replies
Google Search Lumen DMCA Notice Received a Google Search DMCA notice from Lumen. Upon looking at the notice most of the “allegedly infringing content” were links from adult content sites. My website is not adult content and shares no similar content to the sites mentioned. Is it safe to ignore these notices? Or is it better to submit a counter notice? 3 0 replies
[GSC] [Not Indexed Pages] Lost with the numbers I am seeing I recently joined a company as a designer but was tasked with looking into basic SEO. When I logged onto GSC, I saw the numbers and was shocked. I am not sure what is the best way forward. The 404 pages are so high because those pages dont exist anymore and I did tell the management to divert the traffic to Home Page which they are not keen on. Please let me know what to do or Is this normal ? Google Link of screenshot is given below...if you... 5 0 replies
Why is keyword research important for SEO, and how do I start with it as a beginner? Why is keyword research important for SEO, and how do I start with it as a beginner? 5 0 replies
December Google core update It's time for a long weekend trip, and here comes another Google Core update. SEOs are still trying to deal with the November core update, and now the December core update has arrived. I have no idea what Google is trying to do. I'm feeling hopeless. 4 0 replies
How Custom ChatGPT Prompts Helped Me Streamline SEO Content Creation and Keyword Research Hey SEO enthusiasts, If you’ve ever spent hours brainstorming blog topics, writing meta descriptions, or researching keywords, you know how time-intensive SEO work can be. That’s why I started experimenting with **ChatGPT** to automate parts of my workflow. The trick, though, wasn’t just using AI—it was creating **custom prompts** that aligned with SEO best practices. Here’s how I’ve been using tailored ChatGPT prompts to boost efficiency and improve results: 1. **Keyword-based content ideas:** I designed prompts that generate article outlines and topic clusters optimized around primary and long-tail keywords. 2. **Meta tags and descriptions:** With... 5 0 replies
Are reviews play an important role for B2B SEO? Hey everyone! We are a backpack manufacturer, and we're in the process of relaunching our website. I'm new to SEO. We don't sell individual products; instead, we specialize in prototyping and bulk manufacturing based on customer requirements. From what I understand, reviews and structured data are typically more useful for businesses that sell products individually. Does this approach still work for a business like ours? How can we collect reviews for our website to get higher ranking on Google? Thanks for your advice in advance! 4 0 replies
Would anyone be able to affordably help me remove negative autocomplete suggestions on my name? I’m a student who ended up in a really unlucky situation where I was falsely accused. I almost took my own life over it. For a year, everyone has been telling me how terrible they feel for me. I want to move on and have suppressed the content well but the autocomplete suggestions continue to direct everyone to the negative content. It would be greatly appreciated - thank you. 3 0 replies
SEO newbie here. Launching my niche site and got 122 impressions, 1 click after 10 days. Is it good/bad/normal? Summary: \- I submitted the sitemap to google on 3nd Dec (so about 10 days) \- 6 SEO posts initially, then added 2 more recently. \- Submitted to a few directory (10+) in the past few days. \- Average position 68 \- About my niche: probably < 100k monthly search volume for all related keywords, but highly transactional/commerial. KDs are mostly in middle range with a few easy long-tail keywords. Is it good/bad or too early to tell? 4 0 replies
website main categories and sub categories I'm sharing the website categories with subcategories: 1. Technology \- Subcategories: \- Gadgets and Devices (smartphones, laptops, accessories) \- Software and Apps \- Artificial Intelligence (AI) \- Blockchain and Cryptocurrency \- Cybersecurity \- Reviews and Comparisons 2. Business and Finance \- Subcategories: \- Startups and Entrepreneurship \- Investments (stocks, crypto, real estate) \- Personal Finance (budgeting, saving) \- Business Management and Strategies \- Accounting and Taxes \- Ecommerce Insights 3. Health and Wellness \- Subcategories: \- Physical Health (fitness, exercise routines) \- Mental Health (stress management, therapy) \- Nutrition... 4 0 replies
Competitor playing dirty, how should we respond? Hey everyone, I have been running SEO at a startup for about three years now and built a comfortable amount of organic traffic with some relevant keywords in a very niche market of IT software whose ICP are remote companies. We have basically been coasting by until this year with solid leads from our articles, but a competitor emerged and started copying our entire strategy. At first, it looked cute, but then they started investing heavily and overtook us in a few TOFU topics. They even started creating content... 3 0 replies
Want to Test Clickstream Data as a Potential Ranking Signal, How Would You Do It? Remember when this internal API docs leaked from Google a while back? Well, something I read in those docs leads me to want to test something. There was a slight indication that Google could be using clickstream data collected by the Chrome browser in determining value passed through the links on the page. I’ve done the traditional click thru tests to learn how direct CTR from a SERP to a link may impact that link’s ranking. But this test will be slightly different. I have a page which ranks... 3 0 replies
Advice about webp images - do I change all images to webp for better page performance? I run a website that offers a service to customers but we also have a blog with almost 100 articles, each of which has quite a few images. We were using either jpg or png as the image formats, but realised that it may be slowing down page loading for mobile users. I took one of our blog articles and converted the images to webp, and looks like it changed the pagespeed insights performance score from about 75 to 81. Is that a big difference, or just slight? I... 1 0 replies
Website always ranking lower in search despite doing everything right I run a speed dating service and I have a website for it both as HTTP and HTTPS. Nearly everytime I check rankings for it, most terms never higher than 6 for the HTTPS version, but occasionally for the HTTP version, only the main page ranks 1. I have some banklinks to my site and I have tuned my website everyday ensuring that the pages follow google's pagespeed insights guidelines. I even go above and beyond to make the pages fast and lean. Each page's payload is 50KB average.... 5 0 replies
Organic keywords in Semrush. How to get your website keywords in semrush organic KEYWORDS. I can see my position in rank tracking I have ranked fo 50 keywords in position tracking but in organic keywords organic keywords onLy 19 are displayed that are not included in pOsition tracking and the keywords are displayed in google console too but not in organic keywords for website in semrush. So what should i do? 2 0 replies
LTKW strategy is slow to produce a result I am a Wedding DJ (djlouparis.com) in a relatively popular area in the US. A good segment are destination area couples and as always I am trying to stay above the fold on my rankings. I was using my PLP as my main focus for the LTKW "hudson valley wedding dj". For years I did well, struggled with a few google changes, but then got it back up to usually top 4 or better results globally. But I also am having aspirations to go beyond the hudson valley with... 2 0 replies
How important is it for seo that the images are from the same domain as the site itself? If my site uses a domain example.com , and the images on it are loaded from cdn.example.com will it hit seo from a negative point of view? And if the domain is specified, for example [https://lh3.googleusercontent.com](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com) will Google itself have a negative impact on SEO ? 1 0 replies