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Monday, 28 July 2025

The SEO Industry Is Teaching The Wrong Skills

July 28, 2025, Monday

The SEO Industry Is Teaching The Wrong Skills

The SEO Industry Is Teaching The Wrong Skills

Duane Forrester

The gap between traditional SEO and AI-first search is growing. Duane Forrester shows what to cut, what to keep, and what to start doing.

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Google: Soft 404s Use Crawl Budget Despite 200 OK Status

Google clarifies that soft 404 pages consume crawl budget, even when they return a 200 OK status. Here's how this affects your site.

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SEO

Why Generative AI Isn't Killing SEO – It's Creating New Opportunities

AI search favors clear, trustworthy content. Learn how to structure yours for maximum visibility in AI Overviews and chatbot responses.

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The Data Reveals: What It Takes to Win in AI Search

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PPC

Performance Max: I Was A Skeptic & Now I'm Devout (Even In Bing)

What made a Performance Max critic finally embrace it in both Google and Bing? Clear, measurable results proved automation can drive real value at scale.

Performance Max: I Was A Skeptic & Now I'm Devout (Even In Bing)

SEO

Google On Balancing Needs Of Users And The Web Ecosystem

Google's Gary Illyes said they're still figuring out how to balance the needs of users and the web ecosystem

Google On Balancing Needs Of Users And The Web Ecosystem

SEO

Why A Site Deindexed By Google For Programmatic SEO Bounced Back

A company founder shared that Google deindexed their site because of scaled content, and what they did to get back into the search results.

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WordPress

Why Is SureRank WordPress SEO Plugin So Popular?

SureRank SEO plugin offers the basics that every site needs without the bloated features many users say they don't want.

Why Is SureRank WordPress SEO Plugin So Popular?

Technical SEO

Google Confirms CSS Class Names Don't Influence SEO

Google's Search Relations team explains how CSS affects SEO, addressing myths about class names, pseudo elements, and page performance.

Google Confirms CSS Class Names Don't Influence SEO

PPC

The Hidden Cost of Google Ads: Stop Wasting Budget Bidding Against Yourself

Join us for a data-backed session where we break down how to detect, diagnose, and eliminate unnecessary branded ad spend.

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