Some form of the Joint Employer Rule has existed for years, but in 2023, the NLRB expanded it in a way that directly impacted the franchise industry. The expanded rule would impact franchising by broadening the definition of joint employment, potentially making franchisors liable for employees they don’t directly employ or manage. Since last year, […]
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ChatGPT sounds more human than ever. A Monday event from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI revealed the next stage of AI: Emotionally expressive technology that adapts to users’ needs. The big announcement at the event was a new AI model called GPT-4o, which the company says can figure out how you’re feeling from a selfie, tutor kids through […]
If you work with Content Marketing and SEO and haven’t been on a desert island with no internet for the past two months, you’ve probably read and heard a lot about Google’s March 2024 Core Update. It was a huge milestone for the world’s most relevant search engine’s algorithm. The update was completed on April […]
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Google’s March 2024 Core Update was a seismic event for blogs and website owners relying on organic search traffic. This significant algorithm change targeted low-quality content and AI-generated spam, leading to the deindexing of hundreds of websites in its early stages. The consequences were that severely affected […]
Google is urging site owners and SEOs to have patience as the Google March 2024 core update continues to roll out over the coming weeks. Danny Sullivan, the Google Search Liaison, said on X to wait for the update to complete before deciding on what changes you may want to make. He wrote, “I would […]
Today is day 10 of the Google March 2024 core update rollout and Google March 2024 spam update. We believe we saw the core update touch down on March 8th and 9th and some possible recoveries or fluctuations on March 12th. Now I see more signs of Google search ranking volatility likely related to the […]
For the original iTunes version, click here. This past weekend (a week ago) we saw the first ranking volatility likely from the Google March 2024 core update. We also some saw possible reversals or recoveries a few days later. Then today, Friday, March 15th, I am seeing more ranking volatility likely related to the core […]
Today is the first day I have seen solid evidence of serious ranking volatility and changes related to the big Google March 2024 Core Update. As a reminder, the Google March 2024 Core Update officially started on March 5, 2024, and will take up to a month to roll out fully. We are expecting numerous […]
Google announced the March 2024 core update has now started to roll out and that this core update will take up to a month to fully roll out because it has updates to a few systems within the core ranking system. Google’s Helpful content system is now also part of the core update. In addition, […]
I am seeing early signs of a possible Google Search ranking algorithm update starting yesterday, February 28th, and into today, February 29th. The chatter started to spike yesterday amongst the SEO community and some of the third-party rank tracking tools are showing a spike in volatility. Again, Google has not confirmed an update in over […]