
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...

The SEO industry is worth $65 billion; will it ever stop growing?
Since its early days, search engine optimization (SEO) has always had naysayers insisting that this marketing discipline is a passing...

How to effectively prioritize and amplify SEO content
Many SEOs these days are focused on content marketing. This involves building out high-quality content optimized for searcher intent,...

5 ways SEO and PR should be working together
With a newly integrated and and constantly evolving digital landscape, marketing and communication channels are working together more...

Global SEO: A huge opportunity + 5 tips for success
Did you know that only one-seventh of the world’s population speaks English? And only about 340 million speak it as their first language...

The 7 deadly sins of content marketers
Reasons why businesses fail in their content strategy. Content marketing has become a popular online marketing tactic over the last few...

Changing domain names in 2016: 10 easily overlooked steps that can save SEO
I help a lot of companies with the SEO aspects of their website redesigns and CMS migrations. As many webmasters know (or find out...

Twitter wants to be better at searches for Vines, Periscopes and GIFs
Earlier today, I wanted to watch the “Damn Daniel” video. The viral video that turned a pair of white Vans sneakers into a symbol of the...

Brand bidding & PPC optimization: future of brand protection (part 8)
Welcome to the conclusion of my eight-part series on brand bidding. If you’ve stuck with me this far, you’ve seen why brand bidding...

5 super-common SEO mistakes content marketers make
Without a sufficient amount of link authority, Google isn’t going to give your site the time of day. If it seems that despite all your...

Performing a manual backlink audit, step by step
It might be every SEO’s least favorite job: the backlink audit. This is not because the work itself is horrible (though it can be tedious...

Branded query optimization for SEO
In SEO, our daily job is to spot opportunities and capture them. This is often achieved through technical improvements, page optimization...

5 reasons to keep doing mobile SEO even though ads are everywhere
“Why would we continue to pay any attention to organic search on mobile when Google is only showing ads?” she says. “I just read a report...

60% of local SEOs are outsourcing more tasks in 2016 vs. 2015
SEO outsourcing is a common practice in digital marketing, as it enables us to accomplish cumbersome or repetitive tasks that we might...

Content and SEO: Optimization from creation to conversion
By 2019, it is predicted that content marketing will become a $300 billion industry. However, this content will have limited value unless...

The benefits of creating a purpose-driven SEO strategy
With more than 500 Google algorithm updates made on average each year, how can a site owner build an SEO strategy that stands the test of...

What Kobe Bryant can teach you about succeeding with AdWords
April 13, 2016, marked Kobe Bryant’s final game in the NBA. He went out in a blaze of glory, scoring an insane 61 points. Kobe’s career...