
What are the risks for businesses that are getting fake reviews on Google?
Recently, someone emailed me some information about a private Facebook group run by an SEO company in Austin, Texas, that is encouraging...

5 ways to balance technical & non-technical SEO
In SEO’s earlier days, technical SEO was largely about coding. For a fun throwback, check out this 2008 SEL article on search-friendly...

Google’s new HR product is a game changer: Which industry is next?
A comparison of applicant-tracking systems on Software Advice lists 260 products. But there’s a new product to add to the list — a...

Twitter SEO: Ninja tricks for reputation repair
Twitter is one of my top slam-dunk assets for trying to displace negative content in search results. If your reputation has been harmed...

The 4 Ps of SEO & digital marketing
It’s a peculiar time to be a marketer. Many of us in the SEO world, myself included, are not traditionally trained as marketers. In fact,...

Designing content for the mobile-first index
Face it: You’re not a literary author, and people aren’t hanging on to every word you write. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great to have...

Top 6 tips for SEO for SaaS
As with many industries, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) businesses face unique tSEO challenges and opportunities. Before I started...

16 common on-site SEO mistakes you might be making right now
SEO is more than inbound marketing. There’s massive overlap, but there’s a technical side to SEO that sometimes gets neglected,...

How to do advanced page-level keyword research
Successful websites are built on popular, useful pages that attract and delight new visitors. These pages capture valuable traffic by...

5 tools, tips and hacks to maximize your SEO output
This article was co-authored by my colleague at Go Fish Digital, Chris Long. Part of being an effective SEO is being incredibly efficient...

If your GMB page updates & no one knows, does it make a sound?
If you own SEO at a multi-location brand (or an agency that works with them), it can be hard to sleep at night. Once upon a time, we were...

Featured snippets: How much do you really know about them? [QUIZ]
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3 reasons SEO belongs at the beginning of a project, not the end
Too many marketers still bring SEO in at the end of a content marketing project. They finish a blog post or finalize a new marketing...

Meet the fake news of the online marketing world (that Google loves!): Review sites
A recent visit to TopSEOs.com revealed some amazing “facts” about online marketing vendors. Did you know, for example, that: One of...

The psychology of search: Unleashing the power of connection
Why do companies large and small invest billions of dollars each year in search engine optimization (SEO) and other search marketing...

How long does reputation management take?
Just about the first thing that a potential reputation management client will ask when considering asking someone to clean up their name...

Developing content for the customer journey
Ten years ago, referring to content on a page as “SEO content” was often appropriate. Keyword density was still a strong factor for...

Why mistakes make you a better link builder
Whenever I’ve trained link builders, I’ve been consistent about one major process over the last decade: throw them in and let them learn...

What marketers need to know about addressable TV and OLV
Today, billions of dollars are spent on TV advertising, and at the end of the day, for many demographics, there are still very valuable...
























