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On June 30, 2025, Google announced that they are consolidating how Google’s script libraries for the web (e.g. gtm.js and gtag.js) are loaded when using a server-side Google Tag Manager container.…
AI search is redefining how content is discovered and ranked, but sitemaps still matter. When paired with IndexNow, they provide the structure and speed search engines need to keep your content…
Picture this: You’re in a meeting room at your tech company, and two people are having what looks like the same conversation about the same design problem. One is talking about whether the team has…
The DuckDuckGo browser’s built-in Scam Blocker guards against phishing sites, malware, and other common online scams. It’s free, anonymous, and on by default, so you’re protected as soon as you open…
This is a guest post by Jude Nwachukwu Onyejekwe. He is a prolific content creator, and he curates the DumbData portal, which is full of great, free resources for measurement enthusiasts. In this…
Search is evolving and so has Bing Webmaster Tools. With expanded search data, crawl diagnostics, indexing insights, keyword performance, URL inspection, and IndexNow integration, you’ll have the…
In a world shaped by AI-powered search and shopping, real-time updates aren’t optional, they’re expected. This post explores how IndexNow helps merchants surface product changes faster, reduce ad…
With adoption from Amazon, Shopify, and Milestone, IndexNow is emerging as a critical protocol for content that needs to be found fast. This update explores how leading platforms are accelerating…
Google’s Consent Mode is a way to control how tags react to the user’s consent for different tracking purposes. It is specifically designed to work with Google’s tags, but especially through Google…
As a product builder over too many years to mention, I've lost count of the number of times I've seen promising ideas go from zero to hero in a few weeks, only to fizzle out within months. Financial…
At Microsoft Advertising Accelerate, Fabrice Canel unveiled game-changing strategies for ranking in AI search. Get highlights on the most impactful ideas and learn how AI is revolutionizing search…
Google Tag Manager users received an email on March 11th, where Google announced a very cryptic update to Google Tag Manager: As is typical with Google’s email communications, the email raised more…
One of the most popular use cases for server-side Google Tag Manager, often shared on this blog, too, is to split an incoming stream into multiple different endpoints. Since the demise of customTask…
In an analysis of ~45 million keywords in which Google displayed their Top Stories SERP feature, the 1,000 most prominent domains accounted for 97.3% of all listings. That’s just one of many insights…
Welcome to Detailed Q4: Our fourth quarterly report sharing insights from the companies dominating Google search results and what they’re doing to stay ahead of the competition. SEO is going through…
Ever since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated with movies. I loved the characters and the excitement—but most of all the stories. I wanted to be an actor. And I believed that I’d get to do the things…
As of the last few hours it has came to light that various internal Google documents, which appear to be legitimate, have surfaced. The “leak” is still live, which I will not link directly to, and…
Picture this. You’ve joined a squad at your company that’s designing new product features with an emphasis on automation or AI. Or your company has just implemented a personalization engine. Either…
Welcome to Detailed Q3: Our third quarterly report sharing insights from the companies dominating Google search results and what they’re doing to stay ahead of the competition. SEO is going through…
I offer a single bit of advice to friends and family when they become new parents: When you start to think that you’ve got everything figured out, everything will change. Just as you start to get the…
– Updated the top 20 forums table to compare July vs February – Updated Reddit traffic chart for the last two years – Ran all numbers again for July compared to February – Updated the stats for how…
In reading Joe Dolson’s recent piece on the intersection of AI and accessibility, I absolutely appreciated the skepticism that he has for AI in general as well as for the ways that many have been…
I am a creative. What I do is alchemy. It is a mystery. I do not so much do it, as let it be done through me. I am a creative. Not all creative people like this label. Not all see themselves this…
Welcome to Detailed Q2: Our second-ever quarterly report sharing insights from the companies dominating Google search results and what they’re doing to stay ahead of the competition. SEO is going…
– Documented how Reddit are now dominating results in October – Updated the number of first-place rankings the top 100 domains achieved – Three digital goliaths have 36 sites in the top 100 in…
I recently analyzed 250,000 English-language search results, primarily to answer a specific question: Do sites owned by large media companies attain more first-place rankings than independent…
Humility, a designer’s essential value—that has a nice ring to it. What about humility, an office manager’s essential value? Or a dentist’s? Or a librarian’s? They all sound great. When humility is…