Five Google Maps SEO Strategies, February 6, 2026

February 6th, 2026 at 5:51 am EST
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Friday, February 6, 2026

The New Off-Page SEO Playbook: Links, Mentions & AI Visibility, February 18 [Webinar]

Off-page SEO builds your site’s authority through backlinks, brand mentions, reviews, and digital PR across trusted platforms. Strong off-page signals tell search engines your content is credible, relevant, and worth ranking higher.Search Engine Journal is hosting a webinar, ‘The New Off-Page SEO Playbook:... [Read more]

Ahrefs Reveals Five Google Maps SEO Strategies

Google Maps SEO helps local businesses appear in “near me” searches by optimizing Google Business Profiles, local keywords, reviews, and proximity signals. Strong Maps visibility drives high-intent traffic, footfall, and calls from users ready to act.Ahrefs contributor Si Quan Ong has published an article featuring five... [Read more]

How to structure pages for AEO and answer engines: A quick-start guide [Guide]

Structuring pages for AEO and answer engines is crucial to ensure your content is easily understood, extracted, and cited by AI-driven search results. Clear headings, concise answers, schema markup, and intent-focused sections help your content surface as direct answers, not just links.HubSpot has published ‘How to structure pages... [Read more]

Human Agents AI Cuts Costs, Boosts Output, Scales Easily #ad

HumanAgents AI was built for one reason: In today’s digital economy, speed isn’t just an advantage — it’s survival.Businesses that scale fast, automate intelligently, and deliver instant customer experiences are the ones dominating their markets. Yet most entrepreneurs and small business owners still struggle with the same bottlenecks: too... [Read more]

Master Content Operations and Keep Your Team Moving Forward [Video]

Mastering content operations is essential to scale content creation without sacrificing quality, consistency, or brand voice. Strong content ops align people, processes, and AI tools to deliver the right content, faster, across every channel.Content Marketing Institute... [Read more]

eCommerce Trends for 2026 [Podcast]

eCommerce in 2026 will be driven by AI-powered personalization, voice and visual search, and hyper-fast, seamless checkout experiences. Brands that combine automation with trust, data privacy, and human-like customer interactions will win customer loyalty at scale.Digital Marketing Institute has published a new... [Read more]

What Facebook’s New Link Rules Mean for Your 2026 Strategy [Podcast]

Facebook’s new link rules prioritize native content and meaningful engagement, reducing the organic reach of posts that push users off the platform. To stay visible, brands now need smarter link... [Read more]

Clickly: Create Viral YouTube Thumbnails in Seconds #ad

Clickly is a YouTube thumbnail creation platform powered by AI and real-world performance data. It will be announced during a Launch Webinar today.Instead of guessing what “looks good,” Clickly users start with designs modeled after thumbnails that have already generated hundreds of thousands and even millions of viewsThe Three Components of... [Read more]

The URL Mistake That Killed Black Friday [Video]

Search Engine Land has published a new video, ‘The URL Mistake That Killed Black Friday’ featuring Nick Handley.The SEL team says, “In this episode of PPC Live The Podcast, host Anu Adegbola welcomes Nick Handley, a seasoned... [Read more]

Is Your Internal Linking Helping Or Hurting Topical Authority? [Answered]

Internal linking strengthens topical authority by clearly showing search engines how your content is connected and which pages matter most. A well-structured internal link network improves crawlability, user experience, and long-term search visibility.In the Ask An SEO series, Search Engine Journal contributor Helen Pollitt has answered the question,... [Read more]

I Outsourced our Digital Marketing to AI. Here’s What Happened [Video]

Outsourcing digital marketing to AI helps businesses scale faster by automating content creation, ad optimization, analytics, and customer engagement with high efficiency. It reduces costs and human error while enabling data-driven decisions and 24/7 marketing performance.Ahrefs has published a new video,... [Read more]

XsoraAI creates scroll-stopping, viral-ready videos in minutes #ad

XsoraAI is an AI-powered short-form video engine that lets you create YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok, and Facebook video pages without filming, editing, or ever showing your face.Turn Ideas Into Ready-To-Post ShortsWith XsoraAI, you start with a simple idea, topic, or keyword and end with a platform-ready video. The system automatically... [Read more]

