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8 Tried & Tested Tips for Improving SEO & Developer Relations
Follow these eight proven tips if you want to work more harmoniously with development teams.
How to Earn Links by Doing Something Truly Newsworthy
Doing something newsworthy can help you gain publicity, boost your authority, and earn links. Here’s how to do it right.
SEO Is Everyone’s Responsibility: 5 Tips to Get Non-SEOs Bought Into SEO
SEO is everyone’s responsibility, but not everyone is convinced. Learn five tips for getting your non-SEOs bought in.
Google Answers November Update Question
A publisher who followed Google’s Guidelines asked why they lost 40% of their traffic.
John Mueller Answers About Structured Data and Rankings
Google’s John Mueller answers whether structured data provides any ranking related benefit.
25+ Unique Blog Post Ideas to Engage Your Readers
Here are 25 ways to come up with creative, search engine optimized blog post ideas your audience will love.
Here’s Why Inclusive Web Design with SEO Wins
Here’s how inclusive design with SEO creates new opportunities for digital marketers and web designers seeking a competitive edge.
Google Update Response Falls Short of Expectations
Google confirms update. Says it’s like other updates. But publishers feel differently about it.
Chrome May Warn Users of Slow Pages Before They Click
Chrome proposes to warn users of slow web pages and to reward fast pages. Slow pages face uncertainty.
Image Link Building: How to Use Visual Content to Earn More Links
Earn more links with visual content. Learn what types of images you can use and how to optimize them.
Google’s John Mueller On Blocking Robots.txt Files From Being Indexed
Google’s John Mueller recently provided some advice on how to block robots.txt and sitemap files from being indexed.
Yandex’s Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Algorithms
Here’s a rundown of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms used by Yandex.
New FTC Guidance on Influencer Endorsements
The FTC warned influencers they are required disclose endorsement information.
What Is Index Bloat? 9 Ways to Fix It
Only you can prevent index bloat. Here’s how to identify it and deindex low-value pages from Google.
The ROI of Ranking in Google Search: How Organic Search Can Save You Thousands
Use this formula if you need to justify the investment on SEO and content over paid search.
Bing Announces Link Penalties
Bing announced link penalties that target subdomain leasing, PBNs and other kinds of link spam.
Benchmarking Beyond SEO: What Competitors’ Website Traffic Can Reveal
Want to get better competitive intelligence? You may need to look into some of your competitors’ website traffic metrics.
9 Ways to Evaluate Guest Posting & Blog Outreach Services
Thinking about using guest posting services? Do your homework and always ask these nine questions when evaluating vendors.
Giving Back to Get: 5 Ideas to Build Links by Helping Others
Is helping others part of your link building strategy? Here are five ideas to build links by giving back.
How to Use BERT to Generate Meta Descriptions at Scale
Here’s how to use automated text summarization code which leverages BERT to generate meta descriptions to populate on pages.
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Why Discoverability Needs to Be an SEO Focus with Garrett Mehrguth [PODCAST]
Here’s why it’s important to focus on your brand being discoverable for SEO and why the marketing funnel is broken.
Publishers Say Google Ranks Fake Review Sites
Publishers report that competitors are spamming Google with fake review websites.
Google Rich Snippets Image Bug Returns
Recipe bloggers report a return of Google’s rich snippets bug. Images in the SERPs are disappearing.
DuckDuckGo Study Finds More People Would Use Google Alternatives if Given a Choice
A study commissioned by DuckDuckGo finds more people would use non-Google search engines if they were offered a choice.
Google’s John Mueller & Martin Splitt Answer Questions About Site Speed
Google’s John Mueller and Martin Splitt teamed up for a special edition of the ‘Ask Google Webmasters’ video series.
Google BERT Misinformation Challenged
The search marketing community debunks misleading BERT information.
Google Lets Anyone Register a .New Domain to Create Custom Shortcuts
Google Registry has made the .new domain extension available for anyone to use to create custom shortcuts.
Effective SEO Implementation for Software Businesses
This post details how software companies can structure their websites to satisfy customers as well as Google.