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ChatGPT Translate Is Here, and Language Just Became a Search Channel

For years, translation has been treated as a utility. You translate a page, a document, or a sentence, and you move on. Google Translate has dominated that space largely because ...

How to Optimize YouTube Shorts for Google and YouTube Search

Short-form videos are dominating feeds. But are yours discoverable? YouTube Shorts has exploded, racking up over 5 trillion views and counting. But here’s the catch: creating a viral 30-second clip ...

SEO Contract Length: Why Timeframes Matter And What Happens If You Cut Them Short

If you’ve ever hesitated when you saw a 6- or 12-month SEO contract, you’re not alone. Most businesses don’t worry about doing SEO. They worry about being locked in. About ...

Bing Is Testing an AI Performance Report: And This Is the First Real SEO Dashboard for the AI Era

For years, SEOs have lived inside the same three metrics. Impressions. Clicks. Positions. Everything we do, optimize, and report on has been anchored to how visible a page is inside ...

SEO Knowledge Base: Honest Answers to Common SEO Questions and Concerns

Choosing an SEO agency is rarely a simple decision. Most businesses don’t just ask “Can you do SEO?” — they ask harder questions first. Why isn’t our website ranking? How ...

Google Just Admitted AI Search Is Driven by Engagement: Why That Changes How Visibility Works Forever

For decades, Google trained the internet to think about rankings as something static. You published a page, it earned links, it climbed the SERPs, and as long as nothing major ...

Social Media Growth Statistics 2026: What the Numbers Say About Where Social Is Headed

Social media has become a discovery channel, not just a distribution one. For many users, platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube now influence what they search for and what ...

SEO vs Digital PR: Why They’re Stronger Together

If SEO is how people find you, digital PR is why they trust you. And in 2026, trust is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Search engines are no longer ...

Google Trends Just Became an AI Product: Why Gemini Inside Trends Changes How Demand Is Shaped

For most marketers, Google Trends has always been a passive tool. You type in a keyword, you look at a graph, you spot seasonality, and you export some charts. It ...

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