
Competitive threats to Google, and what they mean for you
Google market share in the US currently stands at 63.8 percent, with Bing (including Yahoo’s search volume) coming in at 33.5 percent,...

5 brilliant headline hacks for crazy high organic click-through rates
What is the most important ranking factor? Ask 1,000 SEOs, and you’ll get a wide variety of answers. Getting links and creating great...

10 tips for building a local brand that will boost your local search ranking
When we think of brands, we think of iconic names and logos. The cursive white script on red of Coca-Cola. The golden arches of...

Local SEO doesn’t happen in a vacuum
If you’ve read any of my past articles, you know that I sometimes (usually) write them from up on my soap box… and this time, I’m right...

What marketers need to know about Google assistant and Google Home
What started with Siri in 2010 is quickly leading to an age where consumers engage with the internet using only their voices, in much the...

4 effective local positioning strategies you’re overlooking
As SEOs, we know having the right content, in the right place, at the right time, can work to elevate search positioning and increase a...

Got spam? Google My Business doesn’t care.
Google recently posted a blog article raving about how it tackled webspam in 2015. The numbers were quite impressive. The webspam team...

Move over, text ads: How data feeds are driving new search experiences
If you haven’t done it already, now would be a great time to take a fresh look — or even a first look — at how data feeds can...

5 ways to maintain your SEO ranking
Generating a consistent source of website traffic is the foundation of every online business. If you don’t have visitors coming to your...

Printing your way to SEO success
I run a small digital marketing agency in the UK, and we have a strong focus on search in all its paid, organic and local formats. Over...

Local SEO: Become the voice online for your market
When it comes to local content marketing, too many businesses fall into the trap of self-promotion, writing solely or primarily...

PPC skeptics: Are you one of these 6 types?
There are still a great many businesses that aren’t advertising online — or at least not diverting healthy budgets to it. In fact, one...

The SEM agency is dying (and what to do about it)
Search engine marketing agencies will face many business challenges over the next couple of years, including increased competition, fee...

UC Davis scandal exposes the online reputation industry’s own bad rap issue
Recently, the chancellor of the University of California, Davis was placed on leave following reports that the institution had hired...

The true value of technical SEOs
Like many technical SEOs, I was outraged when I first read Clayburn Griffin’s post, “The True Value of Technical SEO,” a couple months...

SEM ad copy tips that you may find scary
Writing ad copy for your AdWords campaign typically is a process that unfolds something like this: Identify keywords and user needs....

The SEO risks & rewards of buying multi-location companies
Sports Authority, the US sporting goods retailer with 450+ locations, recently announced it was seeking a buyer after filing for...

How to make SEO a company-wide habit
A few months ago, the Content Marketing Manager at a client’s organization reached out to me, asking if we could provide his copywriting...

Beyond authority: guiding metrics for lasting links
I recently attended a search conference and had the opportunity to converse with attendees from a wide range of fields, with varying SEO...
























