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How to create a diy tweetdeck replacement

How to create a DIY Tweetdeck (X Pro) replacement using Chrome Tab Groups and Split View

I’ve been using Twitter since April 2008, so I’ve been a long-time user of the social network. And to organize the chaos of keeping track of my favorite accounts, keeping an eye on notifications, direct messages, etc., I’ve been using Tweetdeck since ~2011. Note, Tweetdeck changed to “X Pro” after Elon Musk acquired Twitter in … Read more

ChatGPT links in Google Search Console

ChatGPT links in Google Search Console: How to Discover Real User Conversations That Cite Your Content

There are many AI prompt tracking tools on the market now. Some of those tools track prompts that you enter, while others generate prompts based on the topic at hand. Many of those prompts are not from real people… Instead, they are synthetic prompts. And that questions the power of tracking those prompts at all. In … Read more

Block Ai tools, crawlers, and bots via Cloudflare

Stop the AI Tool and scraper madness – Set up Cloudflare today and watch expensive automated traffic disappear [Case Study]

I cover the absolutely insane, frustrating, and expensive AI tool, bot and scraping situation and what site owners can do right now to mitigate the problem. You’ve likely heard about the crazy amount of crawling going on by AI scrapers, AI search tools, bots, and others now that AI Search has arrived. But have you … Read more

AI Search and the need for strong core ranking systems.

AI Search and the growing importance of developing strong core visibility systems, site-level quality scoring, and anti-spam systems

As AI Search platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude continue to grow, I’m seeing more and more recommendations for improving visibility through tactics that seem risky as heck. And not just risky for AI platforms, but for Search as well (Google, Bing, etc.) On that note, I wrote a post a few months ago explaining how … Read more

AI Search Console (ASC)

The Case for ASC: ChatGPT, Perplexity, and others need to build AI Search Console reporting ASAP to provide site owners much-needed AI Search data

Like I said in my previous post about AI Search traffic, AI Search is here, it’s growing, and it’s important to analyze. It’s still a tiny piece of traffic for most sites (less than 1%), but again, it’s growing. Based on that growth, many site owners are extremely interested in understanding their visibility in AI … Read more

How to measure the impact of AIOs on clicks and click-through rate

How to measure the impact of AI Overviews on clicks and click-through rate using third-party AIO data, the Google Search Console API, and Analytics Edge

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use AI Overview data from Semrush, ahrefs, and Sistrix and combine that with GSC data exported via the Search Console API. The resulting spreadsheet could uncover the true impact to clicks and click-through rate based on AIOs ranking in the SERPs for your queries. At I/O last … Read more

How to compare hourly data from Google Search Console via the GSC API and Analytics Edge

How to compare hourly Google Search Console Data (GSC) to track impact from major algorithm updates using the GSC API and Analytics Edge [Tutorial]

When a major algorithm update rolls out, it’s often helpful to view hourly data in Google Analytics to see the impact in near-real time. If a site is impacted heavily (surging or dropping), you can typically see when the update actually lands and the stark difference in traffic when that happens. One of my most … Read more

AI mode tracking in Google Search Console

How Google’s AI Mode Is Tracked In Google Search Console (Desktop and Mobile Examples)

Update: June 17, 2025 – AI Mode is now being tracked in Search Console.It’s official, AI Mode is now being tracked in Google Search Console (GSC). Google updated its documentation on June 16, 2025 and explained that AI Mode will be tracked in GSC, how the tracking will work, etc. First, Google explained that AI … Read more

AI overviews and manual actions.

The Twiddler That Didn’t Twiddle – How To Track Clicks and Click Through Rate For Google’s AI Overviews (if you have a manual action)

Yes, you read that correctly. There’s a loophole in Google right now where sites with manual actions are removed, or heavily demoted, from the 10-blue links but can still rank in AI overviews. And in a weird twist, that creates a unique opportunity to better understand clicks and click through rate for AIOs. That’s until … Read more

How to find subdomains for your site

Find your subdomains. Know your subdomains – The SEO importance of finding all subdomains for your site.

Whenever I jump into helping a new client, it’s always interesting to get a lay of the land. For example, manually reviewing the site, scanning the GSC reporting, checking third-party visibility tools, triggering an initial crawl of the site, etc. And for large-scale and complex sites, you just never know what you’re going to find. … Read more

Mobile SEO problems in Google's mobile-first indexing world

PSA: The importance of catching sneaky mobile SEO problems in Google’s mobile-first indexing world [Case Study and Tools]

In 2017 I wrote a post covering the risks of having mobile SEO problems as Google’s move to mobile-first indexing was approaching. That post focused more on sites running m-dots and the various issues that could arise based on Google’s plans to use the mobile version of a page for indexing. Well, we’re now in … Read more