Google Rolls Out AI-Powered Travel Updates For Search & Maps via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google has released its annual summer travel trends report alongside several AI-powered updates to its travel planning tools. The announcement reveals shifting travel preferences while introducing enhancements to Search, Maps, Lens, and Gemini functionality. New AI Search and Planning Features Google announced five major updates to its travel planning ecosystem. Expanded AI Overviews Google has…

OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-4o Image Creation To Everyone via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

OpenAI has rolled out a new image generation system directly integrated with GPT-4o. This system allows the AI to access its knowledge base and conversation context when creating images. This integration is said to enable more contextually relevant and accurate visual outputs. OpenAI’s announcement reads: “GPT‑4o image generation excels at accurately rendering text, precisely following…

Google Business Profile Suspensions Rise, But Appeals Are Delayed

Google Business Profile (GBP) suspensions have steadily risen since January, and as they increase, appeal resolution times have grown significantly – from about five days to nearly five weeks. As a Platinum Product Expert in the Google Business Profile Support Forums, I help small businesses navigate Google’s GBP platform. For many of these SMBs, Google…

A Guide To Enterprise SEO Strategy For SaaS Brands

The SaaS business model offers incredible scalability as well as profitability – but only when paired with the right marketing growth strategy. Knowing that the cost of hosting cloud-based applications decreases as user volume increases, SaaS brands must focus on rapid subscriber growth to stay competitive and bring costs down. Many CMOs default to paid…

Measuring PPC Performance In The Luxury Fashion Space

When it comes to luxury fashion, the likes of Louis Vuitton, Chanel, and Gucci are among the most well-known, and rightfully so. These three alone are valued at over $87 billion. Over the last decade and a half, I have had the opportunity to work extensively within this market. Managing PPC in this space is…

What Content Works Well In LLMs? via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig

Over the last 12 months, we filled significant gaps in our understanding of AI Chatbots like ChatGPT & Co. We know: Adoption is growing rapidly. AI chatbots send more referrals to websites over time. Referral traffic from AI chatbots has a higher quality than that from Google. You can read all about it in the…