{"id":6661,"date":"2024-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherylroll.com\/seo-threats-google-updates-self-preferencing-ai-overviews-survey-446032\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T00:00:00","slug":"seo-threats-google-updates-self-preferencing-ai-overviews-survey-446032","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylroll.com\/seo-threats-google-updates-self-preferencing-ai-overviews-survey-446032\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Google updates, self-preferencing, AI Overviews are top SEO threats"},"content":{"rendered":"
Google’s favoritism of certain types of websites – or itself, in the form of search features and AI Overviews – are the biggest threats facing SEO consultants, according to a new survey from Aleyda Solis.<\/p>\n
SEO threats in 2024.<\/strong> Google updates that favor certain types of sites (e.g., user-generated content, big brands) in the search results is the biggest threat to SEO consulting efforts, according to 52% of survey respondents. <\/p>\n Google favoring its own features\/services over external sites was the second biggest threat (48%) while AI Overviews came in third (41%). <\/p>\n Other real SEO threats are the adoption of LLMs to search instead of Google (37%); AI personalization of Google Search results (32%) and adoption of social platforms<\/a> to search (28%). <\/p>\n Counter threats.<\/strong> So how are SEOs combating these threats? Based on responses Solis received, SEOs are focusing on:<\/p>\n Improving content quality.<\/strong> High-quality, valuable, engaging, helpful and intent-based content. Which really is not new, per se.<\/p>\n E-E-A-T<\/a>. <\/strong>This is a concept that represents a collection of ranking signals related to content, links and user interactions<\/a>.<\/p>\n Traffic diversification. <\/strong>This is something Google’s Danny Sullivan discussed<\/a> recently.<\/p>\n Staying updated. <\/strong>Which you can do, in part, by signing up for Search Engine Land’s daily newsletter<\/a>. <\/p>\n Why we care.<\/strong> SEO is more difficult than ever in 2024 – especially for smaller and mid-sized brands and websites. We’re already seeing many threats in 2024 (e.g., Google algorithm updates<\/a>, more competition and complexity, less resources). But there continue to be many opportunities to reach and influence people during search journeys in today’s fragmented search landscape<\/a>.<\/p>\n About the survey.<\/strong> The results are based on responses from 337 SEO consultants, collected between July 21 and Aug. 21.<\/p>\n