Table of Contents Listen to Podcast The Seismic Shift in Search: Why Clicks Aren’t The Whole Story Anymore You’ve probably felt that familiar mix of awe and unease watching Google’s AI Overviews (AIOs) expand their reach. It’s cool and all, seeing instant, summarized answers right there in the search results. But that’s just it, isn’t…
Table of Contents Listen Post Podcast Introduction: a Strategic Crossroads You’ve probably felt that familiar mix of awe and unease lately—while conversational AI is exciting, the truth is, it could undercut your organic traffic. Google’s rollout of AI Overviews and AI Mode introduces chatbot‑style summaries that answer queries directly—often without any clicks through to your…
Keyword research is only the first step in search engine optimization. It’s an important foundation, don’t get me wrong. At the same time, just as no site metric exists in a vacuum, keywords lose a lot of value if you understand nothing about the people typing them. In short, you know what searches bring people…
After a quick Google search, a user visits one of the first websites the search engine suggests. After spending only a few minutes on the website’s landing page, they close their browser tab and navigate elsewhere. This is what’s known, in search terms, as a bounce.
Per research by ecommerce analytics firm SaleCycle, the average global rate of shopping cart abandonment across all industries in Q1 2018 was nearly 76 percent. Even more shockingly, that figure represents nearly a 2 percent decrease from 2017’s statistics. Upsetting, isn’t it? It’s long been known that shopping cart abandonment is one of the leading…