The Core Web Vitals Technology Report by the open source HTTPArchive community ranks content management systems by how well they perform on Google’s Core Web Vitals (CWV). The November 2025 data shows a significant gap between platforms with the highest ranked CMS scoring 84.87% of sites passing CWV, while the lowest ranked CMS scored 46.28%.
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Does it feel like your organic traffic is disappearing? You aren’t imagining it. AI Overviews and answer engines are sidelining classic SEO results. To stay visible, brands need to adapt – fast. The good news: you don’t need to rewrite your entire SEO playbook. With a few smart tweaks, you can shift from SEO to GEO
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Five years ago we published an optical illusion that millions of you were completely bamboozled by, and today I’ve found a brand-new version of that illusion. Of course, I’m referring to the rotating horse, which remains a puzzle to this day (just tell me which way it’s spinning!). This illusion is an x-ray style image
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When Emily Epstein shared her perspective on LinkedIn about how “people didn’t stop reading books when encyclopedias came out,” it sparked a conversation about the future of primary sources in an AI-driven world. In this episode, Katie Morton, Editor-in-Chief of Search Engine Journal, and Emily Anne Epstein, Director of Content at Sigma, dig into her
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With consumer confidence at the same level as this time last year, 2025 has been a “year of no progress”, according to GfK. UK consumer confidence ticked up slightly in December, though the overall picture suggests households remain under pressure and uncertain about the year ahead. The GfK Consumer Confidence Barometer powered by NIM shows
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Our graphic design stories saw a lot of interesting and relatable conversation this year, with the top slot going to Elizabeth Goodspeed’s investigation into why graphic designers can’t stop joking about hating their jobs. You’re a continually curious bunch and you want to get into the nitty gritty, so it’s no surprise you kept clicking
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The search industry is entering a transition that many people still treat as a footnote. The systems consumers rely on are changing, and the way information is gathered, summarized, and delivered is changing with them. Yet the public messaging around what businesses should do sounds as familiar as ever. The narrative says the fundamentals are
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There will not be a Media Briefing next week due to Digiday’s holiday break. This week’s Media Briefing takes a look at the top trends from 2025, from digital advertising revenue performance to AI licensing deals. 2025 in review Google pledges to add more
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Wacom’s MovinkPad 11 has just become a lot more tempting. The new Android drawing tablet, released this summer, and it’s already a notable rival to both iPad and XPPen Magic Drawing Pad. The MovinkPad 11 has $50 off, and is now $399.95 in Wacom’s surprise Christmas sale. Can’t decide? Read about the features every pro
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What link building should be trying to accomplish, in my opinion, is proving that a site is trustworthy and making sure the machine understands what topic your web pages fit into. The way to communicate trustworthiness is to be careful about what sites you obtain links from and to be super careful about what sites
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2025 was another busy year for marketing headhunters and corporate HR teams. The last 12 months have seen new chief marketing officers (CMOs) take the reins at giants like McDonald’s and Mastercard, while others, including the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Poppi, are currently without dedicated CMOs. Some companies, such as tech challenger Nothing and
Read MoreIn our look back at the year gone by, It’s Nice That is reminded of the brilliant world of creativity we’ve platformed and what you, our fantastic audience, have enjoyed the most. These top 50 articles include unique points of view, perspectives from across the globe, the weird and the wonderful – and as always,
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Running Google Ads in another country sounds like a quick win, until you start digging into the settings that shape how your campaigns actually serve. That is usually the moment you notice how many parts of your account are built around the habits, devices, and expectations of people in your home market. If you copy
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Two-thirds of CMOs say they lack the skills, budget or resources to compete against faster-moving, AI-enabled challengers, according to new research from the agency 3Thinkrs. That’s because the acceleration of AI-generated search and decision-making is rapidly eroding traditional marketing levers. With brand visibility collapsing across search, websites and social, the race is on to modernize
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The Game Awards has become a massive platform for the announcement of new games. Reveals this year included Crystal Dynamics’ new Tomb Raider games and Lucasfilm Games and Arcanaut Studios’ Star Wars Fate of the Old Republic (yeah, we’ll believe that when we see a release date). But how much did those developers pay to
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Google released Gemini 3 Flash, expanding its Gemini 3 model family with a faster model that’s now the default in the Gemini app. Gemini 3 Flash is also rolling out globally as the default model for AI Mode in Search. The release builds on Google’s recent Gemini 3 rollout, which introduced Gemini 3 Pro in
Read MoreWarner Bros Discovery has told shareholders the Paramount bid undervalues the business and carries significant risks versus its agreed deal with Netflix. Source
Read MoreThe art of illustration is thriving in 2025, in defiance of a year where generative AI imagery skyrocketed in its pervasiveness. Taking the top spot is Angelica Frey’s deep dive into the enduring influence of the 2000 game The Sims, where isometric dollhouses of quirky NPCs have inspired creatives for 25 years. Likewise, Luca Bjørnsten’s
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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
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In the latest “every surface becomes shoppable” news, more platforms are inking deals and rolling out shoppable ad formats across the open web. As more media environments become points of purchase, attribution and measurement remain the thorn in the side of commerce execs. In early December, Pinterest announced a partnership with Walmart that allows Pinterest
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