Ask Yoast: product feeds and duplicate content

Previously in Ask Yoast, we took Kathy’s question about selling products through multiple channels and the risk of duplicate content. More webshop owners seem to struggle to avoid duplicate content. Like Stephan ten Cate, who has send the following question to ask@yoast.com: “A lot of webshops (e.g. Magento) use product feeds to distribute their content to other channels (eBay, […]

Connecting Paid Search Spend to In Store Visits

As PPC experts we understand the value that our work brings to our clients. Even if it doesn’t directly or initially correlate with a lead or conversion, we know that its valuable. When Google first introduced Estimated Total Conversions back in October of ‘13, I know a ton of PPC marketers were super excited like: […]

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Mastering PPC: PLAs – Mysteriously Murder Your eComm Competition with PLAs

Let’s say you are an online retailer of books, and you’ve noticed that in the last 6 months your traffic has been slowly declining. Your average position doesn’t appear to be slipping; your ad copy hasn’t changed, and yet… declining traffic. You do a few test queries to investigate and find: This. Your ad, while […]

Brand Bias: 70% Of Consumers Look For Known Retailers When Doing Product Searches

New research from Search Engine Land and SurveyMonkey shows that consumers have a definite brand bias when it comes to searching for products online. According to data from a survey conducted last month, almost 70 percent of US consumers said they look for a “Known retailer” when…

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17 SEO Best Practices That Could Double Your E-Commerce Sales

When I first tell clients that SEO can double online sales for consumer e-commerce retailers, they are skeptical. But not after I demonstrate how I’ve done it for Norwegian e-shops using 8 effective SEO tips. It sounds unrealistic — but isn’t. E-commerce SEO and conversion rate…

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Google Testing New AdWords Site Search Extension

A new flavor of AdWords form extensions has been spotted. It’s a site search box, and according to Google, this test is related to the drop-down navigation extension seen in August. Users can perform an internal site search of the advertiser’s web site right from the search results….

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Debate: Do Single Product PLA Ad Groups Strangle ROI?

Building out Product Listing Ad campaigns in Google AdWords with single product or single SKU ad groups has become a fairly common practice. The idea being that isolating each product into its own ad group gives advertisers more control over which item…

Link Building for Big-Name Brands

Link building is clearly not a one-size-fits-all endeavor. Strategies have to take into consideration each client’s industry, customer, and brand itself, so things can get complicated rather quickly. Throw into the mix a name brand client that is especially concerned about aesthetic and brand fit, and typical “go to” tactics aren’t really going to cut […]