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About
Dave Davies co-founded Beanstalk Internet Marketing with his wife Mary in 2004.
He is the Head of SEO for Weights & Biases, a company that helps machine learning engineers and software developers train and fine-tune models, manage models from experimentation to production, and track and evaluate LLM applications.
He is a well-published author, host of a weekly radio show on Internet Marketing and has spoken on the subject of organic SEO and PPC at a number of conferences.
Articles
Website Indexing For Search Engines: How Does It Work?
Website indexing is one of the first steps (after crawling) in a process of how web pages are ranked and served as search engine results.
5 Holiday Internet Marketing Tactics to Start Right Now
Are you ready for the holidays? Get some final, last-minute SEO and SEM strategies in place to make the most of the 2021 holiday season.
Google’s Search Quality Raters Guidelines: A Guide for SEO Beginners
E-A-T is an important part of the Search Quality Raters Guidelines. Learn more about it and its importance to SEO here.
11 Things You Must Know About Google’s 200+ Ranking Factors
It’s a myth that Google has 200 ranking factors, but here are 11 confirmed things we do know for sure.
A Complete Guide to the Google Fred Algorithm
Google’s Fred update saw some sites shed up to 90% of their traffic and sought to rid the SERPs of thin, ad-heavy content.
3 Simple PageSpeed & Core Web Vital Hacks for WordPress
Waited until the last minute and now you need to get your Core Web Vital numbers up? Try these hacks to get it done.
Google BERT vs SMITH: How They Work & Work Together
Earlier, Google released a research paper about SMITH – a new NLP algorithm. What’s it about and how does it compare to BERT? Read on.
5 SEO Quick Fixes for Ecommerce Sites
Not all ecommerce SEO problems require complex solutions. Learn five common SEO issues hounding ecommerce websites and the best ways to address them fast.
Machine Learning & AI in Search
How does artificial intelligence differ from machine learning? Do these concepts actually help SEO pros? Dan Fagella answers your top questions.
A Complete Guide to the Google RankBrain Algorithm
What is Google RankBrain? How does it impact search? Can you optimize for it? Here’s everything you need to know about Google’s RankBrain algorithm.
How (& Why) Search Engines Render Pages
How do search engines render pages on the web? Why and when do they do it? Find out here.
Elevating Your Analytics: A Guide for SEO Beginners
Google Analytics is a complicated system with seemingly endless functions. Discover some helpful areas that beginners might not even know exist.
How Universal Search Works
Learn why Google’s Universal Search results are important, where Universal Search is going, and what it means for you.
How Search Engines Answer Questions
Learn how search engines understand and categorize queries to provide the best possible answer for users.
How Search Engines Display Search Results
Let’s look at how Google displays search results and the main components of a generic search engine results page (SERP).
How User Behavior In Search Works: Everything You Need to Know
This post explains the type of user behavior signals that the search engines do – and do not – use, using specific examples and applications.
How Machine Learning in Search Works: Everything You Need to Know
Know exactly what machine learning is and how search engines use it to rank pages and determine the SERP layout.
How Search Engines Rank Pages
Here’s how search engines rank webpages – from query classification, to assigning context, and determining which signals are most important.
How Search Engine Algorithms Work: Everything You Need to Know
A search algorithm is actually a massive collection of other algorithms. Here’s how it all works.
Working with SEO Clients: Strategies for Now & After COVID-19
Here are some strategies you can use in the short- and long-term to minimize damage and keep clients.
Living with Mental Health Challenges
Here’s my experience as the support person of someone living with anxiety and OCD.
How Google PageRank Revolutionized Search
Read on to learn the core rules of Google PageRank, its history, and how it impacts SEO.
SEOing for the Holidays: The Time Is Now to Strategize
SEOs, it’s time to start getting ready now for the holidays. Here’s how you can plan ahead.
Marketing’s Top Tools: Guilt, Shame & Fear
Discover to use guilt, shame, and fear as marketing tools and see some examples of how to implement them.
Patent: Google Going Old School with Local SEO, But In A New Way
Understand key passages from Google’s new patent for tracking users in brick-and-mortar stores.
SEO for the Holidays
Read on and learn how to prepare your SEO for the holiday season.
I’m an Ad & You Can, Too! (Or: How to Look Successful When You’re Struggling)
Have you ever felt like a manufactured version of the person you want others to see? You aren’t alone.
Top 3 New(ish) PPC Features to Increase Your Paid Search ROI
Check out these three Google and Bing Ads features and tips on how you can use them right now.
A Small Business Owner’s Guide to SEO
Are you a small business owner? Make sure you understand these SEO principles and how they impact your strategies.