Just wanted to know how others approach internal linking and how much impact you’ve seen from it.

I'm building a saas tool that helps YouTubers with writing scripts for their YouTube channel based on analysing their voice. Now it's available specials for Tamil creators.

Still now, I have submitted to some directories and earned a domain rating of 3. Now I'm getting 213 impressions and 11 clicks in the last 28 days. I have posted 3 blog posts.

Can anyone help me increase the domain rating and get ctr and citations on A.I platforms

Right now we're seeing large scale de-ranking and de-indexing as well as a challenge to getting content indexing.

My bet: the "technical" solutions will wear thin quickly - mainly because if the page is crawled, there literally cannot be a technical impediment to crawling - Google has the document - it needs nothing else - except to calculate its authority score.

The web is getting bigger and at a faster pace.

New indices are being created but old ones are disappearing

Also - LLM QFO indices are getting more competitive as SEO expands.

Will Good SEO Strategies beat out ones based on popular myths?

Will the great "de-indexing" play out and will it separate the wheat from the chaff

What SEO tactics will people need to adopt?

Will the belief in uni-strategies fade? Like "good content" or "great tech stack" or "just buy backlinks"

I own a small SEO/digital agency based in Antwerp, Belgium, focused mainly on helping SMEs with Google visibility, websites, and digital growth.

Right now, I use a mix of Google tools (Search Console, Analytics, Business Profile, Ads, etc.) plus a few paid tools for SEO and reporting.

Lately, I’ve been considering moving to Semrush to centralize everything into one platform and streamline my workflow. But honestly, the pricing feels quite heavy for a small agency.

For those running a small agency or freelancing:
- Is Semrush really worth it at this stage?
- Are there more cost-effective alternatives?
- Or is the best practice simply to keep a stack of specialized tools instead of trying to centralize everything?

Would love honest feedback from people who’ve been through this.

I am consistently working on SEO like posting blogs, creating backlinks, optimizing keywords, and improving website speed, but my rankings and traffic are still very low.

What are the biggest mistakes that stop website growth on Google? Would love to hear simple tips and real SEO experiences from others.

Seeing a lot of posts and comments around X and especially for diagnosing crawled and Discovered, Not Indexed. I have seen some slight references to Google saying that its related to content quality but then Google's content quality has always been measured by authority

Sources

Seems to be stemming from this Google Product Support by a support volunteer - which looks like an AI answer itself:

https://support.google.com/webmasters/thread/412290169/lots-of-pages-crawled-but-not-indexed-can-we-get-any-solid-reason-for-these?hl=en

Google Official Docs

The SEO starter Guide is pretty clear - you may want at least one word in your page but there's no minimum word count

Hey. I'm pretty new to SEO and trying to figure out what the next few weeks should look like.

We're doing good with sales led right now but wanna start doing some marketing too and SEO feels like the place to start. For context (if it matters for SEO) I work at SaaS company.

I would think doing everything would be good, but what do I actually prioritize. Which steps come first and which come later. What are the low hanging fruits? Like is it blogs, alternative pages, programmatic SEO, backlinks, videos...

Any advice appreciated 🙏

Hey everyone!

I’m working on my travel business website from scratch and would love your input. So far, I’ve added:

- A booking tool for flights, hotels, and car rentals
- Another tool just for excursions and tours
- I’m also planning to add a booking tool for cruises soon
- Plus, I’ve got individual pages for key areas to visit, complete with attractions and recommended hotels

I’m just wondering if the site feels overwhelming or if there's anything you think I should add or remove. Any advice would be super helpful!

My website can be see at
www.travelbysamandchris.com

Datos published a study showing that AI is not outpacing search in growth or usage.

On an absolute basis, traditional search is outpacing AI tool growth.

https://preview.redd.it/xk9c8civ0qzg1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4ba0db876c487965f3b4892fb893847e50aa6c6

Despite the "disruption", people are searching Google as much as ever...

https://preview.redd.it/t0ubt6o01qzg1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7173829912119a492cf098dde0ac35e1634cb5c6

Now, before you attack this thread, I am not claiming this should convince anyone to forget about LLM optimization. I believe SEO and GEO are inseparable.

If there's one thing that is actually disrupting SEO (or else its traditional metrics and KPIs), it is the AI Overviews as they are the biggest drivers of 0-click marketing at this point.

Source: LinkedIn / u/randfish

I’m a freelance seo but upwork is a race to the bottom. $300 audits, clients ghosting. I see other seos getting 5k/mo retainers from linkedIn.

I hate self-promo but I’m considering linkedIn marketing services to handle founder brand + outreach to cmos. Has anyone outsourced linkedIn and actually closed mid-market seo deals? I don’t want engagement pods and fake comments. Need real pipeline.

My friend has a news website that covers daily news, as I studied marketing he asked me to help in SEO. I have no experience in SEO, I tried to do some courses and watch youtube videos. At first I thought that if I submit sitemap to GSC, and work on keywords to optimze meta title, metadata, h1, h2,..I'll get indexed easily and I'll get ranked. But after months from trying, other than homepage, all the articles get unindexed. Sometimes GSC shows that thousands of articles got indexed and after a while all of them get unindexed except homepage.

Technically all news articles are similar, I mean if there's a certain news, then all big news media write about it, so it's obvious that google doesn't index our articles as we're small. So now I don't know what should I do exactly. How to build backlinks in news field and build authority? I find it hard to find a blog who would be interested in citing a news website

I also hear about technical terms like JSON LD and stuff like that which I have no idea about.

Is it possible to do SEO for news website and get indexed and ranked? Like does it need a big expert or I can do it myself ? Because after almost a year I feel like it's super difficult even if I am willing to learn. Any practical tips or advices ?

BRUSSELS,, May 6 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google has offered to change its spam ​policy criticised by publishers, according to a European Commission document ‌seen by Reuters, in a move that may help it stave off an EU antitrust fine.

The U.S. tech giant found itself in EU regulators' crosshairs after ​publishers complained about its site reputation abuse policy. It targets ​the practice of publishing third-party pages on a site in ⁠an attempt to abuse search rankings by taking advantage of ​the host site's ranking signals, commonly referred to as parasite SEO.

I run a local laptop repair business called Exeller Computer in Delhi/Dwarka, but my website is barely getting visibility or traffic from Google. Most competitors seem to rank much higher even with weaker websites.

I’ve already added service pages, Google Business Profile, and done some basic SEO, but still not seeing much improvement.

Would genuinely appreciate if anyone guide what should I do to improve drive traffic to site.