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#googlealternatives #notgulfofamerica #gulfofmexico what other search engines can we use other than Google If you're looking for alternatives to Google, there are several options available, each with unique features. Bing, owned by Microsoft, is a major competitor offering AI integration and a rewards program. DuckDuckGo is popular for its strong privacy focus, avoiding user tracking. Yahoo remains relevant with its integration of services like finance and news. Ecosia uses its profits to plant trees, making it an eco-friendly choice. Startpage combines privacy with Google’s search results. Brave Search emphasizes privacy and operates independently from other search engines. Perplexity.ai provides conversational, context-rich answers. Other options include Swisscows, Qwant, and You.com, each catering to specific needs like family-friendly searches or customizable experiences[1][2][3]. Citations: [1] 9 Alternative Search Engines Other Than Google in 2025 https://www.monsterinsights.com/alternative-search-engines/ [2] 24 Great Search Engines You Can Use Instead Of Google https://www.searchenginejournal.com/alternative-search-engines/271409/ [3] Go Beyond Google: The Best Alternative Search Engines for 2025 https://www.pcmag.com/picks/go-beyond-google-best-alternative-search-engines [4] 14 Search Engine Alternatives to Google - Positional https://www.positional.com/blog/alternative-search-engines [5] What's a good Google search engine alternative? : r/degoogle - Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/12r8i5g/whats_a_good_google_search_engine_alternative/ [6] 10 Alternative Search Engines To Use Instead Of Google - Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/technology/article/alternative-search-engines/ [7] General - Search Engines — A Sampling of Alternatives to Google https://legalresearch.usfca.edu/SearchEngineAlternatives

Optimize | Ethan Smith on Building SEO Authority, Content Optimization, & Mastering Internal Linking

Join Nate Matherson as he sits down with Ethan Smith for the twenty-fourth episode of the Optimize podcast. Ethan Smith is the Founder and CEO of Graphite, a premier SEO and growth marketing agency. Ethan has served as a strategic advisor to MasterClass, Upwork, Notion, Ticketmaster, Neiman Marcus, BetterUp, and Honey. He is recognized as a leading SEO and growth marketing expert and regularly speaks and publishes in VentureBeat, Market Watch, and INC. In this episode, Ethan and Nate jump headfirst into navigating the challenges of programmatic SEO, prioritizing impactful strategies and tasks, and building topical authority. Ethan also shares his thoughts on optimizing title tags, why you should include seven or more internal links in your content, and producing content that attracts high domain authority backlinks. As a bonus to our listeners, Ethan also shares how to qualify an SEO agency as a quality partner. Closing out the episode is our popular lightning round of questions! For more information, please visit www.positional.com or email us at podcast@positional.com. Resources: Join Positional’s Private Beta Here: www.positional.com Check-in with Nate on LinkedIn & Twitter Check-in with Ethan on LinkedIn & Twitter & Graphite Agency

Optimize | Alex Ross on Programmatic SEO, User-Generated Content, and AI-Generated Content

Join Nate Matherson as he sits down with Alex Ross for the thirty-ninth episode of the Optimize podcast. Alex is currently the CEO of Inventing the Future of Humans Living with Plants at Greg, an app that helps people grow healthy plants at home and in the garden. Think AI--but for plant care. He was the former director of engineering at Tinder and the co-founder/COO of Enplug (acquired). During the episode, Alex discusses the importance of setting the bar for content high with the ability to put a smile on the reader’s face, how unique graphics and images enhance the content experience for the audience while boosting UX metrics, and Greg’s strategy to meet the customer where they’re most likely to convert. In this week’s deep dive, listen to Alex talk about Greg’s programmatic SEO, emphasizing the importance of having a database of original information. He shares insights into how Gregg leverages its plant database and user-generated content to enhance its SEO strategy and how they’re actively creating a content ‘moat’ to outcompete their competitors. Rounding out the episode, Alex and Nate cover topics like how Greg manages internal linking for 30k+ pages efficiently, the impact emojis can have within title tags on CTR, and why the complex reasoning in ChatGPT4 gets Alex excited about ramping up Greg’s programmatic SEO strategy. Closing the episode is our popular lightning round of questions! For more information, please visit www.positional.com or email us at podcast@positional.com.