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Understanding Google’s Bard AI & How it Plays Into SEO 

By Rachel Hernandez

On March 21st, 2023, Google launched its LaMDA-powered AI chatbot going by the name of Bard.  It’s the search engine behemoth’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot that’s taken the media & world by storm.  In fact, ChatGPT’s widespread popularity caused Google to go ‘code red’ on December 21st, 2022, due to the … Continued

Is Your Brand Style Guide Complete?

By Rachel Hernandez

If you want your brand identity to stick in the hearts and minds of customers, consistency is the #1 ingredient.  Sure, you also need a distinct brand voice, a pleasing color palette, a catchy tagline, and a recognizable logo – but brand consistency lies at the heart of it all.  If your branding is all … Continued

What SEOs Need to Know About the Anchor Text Google Update 

By Rachel Hernandez

Google recently expanded its SEO Link Best Practices document in February 2023 to include new guidelines for how to use anchor text correctly.  Originally, the document focused on tips for creating crawlable links, but it has since been updated to include the following: Recommendations for placing anchor text  Anchor text guidelines  How to format internal … Continued

10 Reasons Marketers Love Their Content Calendars

By Rachel Hernandez

Do you want to increase your brand’s online visibility while generating new leads & sales on a consistent basis? If so, you’ll need an airtight content marketing strategy to attract new prospects and rise to the top of the SERPs (search engine results pages).  Content creation is so effective that 82% of marketers actively invest … Continued

AI Do’s and Don’ts in Digital Marketing

By Rachel Hernandez

Generative AI (GAI) tools have bombarded the content marketing and SEO space since the release of ChatGPT in late 2022.  Look left, and you’ll see Google’s AI Overviews, Perplexity, and Claude.  Look right, and you’ll see Semrush’s Copilot, ChatGPT, and a whole host of AI-powered writing, editing, and proofreading tools.  While these tools have their … Continued

Bing’s Big Comeback: The Deal with Bing AI 

By Rachel Hernandez

Microsoft unveiled its new AI-powered Bing search engine & Edge browser in early February 2023, complete with an AI chatbot in the vein of ChatGPT (although it’s been billed as more robust than ChatGPT due to its more advanced large language model).  Bing and Edge now serve as ‘AI copilots’ when surfing the web, with … Continued