How Google's Ranking Process Works
Google's ranking process involves three main components: traditional systems, AI systems, and quality rater scores. The traditional systems are used for initial ranking, while AI systems such as RankBrain, DeepRank, and RankEmbed BERT re-rank the top 20-30 documents. These systems are fine-tuned by quality rater scores and results from live user tests.
The Importance of User Data
The DOJ vs. Google lawsuit highlighted the significance of user data in Google's ranking process. Google uses user data in two main ways: in a system called Glue, which incorporates...
Introduction to AI Search
AI search is revolutionizing the way we interact with search engines, and it's changing the rules of visibility. As SEOs, we're...
Introduction to Digital Dilution
Most mergers and acquisitions (M&A) fail to account for the digital infrastructure and visibility of the acquired brands. While executives focus...
The Evolution of SEO: From Gaming the System to Understanding Users
The world of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has undergone a significant transformation over the...
Introduction to Cloudflare Incident
A Cloudflare incident is currently causing many sites and apps to return 5xx responses, resulting in users and crawlers encountering errors....
Introduction to AI Search Strategies
AI search visibility isn’t considered “too risky” to invest in for executives to buy-in. Selling AI search strategies to leadership...
A Critical Vulnerability in Imunify360 AV Puts Millions of Websites at Risk
A critical vulnerability was recently discovered in Imunify360 AV, a security scanner used...
Building a Wildly Successful Website Without SEO
In 2005, I discovered that some extremely successful internet enterprises owed their success to factors outside of the...
Novel Approaches to Link Building
Link building is an essential part of any digital marketing strategy, and coming up with novel approaches can be a...
Introduction to AI-Powered Shopping
Google is rolling out new AI shopping updates across Search and the Gemini app. These updates introduce conversational shopping and agentic...