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Antitrust Filing Says Google Cannibalizes Publisher Traffic

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) filed a federal court memorandum opposing Google’s motion to dismiss its antitrust lawsuit. The company argues that Google has broken the longstanding premise of a web ecosystem in which publishers allowed their content to be crawled in exchange for receiving search traffic in return. PMC is the publisher of twenty brands … Read more

Five Ways To Boost Traffic To Informational Sites

Informational sites can easily decline into a crisis of search visibility. No site is immune. Here are five ways to manage content to maintain steady traffic, increase the ability to adapt to changing audiences, and make confident choices that help the site maintain growth momentum over time. 1. Create A Mix Of Content Types Publishers … Read more

Google Shows How To Get More Traffic From Top Stories Feature

Google added new documentation to Search Central covering their Preferred Sources program that helps news websites get into the Top Stories feature. The documentation explains what publishers can do to make it more likely to be ranked in Top Stories and get more traffic. Top Stories Given that Top Stories is about breaking news, freshness … Read more

7 Insights From Washington Post’s Strategy To Win Back Traffic

The Washington Post’s recent announcement of staffing cuts is a story with heroes, villains, and victims, but buried beneath the headlines is the reality of a big brand publisher confronting the same changes with Google Search that SEOs, publishers, and ecommerce stores are struggling with. The following are insights into their strategy to claw back … Read more

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