Welcome to episode #72 of the SEO Newsletter by #SEOSLY!
Here I’ve curated top SEO news and the best SEO tips from the past week.
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Olga Zarr & Doug Cunnington chat about ChatGPT and GPT-4
Upgraded ChatGPT and GPT-4 are hot topics right now. Check out my latest video where – together with Doug Cunnington – we discuss ChatGPT and GPT-4.
Check my latest guides on SEO auditing
I’ve created a bunch of guides showing you how to audit specific website aspects or elements. These guides are essential if you want to be a good SEO auditor. Check them out!
- Questions To Ask Before An SEO Audit (questions both for auditors and people looking to hire an SEO auditor)
- How To Detect & Fix Keyword Cannibalization (+ video)
- How To Audit Page Headings (+ video)
- How To Audit An XML Sitemap (+ video)
- How To Check If Google Is Indexing JavaScript Content Correctly
And also I’m bringing back the weekly LIVE SEO audit episodes to my YouTube channel. Check out the latest episode below.
Top SEO news
Here is the latest and hottest SEO news.
Google’s March 2023 core update
Google started rolling out the March 2023 core update on March 15, 2023.
OpenAI releases GPT-4 and Bing Chat upgraded
OpenAI has released GPT-4. This upgraded version promises greater accuracy and broader general knowledge and advanced reasoning. Microsoft’s Bing Chat feature was also upgraded to use GPT-4 over the past few weeks
Bing Chat answers in Bing search results
We are now seeing Bing Chat answers in the Bing Search results, in place of Bing Search Answers.
Google Explains why sites should combine structured data
Google explains why they recommend nesting structured data types instead of creating multiple structured data scripts.
Latest SEO interviews
“If you don’t understand why you’re doing it, don’t do it. ” Interview w/ Mark A Preston
In this video, I have a thought-provoking conversation with Mark A Preston – Straight-Talking SEO Trainer, Speaker & Advisor.
Interview with Dixon Jones: A deep dive into semantic SEO
In this video, I interview Dixon Jones, an award-winning SEO pioneer who was one of the first in the industry.
How to get started with an SEO site audit
Check my latest contribution to the Wix SEO Hub where I talked about how you can get started with an SEO audit.
Top SEO Tips
And here are the SEO tips for you.
#1: You can ignore spammy referral traffic
Google’s John Mueller said when it comes to spammy referral traffic, you can ignore it and not worry about it regarding SEO.
#2: Googlebot JSON file IP address list is updated within a few days
Google’s Gary Illyes said that the Googlebot JSON file IP address list is updated within a few days of a new IP being added to the list of IPs that Googlebot crawls from.
Videos to watch this week
You don’t want to miss any of these videos from other brilliant SEOs either.
ChatGPT-4 for Bloggers – Keyword Research
This is a really great episode from Doug Cunnington. Make sure to subscribe to Doug’s YouTube channel.
Machine Learning for SEO
How to leverage machine learning for SEO? Learn in this edition of Crawling Mondays by Aleyda Solis with Lazarina Stoy and JS Chouinard.
Big Google March Core Update, Bing Chat GPT-4, Bing Answers Go Chat & More
The essential weekly recap of news by Barry Schwartz.
March Core Update – The SEO Weekly – Episode 58
And here is the recap of the SEO news by Garret Sussman from iPullRank.
Other articles & resources to read
And you need to allocate some time to read these articles from other SEOs. They are brilliant.
9 reasons Google rankings suddenly dropped & find-and-fix SEO guide
Here are the top 9 reasons for a sudden ranking drop, with a list of symptoms, recovery tips, and prevention methods for each. But before you start learning them…
Technical SEO audit checklist in 9 steps
This checklist describes all nuts and bolts of a technical site audit, from theory to practice.
How to forecast confidently in SEO
Daniel K Cheung shows us how to forecast confidently in SEO. Forecasting is something we – SEOs – are often afraid of doing. Check this out.
Schema Markup 101
This introductory course focuses on the basics of Schema Markup and how to build a simple Schema Markup strategy.
The 9 best keyword research tools
In this post, Joshua Hardwick shows you nine free keyword research tools you can start using now to improve your keyword research.
Crawl optimization for news publishers (with Barry Adams)
Barry Adams shares his considerable expertise on crawl budget, the Crawls Stats report, common errors, and ways publishers can optimize crawl budget.
Your SEO guide to the ChatGPT API
The ChatGPT API can help address some of the web interface’s shortcomings. Here’s how to maximize the API for specific SEO use cases.
You’re measuring your branded SERP wrong – Whiteboard Friday
Watch this Whiteboard Friday to check whether you are doing it all wrong.
3 SEO tips for when your industry sees a boom
Here are three things Logan Compton has learned from the ChatGPT boom that you can apply to your product or service the next time you’re in this situation:
SEO Twitter nuggets
And before we end, here are a few Twitter nuggets for you.
Thank you for reading my newsletter! I hope you found the information useful. If you enjoyed this issue, be sure to check out the next one next week.
