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Optimizing Your Content for Search: Don’t Forget These 6 Things
Here are six best practices you can adopt to optimize your content for search from the get-go.
3 Ways to Choose Keywords That Will Earn You Links
Here are three ways to choose keywords that will earn you links.
Google Rolls Out New Knowledge Graph Cards for College Searches
Google has introduced a new Knowledge Graph card in search results, which will appear when users search for US colleges.
Related Articles & Internal Linking: Will It Help Your SEO Results?
Do internal links and related articles actually help SEO? Find out here.
Google Announces Advancements in AI
Google AI Blog announced significant advances in Semantic Textual Similarity.
Is Google Image SEO Relevant Again? What New Data Tells Us
Discover what new studies are telling us about image SEO and tips to get more image traffic from Google.
Google: Splitting or Merging a Website Can Cause Months of Unstable Search Rankings
Google’s John Mueller revealed that splitting or merging sites could cause months of unstable search rankings.
Google: Click Depth Matters More for SEO than URL Structure
Weight is given to pages in search based on how many clicks they take to reach from the home page.
Google Has Removed Over 80% of Hacked Sites from Search Results
Google released details about about its spam fighting efforts, revealing over 80% of hacked sites have been removed from search.
How to Know Your Audience to Master Your Marketing Campaigns
This step-by-step approach will help you get to know your audience and achieve greater SEO success.
Googler Advises How to Rank Duplicate Content Product Feeds
Google’s Webmaster Hangout in Spanish tackled the tough problem of syndicated product feeds.
Google Launches New Search Features for the FIFA World Cup
Google announced it has a host of new search features for the FIFA World Cup, which kicks off next week.
Google My Business Adds New Post Types for Products and Offers
Google My Business has introduced two new post types which allow businesses to highlight products and offers.
Law Firm SEO: 5 Things You Can Do to Start Seeing Traffic & Results
Here are five ways you can bail out your law firm website and start driving more traffic and results. Now.
Links but No Traffic? Understanding a Study of Nearly 1 Billion Pages
Roger Montti examines why a study of almost a billion pages yields multiple conclusions.
Google: Pages Blocked by Robots.txt Will Get Indexed if They’re Linked To
John Mueller warns that pages blocked by robots.txt could still get indexed if there are links pointing to them.
The 10 Best Ranking Contact Us Pages on the Web
These Contact Us pages have earned top rankings on Google. Here’s what you can learn from them.
Yoast SEO Plugin 7.0 Bug Causes Ranking Drops
Bug in Yoast SEO Plugin causes ranking drops. Error introduced in March 2018. Find out if you’re affected.
How Long it Takes for a Link to Affect Rankings
Roger Montti answers the question of how long it takes for a link to take effect and make a difference in rankings.
How to Explode Traffic with the Right Content
Stop churning out content for the sake of it. Here’s how to create content that can increase your website traffic.
Yandex Introduces Its Own Smart Speaker
Russian search engine Yandex has introduced a smart speaker, marking the company’s first foray into the world of hardware.
Google Rich Results Testing Tool Adds Support for Events, Movies, and TV Shows
Google’s rich results testing tool is now able to test structured data markup for events, movies, and TV shows.
Google My Business Reportedly Removes Anonymous Reviews
Google My Business appears to have stopped counting anonymous reviews toward a business’s overall rating.
Google Maps Lets Users Search for Reviews by Keyword
Google Maps has introduced the ability to search through reviews for keywords or phrases.
Google Doesn’t Count Typos in Web Content, John Mueller Says
Google Webmaster Trends Analyst John Mueller has clarified how the search giant deals with spelling errors in content.
4 Key Areas You Should Measure for SEO
Measuring your SEO performance is essential. Find out which metrics you should be tracking to understand what’s working.
PDF Obsolete for a Mobile First Internet?
Six takeaways about PDF files in a mobile first Internet. Considered obsolete by some Internet marketers, others offer reasons why it’s still useful.
Google: Multiple Sites on Same IP is Not a Problem, But Similar Content Is
Google’s John Mueller recently clarified that having multiple sites on the same IP address is not inherently a problem.
Google’s John Mueller On When To Use Subdomain vs. Directory
Google’s John Mueller this week that subdomains and subdirectories are treated the same in Google search.
Why SEO Pros Should Care About Branding
Here’s why you should care about branding, support branding efforts, and understand their objectives.