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Which Google SEO Best Practices Matter for a New Affiliate Website?
Learn the do’s and don’ts of SEO for new affiliate marketing websites so you can optimize content for customers and Google alike.
How to Prove SEO ROI & Overall Business Impact
Reliable forecasting makes the difference between a compelling business case and a forgettable one. Learn how to create better SEO proposals here.
20 Ways to Get Deindexed by Google
It can be frustrating when Google removes your content from its index. These 20 practices can explain why Google chooses not to display some webpages.
A Guide to Google Search Console Reporting for SEO Agencies
If you want your SEO agency’s clients to renew their campaigns or increase their budgets, Google Search Console reporting can help you do it.
How 500 Error Codes Can Impact Google Indexing
John Mueller explains the circumstances that trigger Google to start dropping web pages from their index in response to 500 errors
How Search Engines Use Machine Learning: 9 Things We Know For Sure
We know that search engines are using machine learning in these 9 ways. Here’s what it means for SEO and digital marketing.
Can Being Crawled by Googlebot Desktop Cause Indexing Delay?
John Mueller was asked if getting crawled by Googlebot Desktop can explain why they’re suffering from delayed indexing
How to Choose the Best WordPress Theme for SEO
Learn why SEO-friendly WordPress themes are important for search rankings, see how to choose one, and discover the 5 best themes for SEO.
6 Ways to Optimize Your Product Review Pages for Google
Product reviews are essential for consumers, in Google’s eyes. Learn how to make yours stand out, rank higher, and convert more buyers.
Google Recommends This Core Web Vitals Audit Workflow
Google releases a recommended audit strategy targeting Core Web Vitals, as well as highlighting questions to ask and tools to utilize.
Google: Increase Discover Traffic with Max Image Preview Tag
Google published case study showing how a simple meta tag can increase clicks from Discover by over 300%
Web Accessibility for the Human Experience: When We Can Help
We should recognize opportunities to make digital product experiences more accessible. Learn how to take on this challenge and help.
Google On How to Check Page Experience Factors
In a new video, Google offers advice on how to check if your site meets all the non-Core Web Vitals page experience factors.
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.
How Does Web Hosting Affect SEO & Which One is Best?
Does web hosting impact your SEO, and which host is best? We go through the misinformation and get the facts straight here.
Google Replaces Structured Data Tool with Promotional Landing Page
Google redirects Structured Data Testing Tool to a page that seemingly promotes Google’s Rich Results tool over competing Schema Structured Data Validator
Google Recommends Adding Author URL in Article Schema
Google recommends adding an author’s URL to article schema to help with disambiguating the correct author when multiple writers have the same or similar names.
SEO Copywriting: The Complete Guide
Search engine optimization copywriting is a step-by-step process. This guide takes you through each phase of SEO copywriting.
Coupon Link Building for Ecommerce: A Step-by-Step Guide
Link building using coupons can be tricky but worth it. Learn how to drive traffic, build links & improve your search ranking with them here.
How to Trigger a Sitewide Quality Re-evaluation?
Google’s John Mueller offers insights into regular quality evaluations and describes what can trigger a sitewide quality re-evaluation
Page Speed and Google June-July 2021 Core Algo Updates
Google’s John Mueller explains how ranking changes can be attributed to page speed but core updates were separate things
Google: Customer Reviews Not A Signal For Web Search
Google’s John Mueller states that customer reviews are still not taken into account when it comes to web search results.
Google: Lots of Affiliate Links OK if Content is Valuable
Google’s John Mueller says the number of affiliate links on one page is irrelevant as long as the main content is useful to searchers.
Just How Important Is Structured Data in SEO?
Learn about advances in structured data, why it’s so important to your site, the benefits of structured data, and more.
Core Web Vitals Ranking Factor is More than a Tie Breaker
Google’s John Mueller affirmed on Reddit that the Core Web Vitals ranking factor is more than just a tie-breaker
5 Social Media Strategies You Can Use to Boost Your SEO
Social media marketing can and should be a valuable ally of SEO. Here are 5 social strategies that can help support SEO performance.
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Is There a Way to Optimize for [Blank] in a Search Query?
Google’s ability to semantically understand context helps users get their queries answered. But how can you optimize for [blank]?
How Lionbridge Voice-Optimized Its Way to a 3,800% Featured Snippet Growth
Here’s how Lionbridge leveraged content-driven, voice optimization strategies to grow its featured snippet count from 0.7% up to 27%.
7 Ways to Write Blog Introductions Your Readers & Google Will Love
Discover how to write blog introductions that engage readers, support your SEO, and help Google better understand the topic of the page.
Google: Website Downtime Shouldn’t Impact Search Rankings
Google’s John Mueller says a website going down temporarily likely won’t have a negative impact on search rankings.