AI Overviews have nearly doubled across five commercial search modifiers
AI Overviews now appear on 88% of the commercial keywords we tracked, up from 46%. See how coverage changed for reviews, pricing, comparisons, and more.
Original Research & Studies
Stay on top of the SEO industry with original research and studies. Here are the latest data-backed resources.
AI search & manufacturing SEO: What the data shows [Study]
Semrush data on AI search in manufacturing. See which brands get mentioned, which get cited, and why citations don‘t drive traffic.
AI Overviews are expanding across commercial intent search [Study]
Google’s move to extend AI Overviews into a wider variety of SERPs is disrupting not only informational searches, but also searches with commercial intent and advertising value.
Only 25% of cited sources overlap between ChatGPT's different reasoning modes [Study]
Most AI visibility strategies treat ChatGPT as a single system. Our research found that‘s a mistake. Thinking mode and Instant mode cite different sources, favor different content, and can recommend different brands for the exact same prompt. Here‘s what marketers need to know.
SEO Split-Test Result: Does Bolded Text Help Your SEO?
We decided to test if bold pieces of text on the blog pages of a Canadian SaaS company can help their SEO performance. What do you the impact was on organic traffic? Check this out.
Case Study: How an SEO Agency Helped an Artisan Bakery Increase Mobile Organic Traffic by 460%
In our SEO Reality Show series, we’ve been sharing the individual steps a partner agency took to help an artisan bakery improve their search visibility, capture quality web traffic, and convert site visitors into customers. Seven months have now passed since they started this journey, so we created this case study to share some results and insights with you.
[Study] How Are Companies Looking for Digital Marketing Services?
How do your future clients search for marketing agencies? We examined the top 100 keywords related to “marketing agency” by volume to find out.
SEO Split Test: Does Removing Banner Ads Impact Organic Traffic?
What do you think would be an impact on organic clicks when removing text ads on blog pages on the SaaS site? Read the full analysis of the test to find out!
How Experts Measure Writing Quality & Content Performance
Content marketing requires investments. Outsourcing content itself means spending up to even more than $30K every month. And there are also other aspects that are crucial to spreading the word about content and are not costless: SEO, PPC, social media, etc. So, how can you know your content was worth investing in? By measuring its performance. Let’s dive in to check the most popular writing quality and content performance metrics used by companies out there.
Picking Apart the December 2021 Product Review Update Page by Page
What kind of content was Google looking to reward with its December 2021 Product Review Update? See first-hand what kind of product review content won and lost rankings so that you can be prepared for the next time Google releases a Product Review Update.