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.
SERPs, Traffic and Trends: Mobile vs. Desktop in 2021 [Study]
We looked into how traffic trends and user behavior on mobile stack up against desktop, and also analyzed mobile vs. desktop SERP discrepancies.
The Anatomy of Top Performing Articles: Successful vs. Invisible Content [Semrush Study]
We analyzed over 1,200,000 blog posts to understand the impact of different text characteristics and elements on pageviews, backlinks, and shares, and to establish the reference values for the most common characteristics of the content.
Ecommerce Growth: Global Digital Shopping Performance Report
Discover the key highlights from our comprehensive Digital Shopping Performance Report to get a helicopter view of the global online shopping landscape, uncover the key market winners and their growth channels, and pinpoint the fastest-growing ecommerce market segments.
A/B Split Testing for SEO — Now Is the Time
“Poke the bear” — the game we regularly play with search engines: make changes, wait, monitor for the effect. Change the game with a better way of SEO testing.
SEO A/B Split Testing 101
Experimentation is at the heart of digital marketing. Whether testing different ad formats or performing CRO with landing page designs, A/B tests allow you to validate large-scale changes and enhance your conversion funnel.
Black Friday Statistics: Key Trends and Shifts Marketers Should Know
We analyzed the biggest ecommerce websites, most popular Black Friday product categories, products, and brands to uncover the latest trends and shifts in consumer online behaviour which may affect Black Friday 2020 deals.