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How Bingbot Works: Discovering, Crawling, Extracting & Indexing

Originally Published on SearchEngineJournal April 15, 2020 (Jason Barnard) Learn how Bingbot works during the discovery, crawling, extracting and indexing stages from Fabrice Canel, Bing’s Principal Program Manager. Here’s a...

Google’s Knowledge Graph: trusted sources

What are Google’s trusted sources for the Knowledge Graph? Google gets its information from many sources and nobody knows exactly which ones they are. However, Jason Barnard (The Brand SERP...

How to Get Your Brand in Google’s Knowledge Graph Without a Wikipedia Page

Published on SearchEngineJournal April 1, 2020 (Jason Barnard) Learn the three steps you can take to get into the Knowledge Graph (and trigger a knowledge panel for your brand) without...

What is a Featured Snippet?

Sometimes Google provides a short, simple answer to the user’s search query right at the top of the results. These are called Featured Snippets. They are most prevalent for queries...

The simple 5 minute explanation of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

What are Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning? Artificial Intelligence is a technology where a computer aims to perform tasks that otherwise a human would need to do. What is considered to be...

the 3 pillars of seo - Understandability Credibility Deliverability

the three pillars of seo jason barnard created this new definition of the three pillars of seo in 2019 when giving a talk in melbourne, australia. the pillars are based...

Semantic HTML5 for Content Writers - The Essential Guide

Originally Published on SEMrush November 01, 2017 (Jason Barnard) Google and Bing love semantic HTML5, so it is great for SEO! This article provides a simple guide to the essential semantic HTML5...

Advanced techniques to be the Featured Snippet: Position 0 - A guide

Originally Published on SEMrush January 18, 2018 (Jason Barnard) Featured Snippets, Answer Boxes or Position 0… whatever one chooses to call them, articles about nailing that super-precious top spot are all the rage....

the future of seo: understanding, credibility, & deliverability

originally published on semrush december 03, 2020 (jason barnard) when someone searches on google (or bing), they express a problem they are seeking to solve or a question they need...

Personal Brand Equity and AI: Why Google and ChatGPT Might Be Undermining You

You’ve done what most never manage. Built your reputation on real results, deep relationships, and consistent credibility. You believe your track record should speak for itself.And in human conversations, it...

Why The Kalicube Process is the ultimate Search Engine Reputation Management strategy for the AI era

Search Engine Reputation Management isn’t what it used to be. In fact, I’d argue the term “search engine ” is already obsolete. Today’s decision-makers aren’t just Googling your name, they’re...

Search, Answer, and Assistive Engine Optimization: A 3-part Approach

TL;DRModern optimization has evolved beyond traditional SEO to target all recommendation engines, including Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Siri. This new landscape is powered by the fusion of three foundational technologies...

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