MasterTHIS: Search, AEO & Discoverability, February 11 [Webinar]

Search, AEO, and discoverability are no longer just about ranking pages but about being understood and surfaced by AI-driven answers and platforms. Brands must structure content for clarity, authority, and intent to stay visible wherever users search and ask questions.Content Marketing Institute is hosting a webinar,... [Read more]

Should Trending News Disrupt Your Content Plans? [Answered]

HubSpot has published an article answering the question, ‘Should Trending News Disrupt Your Content Plans?’.Ann Gynn says, “News and trends can disrupt any marketer’s editorial calendar.People take to the streets to protest... [Read more]

How to Integrate AI Into Your Marketing Workflows [Podcast]

Integrating AI into your marketing workflows helps automate repetitive tasks, unlock deeper audience insights, and improve decision-making speed. It enables teams to scale personalization, optimize campaigns in real time, and stay competitive... [Read more]

DFY Agent AI: World's 1st No-Code app to build YouTube channels on autopilot #ad

DFY Agent AI is a done-for-you YouTube automation platform that lets anyone launch and scale faceless YouTube cash-flow channels without recording, editing, or coding.... [Read more]

How I’d Get Traffic to a New Website if I Had to Start Over (2026) [Video]

Ahrefs has published a new video, ‘How I’d Get Traffic to a New Website if I Had to Start Over (2026)’.The Ahrefs team says, “Getting traffic is harder than ever, but new sites are not doomed. In this video, I walk you through a practical plan for earning early attention, growing your brand, and compounding... [Read more]

You’re Wasting Your Time Creating Social Media Content [Video]

Creating social media content is about delivering clear value in seconds through relatable stories, strong visuals, and a consistent brand voice. The most effective content sparks engagement by being timely, authentic, and tailored to the platform and audience.Neil Patel has published... [Read more]

How To Create Content That Stands Out From AI Slop [Video]

In an age flooded with AI-generated “slop,” standout video content is built on original insight, lived experience, and a clear point of view that machines can’t fake. Focus on human storytelling, sharp editing, and audience-first value to create videos that feel authentic, memorable, and worth sharing.MOZ has published a new video,... [Read more]

ShowcaseAI: The future of AI-powered video creation #ad

ShowcaseAI turns photos and products into talking avatars, product demos, cinematic showcases, AI ads, and virtual try-ons — all in minutes.... [Read more]

SEJ On PPC Skills That Won’t Be Replaced By Automation

PPC skills combined with automation allow marketers to manage campaigns more efficiently while improving targeting and ROI. With the right expertise, automation transforms paid advertising from manual optimization to strategic, data-driven growth.Search Engine Journal contributor Benjamin Wenner has published... [Read more]

HubSpot on Why Dashboards Mislead Your Marketing

Marketing dashboards can mislead when they focus on vanity metrics and surface-level trends instead of real business impact. Without context and critical analysis, dashboards risk driving confident decisions based on incomplete or distorted... [Read more]

Digital Advertising Trends Defining 2026, February 18 [Webinar]

Digital advertising is entering a new phase. AI is moving from experimentation to execution, channels are converging, and marketers are under increasing pressure to drive performance across more platforms with greater precision.Adweek is hosting a webinar, ‘ Digital Advertising Trends Defining... [Read more]

Keyword Research Insights SEOs Need in 2026 [Guide]

There is a strong need for keyword research insights to help SEOs understand user intent, search demand, and emerging trends across both traditional and AI-driven search. These insights guide content strategy, improve relevance, and ensure optimization efforts align with how audiences actually search and ask questions.seoClarity... [Read more]

12 strategies to to optimize for AI search

There is a growing need to optimize for AI search as users increasingly rely on generative engines and AI-powered results for answers and recommendations. This requires clear context, structured data, authoritative content, and intent-focused optimization so AI systems can accurately understand, trust, and surface your brand.Search... [Read more]

SEL Shares Seven Custom GPT Ideas for SEO Workflows

There is a growing need to automate SEO workflows to handle keyword research, content optimization, technical audits, and performance tracking at scale. Automation saves time, reduces errors, and allows teams to focus on strategy while responding faster to algorithm and AI-driven search changes.Search Engine Land contributor Roslyn... [Read more]


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