
Case study: On-page + off-page SEO working together = success
I encounter many people who believe the basic blocking and tackling of search engine optimization (SEO) execution is losing its value,...

Four new search trends in mobile app discovery
Recently, Google reported 80 percent of users churn within three months of downloading an app. Meanwhile, over on TechCrunch, a study...

What’s going on with Google brand CPC?
Q1 and Q2 of 2017, Merkle (my employer) reported on a positive trend for advertisers that showed a decline in brand cost per click (CPC)...

Channel your inner explorer to find link-building prospects
Every time I conduct an in-house survey and ask my linking team, “What do you think is the hardest part of your job,” they answer, “The...

5 New Year’s resolutions for your PPC campaigns
It’s never too late for New Year’s resolutions, so why not give your PPC campaigns a little New Year’s love? In this article, I’ll...

Local search industry optimistic about 2018 — but less likely to hire
The local search landscape is a constantly evolving beast, regularly changing at the whim of Google My Business and, more and more these...

Will AMP improve your rankings? How to set up an AMP test
page speed will become a mobile ranking factor later this year, right around the same time the full rollout of the mobile-first index is...

How AI can uncover new insights and drive SEO performance
In 2015, Google announced that it had added RankBrain to its algorithm, cementing the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in...

3 SEO tasks to start 2018 off with a bang
I’d like to help you start 2018 off with a bang by earning three simple wins that will set the stage for further success and growth, not...

The unique selling proposition: A key element for SEO success
Google processes trillions of searches per year, which equates to billions of searches each day. How do they decide what is the most...

Website redesigns: How to retain and improve your SEO
A new website should be an opportunity to improve SEO, conversion rates and digital marketing as a whole. Unfortunately, it can also be...

What’s next for technical SEO?
It seems as though technical SEO is experiencing a resurgence in popularity. In 2016, Mike King believed that we were on the cusp of...

Bizarre review schema implementation spotlights gaps between Google’s guidelines & how rich res
Review snippets, in which review stars appear next to your SERP listing, have long been among the most coveted rich results sought out by...

4 reports you can pull from Ahrefs that you didn’t know existed
Author’s note: Besides being a customer of Ahrefs, I have no affiliation with the tool, and this is not a paid article. Ahrefs is a...

SEO trends and Google changes to expect in 2018
We’re already over a week into 2018, and the start of a new year is a great time to check in and see where we stand as an industry — and...

Best practices for qualifying your link opportunities
Links are an essential part of the internet. In the early days of the web, links were not seen as “ranking signals” but as relevant...

How independent retailers can thrive in a volatile market
such as Amazon and Walmart. But these market conditions — including reduced brick-and-mortar overhead, low-cost technology integrations...

What the development of visual search will mean for SEO
The arrival of the Pinterest Lens and Google Lens has ignited a battle for visual search engine supremacy. Beyond opening up a new...

10 facts about rich results that all SEOs should know
As of December 19, 2017, “rich results” is the new name for all of Google’s special search result features and enhancements,...
























