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IndexWatch: SEO Winners in Google US Search 2024
2024 was a jam-packed year that brought major developments in the SEO space, largely driven by growing competition between traditional search engines and large language models (LLMs), including emerging challengers like ChatGPT and Claude. Here’s our annual review of the Winners in Google search.
IndexWatch 2024: Visibility Winners in Google UK Search
Another year has passed, bringing a new wave of domain fluctuations in 2024. We’ve seen a flurry of algorithmic changes, AI-driven roll-outs and some big, big changes in the top 10 domains. This report analyses some of the significant domain movements and includes searchable and sortable lists of 200 domain […]
Google Core Update December 2024
The December 2024 Core Update, announced on the 12th December and was finished on the 18th December 2024. This was the sixth major update of 2024. Helpful statistics and analysis are provided below.
What Jono Said – Newsletter Review 2024
The SISTRIX monthly newsletter is your chance to catch up on the most important SEO-related news items of the month, curated and commented by Jono Alderson. If you subscribe, you’ll also get an in-depth opinion-piece – inspiration, education and expertise all rolled-up into one. Here, in a single post, are […]
SISTRIX Christmas Fundraiser 2024: You Click, We Donate
Christmas is a celebration of community, contemplation and charity so, in good SISTRIX tradition, we are going to give something back again. Our Christmas big wheel is doing another round, in the truest sense of the word, and our donation goal for 2024 is €10,000 for the Association for Helping […]
The Best of – SISTRIX Blog
These articles from the last year are exceptional. They helped people, nurtured discussion and spurred thoughts. Here’s our hand-picked selection of the best of SISTRIX Blog.
New Data Studies
(5 articles)The Top ‘non-profit’ Domains Grew in 2022 – Trust and Visibility to Learn From
Core Web Vitals – Wix vs. WordPress, Shopify vs. Shopware – What’s fastest?
Why (almost) everything you knew about Google CTR is no longer valid
After Schema.org Change: Search Results with Ratings Drop by 13%
The Page Speed Ranking Factor. What, exactly, is fast?
Popular Case Studies
(3 articles)Search Visibility – A Walk Down The Digital High Street
How HomeToGo aligned with SEO to create visibility
You have to know the past to understand the present – Case Study Patient.co.uk
Best Expert Opinion
(4 articles)An appeal for more science in SEO
SEO 2020: Google becomes your competitor
Love your website: A case for more independence
Only fools will ignore link building
Important Google announcements
(4 articles)Google Confirms that Core Web Vitals will be a Ranking Factor from May 2021
Core Web Vitals – Google’s Benchmark for Page Experience
Google Switching Fully to Mobile-First Indexing
Google introduces new link attributes: Sponsored and UGC
Latest IndexWatch Analysis
(1 articles)The Top ‘non-profit’ Domains Grew in 2022 – Trust and Visibility to Learn From
New Toolbox features
(4 articles)Successfully Combining User Intention and SERP Features
Introducing the Free Keyword Research Tool
New – The Influencer Search Engine from SISTRIX, Available Now
The Next Generation of SERP Analysis