Google vs. AI — Whiteboard Friday
In today’s episode, Tom goes over some of the new threats to Google from recent advances in machine learning models like ChatGPT, and how Google might react to those threats.
AI and SEO
From large language models (LLMs) to AI Overviews in Google, AI is a critical part of digital marketing. We all use AI in some capacity, and its prominence in the world is only growing. One thing is for sure — AI is here to stay.
So how can you start using AI in your work to be more efficient? And how do you know when and why to block AI bots? How reliable are generative AI results? Here we’ve added some of our favorite resources about AI, and you'll find the most recent blog posts below.
Moz AI: Introducing Augmented Intelligence : Learn how Moz is using AI in our tools and where you can see Moz AI in action.
Who Should Block AI Bots? : See what Moz’s Senior Search Scientist, Tom Capper, has to say about who should block AI bots and when.
The Practical Marketer Webinar Series : Learn how industry professionals are using AI to improve workflows and supplement their existing SEO tools in this webinar series hosted by Chima Mmeje. Each episode covers a different topic with marketers from around the world.
How to Make AI Your Writing Sidekick for Content Marketing : Learn how you can start including AI in your existing workflows at each stage of the content creation process.
How to Get Bard to Show Your Local Business: Advice from the Source
We’re all Bard beginners right now, and so there are no foolish questions. Miriam started out with Bard by asking it local business questions, and learned some useful things from and about Google’s AI chat that you’ll need to know if this technology becomes part of your customers’ lives.
AI for SEO and Content Marketing: A Friend, Not a Foe (for Now, at Least)
Now, there are endless ways to use AI for all kinds of tasks, but as a marketer and an SEO, Ann shares the ways you can benefit from it for blogging, social media, and SEO tasks.
Google Bard vs. the New Bing
Tom compares Google Bard and the New Bing, and shares his first impressions of both AI integrations.
The Mozbot Mashup: Roger Explores the World of Generative AI Imagery
AI image generation has taken big leaps forward in the last year. It’s fun to play with. It’s a little bit weird. It can produce some mind-blowing results — and often laughable ones. But is it useful in a marketing context? We decided to find out, and our valiant SEO robot, Roger, was volunteered to be our first test subject.
SEO Recap: ChatGPT
We’re back with another SEO recap with Tom Capper! As you’ve probably noticed, ChatGPT has taken the search world by storm. But does GPT-3 mean the end of SEO as we know it, or are there ways to incorporate the AI model into our daily work?
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ChatGPT Won’t Replace Google Search (Yet)
By now, you’ve probably seen dozens of examples of ChatGPT, using the GPT (Generative Pre-training Transformer) deep learning system. The current models are genuinely impressive, so what does all of this have to do with Google Search and our jobs as search marketers?
After Google: Should SEOs Jump Ship?
This post is not about the health of Google search as a product, or about the implications of improving AI products for your SEO strategy right now. (Although, I know of at least one post for this blog being written on that topic!) Instead, this post is about which of these threats, if any, actually stand a chance of unseating Google’s dominance.
5 Times ChatGPT Steered Me Wrong in Local SEO
Miriam shares insights into times when ChatGPT steered her wrong with misinformed answers to common local SEO questions. In her post, she takes us through her testing process, providing examples and cautionary advice on the future of ChatGPT.
A Different Way of Thinking About Core Updates
Google algorithm updates seem to come in two main flavors. There are very specific updates, like the Page Experience Update, which tend to be announced well in advance, provide detailed information on how the ranking factor will work, and eventually arrive as a slight anti-climax. This post is about the other flavor: the updates announced when they're happening or have already happened with vague guidance. The kind that can have cataclysmic results for affected sites.
How Helpful Was the Helpful Content Update?
On August 25, 2022, Google started rolling out the Helpful Content Update. Our resident search scientist and MozCast wrangler, Dr. Pete, looks at the results by comparing data two weeks on either side of the latest Google algorithm update.
9.5 Ways Google Rewrites Your Title Tags
You may be feeling confused and more than a little frustrated after Google’s recent title rewrite update, but why is Google rewriting titles, and what can we learn from it? Dr. Pete explored over 50,000 <title> tags to find out.