
The ins and outs of keyword research
A great way to expand your PPC account is by performing keyword research in order to uncover untapped opportunities. Keyword research is...

What Google’s experimental content podium means for SEO
Google has been testing a new content platform called “Posts with Google,” and it could have a huge impact on brand searches, for both...

What you need to reach the big leagues of local SEO
Ffooter / Shutterstock.com It’s that time of year again. The air becomes crisp, the crack of the bat fills the stadium, the crowd...

Are there PPC monsters lurking inside your paid search account?
Have you ever opened up a paid search report and felt a jolt of fear? Maybe your new campaign wasn’t performing well. Maybe you’d...

What Google’s recent RLSA updates mean for advertisers
At the recent SMX East conference in New York City, Google’s Jerry Dischler announced a number of paid search updates that should roll...

How should your ad budget impact campaign building?
Everyone running a PPC account typically has a budgeting question they are trying to figure out. For those with a tighter ad budget, the...

Rethinking today’s attribution problem in digital marketing
Attribution is the science behind assigning values to individual touch points throughout a customer’s decision journey. It’s not only a...

After 4 months & 125M+ pages indexed, where are we with AMP?
From left to right: Googler Adam Greenberg, Condé Nast’s John Shehata, Vox Media’s Elite Truong, and Search Engine Land’s Danny Sullivan....

I’ll stop the world and link with you
I’m sure you get a bazillion emails a day. I feel like I spend half my time weeding through them because I’m afraid I’ll miss something...

Forget about unique content. Try actually BEING local!
Is it just me, or does it really seem lately like every marketer is looking for a silver bullet when it comes to SEO? Even though nothing...

Does finding that micro-moment feel like chasing fireflies? Here are 9 data points that will help yo
Getting the attention of today’s consumer is harder than ever before. They are on multiple devices, accessing numerous forms of media....

Results from the Local SEO Ranking Factors Study presented at SMX East
The SMX East Session “The 2016 Quantitative Local SEO Ranking Factors Study” presented by Local SEO Guide‘s Dan Leibson (Vice President...

Local SEO now has an organic ROI tracking method
The ability to track digital efforts to in-store visits can be the single most difficult challenge a local business conquers. Since the...

The 7 best ad and landing page elements to boost online conversions
When it comes to success with paid search, it’s not just about ad copy. You have to pay attention to your ad extensions and your landing...

PPC + SEO = match made in marketing heaven
It has been quite a year for the Search Engine Results Page (SERP). We’ve seen numerous algorithm updates, including a final Penguin...

Infographic: 11 amazing hacks that will boost your organic click-through rates
Do you care about your organic click-through rate (CTR)? You should. Why? For one thing, pages that have a higher-than-expected CTR tend...

Give Google a break: Tackling paid links is harder than you may think
Prior to the recent arrival of Penguin 4.0, it had been nearly two years since Penguin was last updated. It was expected to roll out at...

Don’t let your business play possum with local search
For brick-and-mortar businesses, proximity to the searcher’s location has become even more important as a ranking signal thanks to a...

Multi-location local SEO strategy: domain structure
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