The Hierarchy of Evidence for Digital Marketing Testing
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In the two-and-a-bit years that I’ve been working in Digital marketing, I’ve been keen to understand the reasons why we make the decisions we do in digital marketing.
7 subtle on-site issues no SEO should miss
Your on-site SEO could be broken without you realizing it. We all know some of the basics: content is king; users come first; avoid thin content, keyword stuffing, above-the-fold advertising, etc.
But not all on-site SEO issues are so obvious. Here are seven on-site issues that are very easy to miss.
Why You Need to be Building for Intelligent Personal Assistants
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What makes personal assistants interesting is that Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple are vulnerable and need you to get on board.
Here’s how RankBrain does (and doesn’t) impact SEO
In the past couple of weeks there has been a reinvigorated fervor surrounding artificial intelligence, with “AIO” (Artificial Intelligence Optimization) rearing its head on agency websites and blogs. But when it comes to Google’s RankBrain, optimizing for AI is nothing new or complicated.
Ignoring Link Spam Isn’t Working
Link spam is on the rise again. Why? Because it’s working. The reason it’s working is that demand is up based on Google’s change from penalization to neutralization. Google might be pretty good at ignoring links. But pretty good isn’t good enough. Neutralize vs Penalize For a very long time Google didn’t penalize paid or manipulative links […]
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Google Search Console – a Beginner’s Guide to Finding Actionable SEO Tasks
Google Search Console (GSC) can be a helpful tool – providing you use it. This guide isn’t meant for advanced users nor is it a comprehensive dive into every feature GSC has. I’m not looking to overwhelm you. Instead, we’re going to go over eight simple GSC features that can provide you with actionable tasks… Read More
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The Guestblogalypse: How to get links without guest blogs
Guest blogs are a popular link-building strategy used by businesses all over the world. And until recently, many were relying on guest blogging as their primary source of earned links. But a diverse link profile is essential to maintain your ranking. So how can businesses achieve this?
Content King SEO tool review: tracking on-page changes
Considering Content King for your arsenal of SEO tools? We prepared a review with the features, small case studies, problems and suggestions.
Post from Gustavo Pelogia
5 UX best practices for a search engine focused website
Your website visitors have specific problems, and they use search engines to find the answers they seek. Once they locate a website that answers their questions, they expect to view the answers quickly and easily. This is why it is essential that SEO and UX complement each other to produce results.
The EU is Wrong, but Google is Still in Trouble
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I’ve found it tough to get my head around all the arguments in the recent EU judgement against Google.
Marketing with intent: The combined power of SEO and content
If we can agree that the ultimate purpose of marketing is to attract attention and generate interest, then combining SEO and content marketing is a no-brainer for smart brands and marketers.
How featured snippets can be manipulated by private blog networks
Private blog networks (PBNs) are largely thought to be a black hat SEO technique of the past since Google took action against them in 2014. But there are still some around, and they can play a big role in manipulating Google’s vaunted featured snippets.
The most effective ways to respond to negative reviews
Customer reviews are important to both your search ranking and your overall brand presence, but not all customer feedback is positive. Here’s how you can deal with negative reviews in a way that maintains your reputation and leaves the customer happy.
How to scale your business internationally on search engines
Most online sites at some stage will want to expand, and one of the most common ways to do that is by … read more
How to achieve off the charts off-page SEO that will boost traffic
If you want to rank better and get more traffic, you need to think about more than just optimizing your site. There is a whole range of opportunities out there for “off-page SEO” – SEO elsewhere around the web, and even offline. Here’s how to get started.
How to Run Live ‘Site Reviews’ at Events (and Why You Should)
Steve Morgan writes about his experiences running site reviews at a regular meetup, whereby sites are SEO-audited live and the panel offers advice to the site owners.
Post from Steve Morgan
How to optimize for Google’s featured snippets
Google featured snippets are an amazing opportunity for marketers to skyrocket above competitors on page one, increase page views, and boost conversions. … read more
The ultimate guide to mobile technical SEO
Mobile is destined to become the backbone of determining rankings on both the mobile and desktop version of your website – so it’s vital to look at technical SEO from a mobile perspective.
Using Latent Semantic Indexing to boost your SEO strategy
Latent semantic indexing is a concept that search engines use to discover how a term and content work together to mean the same thing. Here’s how you can use it to boost your SEO strategy and grow your business.