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Seobility's Santa has brought two early Christmas presents! 🤶🎁

🎄 AI Overview Tracking: Check if Google shows AI summaries for your keywords and if your website is included.

🌟 Competitor Dashboard: Find all your tracked competitors in one clear overview for a more focused and strategic analysis.

Both features are already live in Seobility, so give them a try and let us know what you think! ➡ app.seobility.net

And as the year slowly comes to an end, we also want to say thank you! 💙
For trusting Seobility, for your valuable feedback, and for letting us be part of your SEO journey in 2025.

We wish you a restful holiday season, a strong start into the new year, and visibility that keeps growing in 2026! 🚀

🚨 Google has dropped support for the &num=100 parameter

This directly affects how SEO tools, including Seobility, can retrieve ranking data.

Here’s what this means for Seobility users 👇

📉 What changed

Until now, Seobility could fetch up to 100 results per keyword in one request, using the &num=100 parameter.

Google no longer allows this. Every request now only returns 10 results. For a tool like Seobility, this means 10x the cost for the top 100.

🛠 How Seobility is adapting

As of September 18th, rankings are limited to the top 20 results per keyword. These are the positions where most traffic comes from and where you can spot the biggest growth opportunities for optimization focus.

At the same time, we are working on a long-term solution to allow deeper tracking beyond position 20 for those who need it. We will share more details about this soon!

This adjustment ensures Seobility keeps delivering accurate ranking data without inflating prices for all of our users. 🤝

✅ What this means for you

You’ll still see the rankings that matter most for visibility and traffic, as well as the biggest opportunities to focus on.

Optional deeper tracking will give flexibility for those who need to analyze beyond page 2.

💪 We’re focused on adjusting quickly and making sure you still get the ranking data you need to stay on top of your SEO.

Thank you for trusting us in times of change like this. 💙

👉 More details: https://www.seobility.net/en/blog/google-drops-num-100/

Did you know that many leading AI crawlers like ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity are not able to execute JavaScript? ⚠️

This means: If your website uses JavaScript to dynamically load content, AI crawlers will not see this content! 😱

And JS comes with even more challenges for SEO:

It can also prevent your content from showing up in traditional search results, cause performance issues, impact user experience, and much more.

💡 In short: there are many reasons for you to critically reflect on your website’s usage of JS and take measures to optimize it.

➡ In our new blog post, Rose Newell expands on the challenges of JavaScript for SEO and the best practices to help you overcome them!
https://www.seobility.net/en/blog/javascript-and-seo/

Thanks a lot for this insightful article, Rose 🙏

Want to increase your local business’s online visibility? 🔍

Backlinks and brand mentions are essential for success - not only with traditional search engines, but also with new AI chatbots and search engines! 🤖

But how do you actually get those valuable links? 🤔

Our local link-building guide (refreshed for 2025 🔥) outlines 12 strategies to build high-quality links, increase your local authority, and create meaningful community connections along the way. 🤝
https://www.seobility.net/en/blog/local-link-building/

"Generative AI will be the end of SEO."

"AI Overviews are killing CTR."

👆 Headlines like these are currently causing concern among SEOs worldwide, driven by the rise of AI-powered search features like AI Overviews, ChatGPT search, Perplexity, and others.

But what's actually true about these claims? Will AI really replace traditional search engines? And how can you adapt your SEO strategy for this future? 🤔

In our new blog post, Lee Wilson from Vertical Leap examines the facts and explains:
- The most important AI features and search engines you need to know right now
- How AI is actually impacting search behavior, according to the data
- What SEO strategies will help ensure your long-term success

→ https://www.seobility.net/en/blog/ai-powered-search/

Thank you, Lee, for providing this helpful and clear overview!

Setting up and maintaining a multilingual website can be one of the most challenging technical SEO tasks 🤯

There’s a lot that can go wrong and hinder your efforts to successfully expand into new markets.

In our new guide, SEO consultant Matt Tutt walks you through the most common SEO problems he sees on multilingual sites, and shows you how to fix or avoid each one. 🛠️
https://www.seobility.net/en/blog/multilingual-seo-issues/

By following the steps he outlines, you can avoid the pitfalls many brands fall into and unlock growth in new markets! 🚀

Thanks Matt for breaking down such a complex topic into easily digestible advice!

Exciting news to start the new year! We're happy to welcome Jenny as our new Technical Product Owner at Seobility! 🎉

Jenny brings a unique mix of experience to our team, having worked as a software developer for two years and as a product owner in the aviation industry for three years.

She's now ready to take on new challenges in the world of SEO and Seobility's all-in-one software solution. 🦸‍♀️🚀

When not busy with product development, Jenny enjoys:
♟️ Sharpening her strategic skills with a game of chess
👩‍🍳 Cooking and exploring new cuisines

We're glad to have Jenny's expertise on board for all the exciting projects we have planned for Seobility in 2025! 🙌

Is your website's crawl budget being wasted on low-quality pages? 🗑

A depleted crawl budget can negatively impact your visibility in search results. ⚠

But there's good news! Our latest guide, refreshed in collaboration with the crawl budget experts at Prerender, shares proven strategies to help you…

✅ Ensure Google quickly finds and indexes your most important pages
✅ Signal to Google that your site is worth crawling more frequently
✅ Ultimately improve your search performance and rankings

The guide covers:

1️⃣ Which types of websites should prioritize crawl budget optimization
2️⃣ How to efficiently use your existing crawl budget
3️⃣ Tactics to increase your website's available crawl budget

Read the full article for beginner-friendly explanations and actionable advice: https://www.seobility.net/en/blog/crawl-budget-optimization/

Thanks a lot to the Prerender team for sharing their valuable insights! 🙌

We're thrilled to welcome Manuel as our new Head of Marketing at Seobility! 🚀

Manuel brings over 10 years of valuable experience in the SEO industry to our team. With his background as the Head of Inbound Marketing at OMR Reviews and Head of SEO at ABOUT YOU, he has a deep understanding of marketing and business in general.

He has also been using Seobility as his go-to SEO tool for several years. 💼

When he's not diving into the world of marketing strategies, Manuel likes to go jogging to clear his mind. He's also a proud parent to an 11-month-old child and lives with his wife in Southern Germany. 👶🏃‍♂️

In his free time, Manuel loves spending quality moments with his family, exploring the beautiful surroundings of Southern Germany, and discovering new adventures together.

We are excited to have you on board, Manuel!

🔍 Is Webflow good for SEO in 2024? We put it to the test!

As a bonus to our updated CMS comparison series for 2024, we also took a fresh look at Webflow’s current on-page SEO capabilities. ✨

Our in-depth analysis checks how well Webflow lets you control crucial SEO factors like meta titles, canonical tags, URL slugs, and more. ✅

➡ Read the full article to find out if Webflow is the right choice for your website's SEO in 2024:
https://www.seobility.net/en/blog/webflow-seo/

Curious about other CMS options? Check out our main 2024 series comparing the on-page SEO of Squarespace, Wix, GoDaddy, WordPress, and Joomla. 📝
https://www.seobility.net/en/blog/best-cms-for-seo/