How To Report On Conversions, Not Just Traffic by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, September 5, 2025 Ryan Jones, marketing manager at SEOTesting in the U.K., has been pushing out valuable insights on LinkedIn during the past few days. “Most SEOs stop at reporting on traffic,” Jones wrote in a post, “but traffic isn’t the business … Continue reading How To Report On Conversions, Not Just Traffic
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Brand Websites See Less Traffic, Reddit And Wikipedia Lead ChatGPT Citations
Brand Websites See Less Traffic, Reddit And Wikipedia Lead ChatGPT Citations by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, August 21, 2025 OpenAI continues to experiment with presenting the most critical information and sources first, as the company weighs the impact of citation on publishers and websites. It’s a shift toward sites that provide answers to queries. … Continue reading Brand Websites See Less Traffic, Reddit And Wikipedia Lead ChatGPT Citations
Google Advances LLMs To Block, Take Down Invalid Ad Traffic
Google Using Advanced LLMs To Take Down Invalid Traffic by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, August 13, 2025 Advances in large language models (LLMs) are changing the way Google detects and fights against invalid traffic (IVT) and ad fraud in digital advertising that often manifests as clicks and impressions not generated by humans. By leveraging AI … Continue reading Google Advances LLMs To Block, Take Down Invalid Ad Traffic
Google says web traffic isn’t declining. Google Gemini and five other LLMs disagree.
Who are you going to believe, Google or six LLMs trained on every piece of data on the planet? Constantine von Hoffman on August 11, 2025 Last week, Google published a blog post rebutting claims of declining website traffic from Google Search. “Overall, total organic click volume from Google Search to websites has been … Continue reading Google says web traffic isn’t declining. Google Gemini and five other LLMs disagree.
AI ate my traffic by Campaign Monitor
Get it back with email. Campaign Monitor on August 5, 2025 Have you noticed a dip in your organic traffic lately? You aren’t imagining it. AI-powered search engines, such as Google’s AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity, are transforming the way people discover and consume content. Instead of clicking your link, users are getting instant … Continue reading AI ate my traffic by Campaign Monitor
ChatGPT Traffic Referrals To Publishers Rising
ChatGPT Traffic Referrals To Publishers Rising by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, July 3, 2025 ChatGPT continues to push referral traffic to news publisher sites, but not enough to counter declines in clicks from users who increasingly get news from AI-powered search results, according to a report released this week. Between January 2024 and May … Continue reading ChatGPT Traffic Referrals To Publishers Rising
What are the important metrics to watch as organic search traffic evolves?
You likely won’t find one metric to lean on as search transitions to AI-powered answers, but here are 10 to consider. MarTechBot on June 16, 2025 In MarTech’s “MarTechBot explains it all” feature, we pose a question about marketing to our very own MarTechBot, which is trained on the MarTech website archives and has … Continue reading What are the important metrics to watch as organic search traffic evolves?
LLMs, AI Overviews may be quietly driving homepage traffic
Sitewide clicks are down, but clicks to homepages are up 10.7%. Your homepages may become even more valuable in AI search experiences. Danny Goodwin on May 23, 2025 Google’s AI Overviews and large language models (LLMs) have severely eroded clicks, click-through rates, and organic traffic to websites. But a new Siege Media report may have found a silver … Continue reading LLMs, AI Overviews may be quietly driving homepage traffic
How to Update Old Blog Posts for SEO Using AI: Boost Traffic Without Creating New Content
How to Update Old Blog Posts for SEO Using AI: Boost Traffic Without Creating New Content Brian Hart May 20, 2025 Don’t let valuable content sit idle – reviving old blog posts is one of the most effective (and underused) SEO strategies. Instead of churning out new content nonstop, updating existing posts … Continue reading How to Update Old Blog Posts for SEO Using AI: Boost Traffic Without Creating New Content
Search Traffic Down 10%: What’s Happening And Where It’s Going
Search Traffic Down 10%: What’s Happening And Where It’s Going by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, May 8, 2025 Brands are competing for attention across fragmented landscapes, and those focused on traditional search strategies are losing attention and relevance. AI, algorithms, and platform changes are being blamed for declining visibility, but the real issue is … Continue reading Search Traffic Down 10%: What’s Happening And Where It’s Going