
The ultimate guide to bot herding and spider wrangling — Part Two
Part One of our three-part series, we learned what bots are and why crawl budgets are important. Let’s take a look at how to let the...

Intent-based keyword research: Let Google be your guide
Whether paid or organic, when it comes to search marketing, keywords are king. Good keyword research is at the heart of any successful...

Is responsive web design enough? (Hint: No)
As mobile-first indexing nears, the need to optimize for mobile has never felt so pressing. Even in its current iteration, mobile search...

How to use a podcast to create smart and usable content
This is Part 3 of a three-part series. Here are Part 1 and Part 2. The more podcast interviews you do, the more credibility and authority...

Why do we overcomplicate link building?
When I answer, “Well I just search the web for good sites and reach out to them,” I tend to get a lot of disappointed looks and long...

How to align SEO and sales teams so everyone benefits
It’s no secret that marketing and sales don’t always see eye to eye. The sales team gets mad at the marketing team for lack of leads and...

SMB marketing survey finds only 3% use outside agency or vendor
BrandMuscle recently released a “State of Local Marketing” report for 2018. The sprawling document captures marketing and ad-spending...

7 ways to turn a webinar into a stream of link-attracting content
Doesn’t matter if we’re talking about images, articles, blog posts or videos. Producing large quantities sometimes causes a decrease in...

Why we need to fight fake reviews
Last year, I wrote an article about eight different types of fake content and how the epidemic would hurt local search. It seems the...

SEO for multi-language websites: How to speak your customers’ language
In my previous column, I took a look at the options, intricacies and best practices for international SEO. In this article, I want to...

Stop being a link snob and saying no to certain links
The client won’t accept a nofollow or an image link or the anchor text isn’t what they specified. Guest posts will get you penalized....

The power of podcasting: How to boost your reputation and search engine rankings
If you’re in the digital marketing industry, you know podcasts are HOT. Whether you’ve started your own or are a regular podcast...

Recruitment SEO: How to create a well-optimized career section on your site
If a job candidate is interested in your company, he or she will immediately go into research mode and scour the Internet for more...

Delivering optimized media-rich content for mobile
We all know the adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” meaning that a complex idea can be conveyed in just one image. The phrase...

What’s different about digital marketing in the cannabis industry?
The cannabis industry is one of the fastest-growing in the US, with a diverse and exciting startup landscape. And yet, it faces an uphill...

Stop! Think twice before using nofollow on your website
Recently, a number of major websites like Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc. and Huffington Post started using nofollow attributes on their...

4 concrete ways to use images to build links
“Create visual content and the links will follow” is a nice sentiment, but in reality, it’s a prerequisite, not a guarantee of the...

7 marketing and promotion tactics to get your content discovered
It’s no secret a well-executed content marketing campaign can deliver a solid return on investment. According to Demand Metric, content...

The ultimate guide to bot herding and spider wrangling
This is Part 1 of a three-part series. We generally think about search engine optimization in relation to humans: What queries are my...
























