
The four pillars of an effective SEO strategy
SEO can be complicated — in many cases, overcomplicated. How many ranking factors are involved in generating strong organic search...

Siri, Safari and Google Search: What does it mean for marketers?
Apple has recently made some significant changes to both Siri and Safari, with potentially far-reaching implications for digital...

‘Ask Me Anything’ with Google’s Gary Illyes at SMX East
SMX East conference, Google’s webmaster trends analyst Gary Illyes took questions from the dual moderators — Barry Schwartz and Michelle...

13 outdated SEO tactics that should terrify you
As we approach Halloween and our Netflix queues again fill up with all manner of spooky, startling and downright horrifying monsters, I’m...

Local SEO for service-area businesses requires a lot of servicing
Today, let’s talk service-area businesses (SABs) and local SEO. Because every time I talk to an SAB, the first thing — and pretty much...

Tips to troubleshoot your technical SEO
There are lots of articles filled with checklists that tell you what technical SEO items you should review on your website. This is not...

SEO Ranking Factors in 2017: What’s Important and What’s Not
As technology advances, search engines can refine their ranking algorithms to better determine relevance and return results that better...

5 ways to sell more this holiday season with Google’s updates to shopping ads
With the biggest e-commerce days of the year just around the corner, it’s not too late to take advantage of some of Google’s newest ways...

How to use long-tail keywords to build your short-tail rankings
I often hear experts talk about going after the low-hanging fruit of keywords. “Forget about the short tail,” they say. I agree that that...

How to increase B2B traffic by 192% in five months
SEO is a long-term strategy. It takes time to build authority and reputation, and spammy tricks that work for a short time are eventually...

19 technical SEO facts for beginners
Technical SEO is an awesome field. There are so many little nuances to it that make it exciting, and its practitioners are required to...

10 ways to generate links with online influencers
You may be thinking that no one wants to share your content, but the opposite is actually true: Because they post so often, online...

From big to small: 5 free image compression tools reviewed
Recently, I’ve found myself focusing more and more on optimizing page load times. Improving page speed is something that is generally...

Dealing with duplicate content
Since content is a core element of good SEO, many have tried to manipulate the result by using the old “copy and paste” approach. Google...

Apocalypse for online search? Here’s how marketers can thrive
When Google launched in 1998, the big knock against it was that it would be excruciatingly difficult to monetize the traffic because all...

‘High-quality content’ tips from Google’s own style guides
Google has long stressed the importance of “high-quality content” but has provided little, if any, help for those seeking to create it....

The ever-increasing importance of usability and trust in link building
Then there was the search bar. Blacked out completely, you couldn’t see what you were typing into it, and it gave no error messages when...

4 (not so) ordinary conversion elements you may be abusing
The website conversion process starts with driving traffic to your site, but not just any traffic — it needs to be targeted traffic....

5 ways to capitalize on Google Tag Manager
Google Tag Manager (GTM) has revolutionized the way we implement scripts and tags on websites. However, many marketers aren’t fully...
























