
The power of podcasting: How to boost your reputation and search engine rankings
If you’re in the digital marketing industry, you know podcasts are HOT. Whether you’ve started your own or are a regular podcast...

Recruitment SEO: How to create a well-optimized career section on your site
If a job candidate is interested in your company, he or she will immediately go into research mode and scour the Internet for more...

Hijacking Google search results for fun, not profit: UK SEO uncovers XML sitemap exploit in Google S
In 2017, Google paid nearly $3 million to individuals and researchers as part of their Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP), which...

Stop! Think twice before using nofollow on your website
Recently, a number of major websites like Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc. and Huffington Post started using nofollow attributes on their...

5 easy but smart SEO wins to boost content and link-building efforts
Who isn’t? This is a great time to knock down the cobwebs in your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts with some good old-fashioned...

SEO Ranking factors panel: SMX West session recap
I attended the SEO Ranking Factors session at this year’s SMX West and enjoyed listening to the panelists present their opinions,...

4 concrete ways to use images to build links
“Create visual content and the links will follow” is a nice sentiment, but in reality, it’s a prerequisite, not a guarantee of the...

AMP: Do or die? Session recap from SMX West
The “AMP: Do or Die?” session at SMX West covered the hot topic of Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP). AMP is the Google-backed project...

7 marketing and promotion tactics to get your content discovered
It’s no secret a well-executed content marketing campaign can deliver a solid return on investment. According to Demand Metric, content...

Optimize for voice search by keeping it short and to the point
OK, Google … how do I optimize for voice search? Ask that question and you’ll discover even Google doesn’t know but is trying to learn....

The ultimate guide to bot herding and spider wrangling
This is Part 1 of a three-part series. We generally think about search engine optimization in relation to humans: What queries are my...

What is GS1 SmartSearch Schema markup and why should e-commerce sites use it?
By now most of us should be familiar with Schema Product markup which can be leveraged for listings on e-commerce sites. The benefits of...

Can you predict what the future holds for your inbound links?
Almost five years ago I wrote an article about predicting a site’s future and using your expectation to decide whether you should pursue...

An easy way to see if Google thinks your webpages are keyword relevant
We all want to rank well, but there are times when it seems nearly impossible to do so. There can be many causes for rankings shortfalls,...

It’s here! ‘Enterprise SEO Platforms: A Marketer’s Guide’ is all new for 2018.
Also included are profiles of 16 leading SEO tools for vendors, pricing charts, capabilities comparisons and recommended steps for...

Tracking the ROI of organic search for B2B
I confess, I love marketing data. And charts. Lots and lots of charts! Around this time every year, I am never disappointed with the...

Making website speed and performance part of your SEO routine
Based on my experience, it has become clear to me Google will place a stronger weight on the customer’s experience with page load speed...

A link-building case study: Using brand mentions and competitive linking tactics
Today I want to showcase a successful link-building campaign we conducted for a new website and walk through the process in the event...

How do you optimize content for a voice-first world?
For years, the use of voice search and voice assistants to answer questions has been on the rise. According to Google, 20 percent of all...
























