The future of Google and what it means for search

Croud’s Organic Strategy Director looks discusses the future of Google, right from Google’s antitrust lawsuit to Apple as a future rival, and more. 

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SEO takeaways from 2020: A review of the most unusual year for search

A review of SEO and search engine updates in 2020 right from Google, Baidu, Bing, DuckDuckGo, GIPHY, and more. Plus, a bonus list of key SEO trends for 2021.

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Interview with Lior Davidovitch, the founder of PUBLC

PUBLC is a new search engine built by everyone, for everyone, that aspires to create an equally distributed web economy using blockchain token economics. Discover how it reinvents user experience and presents opportunities for content creators.

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Anchor text variations: Your key to link profile diversity

Techniques for creating a diverse link profile through anchor text variations. Details on how Google perceives your site, how to use LSI keywords, and more. 

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Google bans adverts for anti-censorship sites in China

Despite Google and China’s interesting history, Google’s latest movements have been speculatively characterized as attempts to regain favor with China.

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Alternatives to Google: Mojeek believes a truly independent and tracking-free search engine must be built from scratch

Mojeek’s elevator pitch: “Independent and unbiased search results with no user tracking.” Deep dive into how they stack up as an alternative search engine.

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Conversation mapping: The new rules to win in search and content marketing

How do we create a content strategy that aligns with search growth, consistently? A 2000 word answer to that single, overriding question for content.

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Keyword stuffing is terrible for your SEO. Here’s what to do instead

Once-upon-a-time, keyword stuffing was a relatively successful SEO strategy. However, today stuffing a keyword into your content too many times can actually knock the stuffing out of your search rankings, or even cause your content to be removed from search listings entirely. Kim Kosaka explains.

Video and search: YouTube, Google, the alternatives and the future

When it comes to being visible online, video content is increasingly proving its worth as a way to grab attention and – crucially – to engage meaningfully with internet users. Luke Richards takes a look at the rise of video, alternatives to YouTube, social and what it all means for search marketers.

Rise in voice search for local businesses brings new opportunities and challenges

Voice search is growing exponentially, and when something becomes this prominent it behoves the major search engines to make changes to the ways they work to make these experiences more fluid and enjoyable for the end user. Jamie Pitman reviews consumers’ current use of voice search with regard to local search and how you can optimize for future growth