Dylan Thompson

SEO Manager @DotdashMeredith | RPCV 🇲🇦 | Coach | he/him/his

[Dylan Thompson @DylanTSEO]

@ExpatESEA @bonchieredstate They have this already. Airbnb is more strict now on how many/what tasks a host requires you to do, and you can leave specific feedback about “excessive checkout tasks.”

[Dylan Thompson @DylanTSEO]

https://t.co/ppKIoeIPp2

[Dylan Thompson @DylanTSEO]

Join my team! We’re looking for two Senior SEO Managers at Dotdash Meredith 👇

[Dylan Thompson @DylanTSEO]

Meanwhile, I just saw a Reddit post on my Discover feed 🤦‍♂️

[Lily Ray 😏 @lilyraynyc]

It continues:

After growing from the 98th to 3rd biggest website in Google's organic search results over the past 2 years*, Reddit has begun to see its biggest drop in years.

(* @sistrix visibility data)

[Aleyda Solis 🕊️ @aleyda]

This week's latest in SEO (updates, news, guides, jobs, events...) just sent in today's #SEOFOMO to +35.9K subscribers 👇 A few highlights:

* ​Google December 2024 spam update unleashed
Yet another update is here! Google released a new search spam update on December 19, the December 2024 spam update. The rollout may take up to 1 week to complete.

* ​Google Search To Gain AI Mode
Google Search will roll out an 'AI Mode' within Google Search that will look "nearly identical to its Gemini AI chatbot" according to some reports.

* ​Google suggests fixes to its search monopoly
Alphabet's Google proposed new limits to revenue-sharing agreements with companies including Apple which make Google's search engine the default on their devices and browsers

* ​Bing's Transition to LLM/SLM Models: Optimizing Search with TensorRT-LLM
​"One of the key challenges with larger models is managing latency and cost. To address this, we have integrated Nvidia TensorRT-LLM technique into our workflow to optimize our SLM inference performance."

* Forbes is cutting ties with freelance writers, citing Google spam policies
​"Forbes has said it will stop hiring freelancers to produce content for its product review section Forbes Vetted, according to a journalist... an editor at Forbes cited Google’s 'site reputation abuse' policy for the change."

* ​Top 5 takeaways from the 2024 Web Almanac SEO Chapter
​Jamie shares key learnings from a deep dive into the web – including robots.txt files, robots directives, canonical use, dynamic rendering, and more.

* ​The Rise of the AI Crawler
​A new research from MERJ and Vercel reveals how ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI crawlers process web content, including JavaScript rendering, assets, and other behavior and patterns - with recommendations for site owners, devs, and AI users.

* ​The Rise of LLM Traffic: An AI SEO Study About the Future of Search
Which AI Chatbot/LLM is sending the most traffic to websites today? Based on this Previsible study, Perplexity and ChatGPT are neck-and-neck, each commanding about 37% of LLM referral traffic.

* What An Enterprise Client Wants From Their SEO Agency
​Enterprise clients value six essential qualities in an agency. Master these, and you’ll become a trusted partner — not just another vendor.

and more! From @LoukilAymen @rustybrick @MrDannyGoodwin @Jammer_Volts @danielkcheung @Kevin_Indig @Optimisey @chrisgreenseo @brodieseo @iqseo @ashleymadhatter and others.

Take a look and subscribe to not miss out: https://t.co/FbaD9dC7af

[Dylan Thompson @DylanTSEO]

@searchbound Great idea — thanks for this!

[Barry Schwartz @rustybrick]

Google August 2024 core update rollout is now complete https://t.co/Tx1ze1HG6H

[Dylan Thompson @DylanTSEO]

@AndrewPrince16 I have a pair of joggers, they’re great.

[Dylan Thompson @DylanTSEO]

@rustybrick This one is above/separate from the PAA, so is it different than what's highlighted in the article? Perhaps a different iteration of it. There's no option to collapse + it's pretty much attached to the featured snippet.

[Dylan Thompson @DylanTSEO]

Is this new?
cc @rustybrick

[Dylan Thompson @DylanTSEO]

@KevinEspiritu A cheaper alternative is Global Interview (app). I think it was $5 and does the same thing.

[Dylan Thompson @DylanTSEO]

@Chris76822191 @Katie16282772 I agree with Jason

[Areej @areej_abuali]

It's our fifth anniversary!

& it took us 6 months to put this video together, because I overthink everything, and because it's SO DIFFICULT to attempt to summarise 5 years in less than 2 minutes.

Grateful for @techseowomen, for our members, partners, sponsors and supporters 🙏🏽

[Dylan Thompson @DylanTSEO]

@searchbound I’m a big fan. Being able to watch remotely is super cool, especially when some of these tournaments are far away or cost a fortune to enter/park.

[Dylan Thompson @DylanTSEO]

@KevinEspiritu @epicgardening Looks good! I was just wondering when the site got a redesign.

[Dylan Thompson @DylanTSEO]

@AndrewPrince16 San Diego is a great place to live!

[Jeff Coyle @jeffrey_coyle]

All the lifetime #SEO spammers and scammers are suddenly E-E-A-T experts now.

Good for them. Glad they all found religion at the same time.

What a time to be alive as quality becomes job #1. Let’s hope that inauthentic quality doesn’t become *their* hot new tactic.

::slowclap::

[Lidia Infante is on BlueSky @LidiaInfanteM]

Will this be the web migration of a lifetime? What will happen to all the embedded tweets across millions of articles? 👀