A guide to HTML and meta tags in 2018
To help bring you up to speed, we’ve produced an updated guide for 2018, focusing on clearing up some of the confusion around HTML meta tags and meta tags, and listing some of the more useful tags you can use on your site to help search engines (and users) understand your site better.
Google’s ‘More Results’ button: a search marketer’s POV
Google is continually making its SERPs richer, more feature-led, and increasingly intuitive on desktop, but how the SERPs are being displayed across mobile devices deserves special attention from marketers. It’s a space that presents its own challenges and opportunities, writes Luke Richards.
SEW Interview: Clark Boyd on visual search
Visual search is still quite an abstract concept for most of us, but it is already impacting our marketing and SEO strategies in a huge way. We sat down with Clark Boyd to pick his brains on the developments and how he recommends approaching them.
Four ways you can use AI to optimize your AdWords campaigns
As AI becomes mainstream within the PPC industry, marketers will need to begin shifting their areas of expertise away from micromanaging keywords and bid prices, and towards higher-level strategy. Manish Dudharejia shares four ways to use AI in your AdWords campaigns.
ClickZ enterprise SEO tools Buyers Guide: BrightEdge review
Within the ClickZ enterprise SEO tools buyers guide, BrightEdge received positive scores across all the categories that matter to advanced search marketers. In particular, it drew praise for its content marketing capabilities and the high quality of customer service its clients receive. Below, we have rounded up the highlights from the full buyers guide to enterprise SEO tools.
The future of search
Will artificial intelligence (AI) ultimately make search better or worse? Is the future SERPless? And what are the ramifications for SEOs? Jessie Moore shares just a few of the key themes coming out of the plethora of predictions for the future of search
Is WordPress a good choice for SEO?
Is open-source platform WordPress a good choice for accomplishing the SEO goals you’ve been trying to achieve?
Using the new Google AdWords dashboard
The new AdWords interface has many features that can help users save time when managing their PPC account. Ann Stanley documents all the latest updates.
The conscientious searcher: how useful is Ecosia in a world dominated by Google?
Many forget there is an environmental cost to Googling. Could eco-friendly search engines, such as Ecosia, offer a valuable and green alternative?
Three factors to consider when building a local presence
Developing a local presence takes a great deal of time, effort, and consistency. But with almost half of all Google searches now being local, you can’t afford not to focus on it. Pratik Dholakiya shares three factors to start your local journey.
Closing the knowledge gap: how do you ensure paid search transparency?
Driving transparency across all channels in paid search will lead to better insights and results.
How Dynamic Search Ad campaigns could unlock SEO success
This article aims to cover just one of the ways to use PPC Dynamic Search Ad data alongside SEO metrics, the range of exports you need to combine, and the questions you need to ask of your data to uncover optimization opportunities for SEM.
Technical SEO: why it matters and seven tweaks to give you an edge
Here are the seven tweaks that will improve technical SEO.
Facebook’s ‘Clear History’ could be a boon for organic search marketing
In response to the Cambridge Analytica controversy involving data privacy and security, Facebook announced at its F8 event this month that users will be able to see the information Facebook has gathered via their account and control how Facebook uses that information.
The top 10 tools for getting an insight into your website analytics
By tracking your site’s most important metrics, you can get a valuable look at how well your SEO strategy is working; what a typical customer does on your site; and even what your competitors are doing differently. Amanda DiSilvestro reviews ten platforms to get your research journey started.
Mary Meeker’s Report 2018: the internet trends to watch out for
Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends report is certainly one of the most anticipated annual reports in the tech industry. We’ve looked at the new stats and we’ve analyzed those who grabbed our attention.
A beginner’s guide to paid search
Fountain Partnership provides an overview of paid search for beginners. When done properly, paid search can grow businesses exponentially. Set your goals, forecast your outcomes and avoid the pitfalls we’ve listed in this article, and you will benefit from the results.
What data do you need to find, pitch and win new SEO clients?
Conveying the specific remedies and additions that you would pursue to optimize a client’s site and search strategy serves as a strong introduction and major first step toward becoming indispensable to the client as the one hired to execute a winning SEO game plan. Kim Kosaka explains
Where we’re going, we won’t need websites
As voice becomes dominant in search, and users turn to social media, apps and news aggregators for their content – and not to mention the rise in virtual reality – Kevin Gibbons asks whether we will still need websites in future.
Four ways Google is making SEO easier
One of the best ways to stay up-to-date with SEO and search marketing developments is to keep a close eye on Google’s developments. However, just doing that can be a full-time job. Luke Budka highlights four recent updates you may not be aware of.