
SMX Advanced recap: Using Paid Search & Social Together to Deliver the Ultimate Knockout Punch
As always, SMX was chock full of new ideas and actionable content. One of the struggles that many media teams face is the disconnect...

How e-commerce SEO matters in strategic redesign of web shops
Baking a cake is easy — when you use all the right ingredients from the beginning! But just imagine how it would be if you mixed the...

AMP: Above and beyond
Since the announcement of the project in October 2015, a lot has been said about Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) — what they are, how to...

Shopping campaigns: Play like every day is a holiday
Shopping campaigns are becoming a major source of website clicks and revenue during the holiday season, and the “Shopping Campaigns: Play...

5 more super-common SEO mistakes content marketers make
When you aren’t marrying your SEO efforts with your content marketing, you aren’t going to get the best results. As an optimization geek,...

SMX Advanced 2016 recap: Harnessing SEM analytics for smarter automation
Automation doesn’t devalue the work of marketers; it allows them to focus their time and efforts on more strategic aspects of paid...

Ask The SEOs at SMX Advanced
Covering the “Ask The SEOs” session at SMX Advanced is like covering a geek version of a late night talk show with your host, Danny...

7 types of keywords to boost your SEO strategy
Keywords are essential to every aspect of your SEO campaign, from on-site placement and usage to link prospecting and acquisition....

Why Google is mining local business attributes
When checking into places on Google Maps, you may have noticed that Google prompts you to volunteer information about the place you’re...

Beware of shady link schemes from black-hat SEOs
Recently, one of my clients received an unsolicited email from a person named “Nicholas Salmons” offering to feature their business on...

The right way to get dynamic with Google AdWords
To be honest, AdWords hasn’t changed much since its launch in 2000. And that’s coming from someone who spends all their time either...

Is selling SEO services getting harder or are SEOs just not good at it?
Is selling SEO services getting harder, or are SEOs just not that good at it? I ask this question this because I’ve recently had a number...

What’s the best attribution model For PPC?
Last-click attribution has been the default for digital marketers since the beginning of time. It’s easy, it’s tangible, it’s close to...

Bridging the gaps in the Google My Business API
Last month, Google released version 3.0 of its Google My Business API, which for those of us managing locations at scale felt like...

Influencing with ad copy: how to truly drive action
Persuasion. Influence. Psychology. The conversion rate optimization (CRO) crowd is adept at tapping into these to drive the actions of...

Fishing for B2B success: How to use AdWords to “land a big one”
I love to fish. Over the years, I’ve enjoyed many excellent fights and satisfying catches, but I’ve also spent days staring at my line...

Why retailers shouldn’t overreact to the voice search revolution
Alexander Supertramp / Shutterstock.com If recent accounts on the rise of voice search are anything to go by, the volume of long-tailed...

The Election: More searchers, more opportunities
In December 2015, Bing rolled out an Election 2016 experience, with data powered by Bing Predicts. You’ll know Bing Predicts as the crew...

Back to basics: Why you need to stop stressing over backlinks
Backlinks are important — there’s no argument on that fact. The emphasis that has been placed on backlinks in the past decade, however,...