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Link Building: How to Understand Your Niche With These 10 Questions
A better understanding of who you want to market to will make link building more effective. Asking these 10 questions can help you determine that.
WordPress Easy WP SMTP Plugin Vulnerability
Popular WordPress plugin with over 500,000 active installations was recently patched to fix an exploit that grants hackers complete control.
Bloggers Are Worth More Than Their Links
Still thinking of websites and blogs as simply places to acquire links? Stop now! Here’s how the ideal influencer campaign for SEO should look like.
Google Ads Unveils Enhancements to Lead Form Extensions
Automation and efficiency for advertisers are welcome updates to the Lead Form Extension feature for Google Ads.
Google: Structured Data is an Extremely Light Signal
Google’s John Mueller clarifies multiple points about how Google uses structured data
10 Ways Website Structure Can Affect SEO
The way a site and its pages are organized can impact SEO visibility more than you realize. Learn how to address common site structure issues.
SEO Benefits of New Top Level Domains (nTLDs)?
Google’s John Mueller answers if there is an SEO benefit from keyword-based New Top Level Domains (nTLDs)
Google Doesn’t Read Unsupported Structured Data
Google gets all the information it needs about a page from the page itself, and rarely learns anything unique from structured data, says John Mueller
4 Key Takeaways from International SEO Conference Optimization
International SEO pros offer their unique take on optimizing for Google and Yandex. Here are some optimization insights for global websites.
Google Explains How it Organizes Information in Search
Google goes over how its search index is organized, and how it makes SERPs useful, in a new explainer published to the company’s blog.
Google Confirms Rollout of Core Algorithm Update
Google confirms a core algorithm update, the December 2020 Core Update, is rolling out today.
7 Example Projects to Get Started With Python for SEO
Interested in learning Python? Here are some beginner-friendly ways to use it for automating technical SEO and data analysis work.
How Social Networks Drive Billions of Search Visits with SEO
There is a lot to learn from observing how social networks excel at SEO. Discover organic growth strategies you can apply on your own sites.
How to Attribute Your Company’s Revenue Growth to Your SEO Efforts
Measuring the ROI of SEO can pave the way for unlocking budgets. Prove the value of your organic search campaigns using some of these methods.
How Search Queries Trigger Structured Information Cards (Knowledge Panels)
A recently granted patent describes how Google may use queries to trigger structured information cards and how those queries can evolve over time.
Could You Offer People a Reward or Discounts to Gain Backlinks?
While exchanging money or goods for links may be appropriate in some cases, there are potential risks you need to know about. Learn more here.
Search Visibility Then & Now: What’s the Reliable Way to Measure Your SEO Efforts?
With search visibility, agencies can connect their actions with their clients’ business results. Learn how it can be a reliable performance metric for SEO campaigns.
Google Combines Hreflang Signals from HTML & Sitemaps
Google’s John Mueller discusses how hreflang signals are handled when directives appear in a sitemap as well as on-page HTML.
3 Effective SEO Strategies to Beat Competitors in a Competitive Market
Staying on top is a challenge especially in highly competitive markets. Up your SEO game using these tactics to beat out the competition.
H1 Headings For SEO – Why They Matter
Google uses H1 headings for SEO. But the ways they are used have evolved. Keep heading tag use up to date
Google’s John Mueller: Long Anchor Text Gives Us More Context
There is one key difference between using many words in anchor text compared to using fewer words, according to Google’s John Mueller.
Who Is Responsible for Meeting Website Accessibility Compliance?
With more laws for website accessibility, the pressure to be compliant is ever-present. Here’s what you need to know and the steps to take now.
Google Updates Search Console Crawl Stats Report
Google launched an updated Crawl Stats Report in the Search Console. Features more granular reporting.
How to Create Google My Business Posts That Get Results
Learn best practices for publishing Google My Business Posts that get results, clicks, and calls, plus what to do if your posts get rejected.
Is Multiple Domains Pointing to Single Website Good for SEO?
Will redirecting other domains to a primary one be a good idea for SEO? Here’s what you need to know before you make that decision.
WordPress 5.6 and PHP 8 Compatibility
WordPress offered guidance about compatibility of new WordPress 5.6 with PHP 8 and what that means for publishers.
How to Leverage Keyword Mapping for SEO Success
Keyword mapping is the process of assigning each page to a target keyword cluster. Learn what has changed recently and why keyword mapping remains relevant.
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Local SEO & Google My Business Optimization with Amanda Jordan [Podcast]
Loren & Amanda will jumping into quite a bit of topic matter on local search including: How has Google My Business changed in the past...
3 Ways to Use Chrome DevTools for SEO Troubleshooting
With Chrome DevTools, you can spot-check underlying SEO issues – from crawlability to performance. Explore three powerful ways to use it.
How Important Is an H1 Tag for SEO?
Find out how important an H1 tag is for SEO today. Here’s what headers on pages mean and how they are viewed by search engines.