.Beloved Visitors, SEO Pros, as well as Digital Marketers,.Hi, I am actually Jenise. I have actually been at the SEJ reins for 15 years, along with Loren Cook and Brent Csutoras at my side as large number proprietors and functioning companions.The other day, I got up to a significant piece of updates: SEO information publisher Online search engine Property was actually bought by advertising resource firm Semrush.There's an elephant in the room, so allow's start there certainly.What occurs when a large search advertising field gamer purchases a noticeable media electrical outlet paid attention to the hunt marketing field?Will the publisher's coverage remain unprejudiced and agnostic? Will its own reliable guides consist of the width and also deepness of tools and also platforms and services accessible -- some of which reside in direct competition along with Semrush?What occurs to Search Engine Property's reams and also reams of existing material -- articles, white documents, ebooks, video clips-- that describe Semrush competitors (umm, furthermore their links)?What regarding legitimate point of views coming from recognized authors that operate counter to the brand-new corporate celebration lines in some way? Will those representations still be actually posted, magnified, priced quote on SEL? Or even thinned down, and even muted?Plenty of concerns.Neighborhood responses, thus far, have been either of a propitious, celebratory attributes or paid attention to issues of bias.Screenshot from LinkedIn, October 2024.Screenshot from LinkedIn, Oct 2024.Screenshot from X (Twitter), October 2024.Screenshot from LinkedIn, Oct 2024.Screenshot from X (Twitter), Oct 2024.Screenshot coming from X (Twitter), Oct 2024.SEL as well as Semrush each have been active in reacting on social networks, saying again that:." Our strategy is actually to remain to continue to be independent and also unprejudiced. Our objective is actually to offer high quality know-how as we always possess.".I do believe that these are their intentions for the existing content staff, for now.I wonder to find whether this self-reliance will definitely stand the examination of your time, after the dust has actually settled and the information of this purchase is lining our digital bird cages.I have an interest in finding out if SEL's editorial liberty will definitely stand up the test of investor passions in an NYSE-traded company that created $305 million in revenue in 2013. I believe our team will certainly need to hang around and also observe.Right here's Where Internet search engine Journal Stands Up.As one of the last individual publishers in the search engine optimisation market, SEJ remains bootstrapped as well as unbossed.Nobody draws SEJ's strands, controls our back links, our insurance coverage, or even our messaging.That corrects. SEJ is actually the honey badger of search engine optimization news: We disclose what our experts wish, when our experts yearn for, how we desire.SEJ is actually still devoted to disclosing the reality (effectively, the reality till points transform along with the algorithms) about what is happening in search engine optimization and advertising and marketing.SEJ is still dedicated to offering unprejudiced education and learning as well as ideal process for our viewers.A.k.a. organization as usual right here at SEJ.That Is Actually Internet Search Engine Journal Anyways?Our crew of 26 people worldwide is actually comprised of writers, editors, designers, engineers, the rear office that maintain points operating properly, sales procedures. They create me so pleased, if I may brag a little.We encourage openness, testing, accountability. Our team do not allow office politics or even harmful habits. I love to presume our company're dense. Our company discuss, our team cuss, our team amuse one another along with silly memes. Our company have actually laughed together as well as sobbed together.Most significantly, when the sh * reaches the supporter, our company gather. Our company move. Our experts obtain sandy. Time and time. I talk to the crew to try once again, to strengthen, to maintain knowing-- and they do it. And also is when you know you have an A-Team on your palms.That's the whole entire roster. SEJ possesses no real estate investors. No corporate emperors. And our team want it by doing this.Our freedom has actually been actually testing at times. It would behave to have a company Father Warbucks that can easily "darken the skies with folks," as one of my preferred professionals ased if to claim.Consequently it performs give me stop when a rival publisher is right now backed through a multi-national business along with over 1,000 workers. That is actually a huge amount of resources, firepower, and also get to.However throughout the years, SEJ's self-reliance has guaranteed our team's capacity to give 100% impartial journalism as well as education for the search advertising and marketing neighborhood.Our experts do what our team prefer. As well as this is what I believe: That our visitors, our advertisers, our area will offer what our experts need to have to be a powerful David to this brand-new Goliath.I welcome your comments, reviews, and concepts to make Online search engine Journal what the search advertising community requires it to become now. Leave me a notification here, and I assure to respond.Jenise Uehara.CEO, Internet Search Engine Diary.Included Photo: Tanveer Anjum Towsif/Shutterstock.