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The Complete Guide to Mastering Duplicate Content Issues
Duplicate content issues – whether offsite or onsite – can damage your SEO efforts. Here’s how to address it.
How to Improve Page Speed for More Traffic & Conversions
Follow these tips to optimize your page speed and boost your traffic and conversions.
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7 Ways a Mobile-First Index Impacts SEO
Here are seven ways that a mobile-first search index may influence how we approach SEO.
How to Improve Your Website Navigation: 7 Essential Best Practices
Use these website navigation best practices to help your users and search engines more easily find your content.
7 Tips to Optimize Crawl Budget for SEO
In this guide, you’ll discover seven tips to help make your website as crawlable as possible for SEO.
404 vs. Soft 404 Errors: What’s the Difference & How to Fix Both
Know the difference between error 404s and soft 404s and learn how to fix the SEO issues behind them.
An SEO Guide to HTTP Status Codes
Learn more about the different HTTP status codes, what they’re for, and their real-world impact for SEO.
Google Assistant Only Holds 9% of the Virtual Assistant Market
Google finds itself in a rare position, coming in third place in the virtual assistant market after Microsoft and Apple.
SEOs Are in High Demand, According to LinkedIn’s Data
A study published by LinkedIn shows the demand for SEO professionals in increasing, creating a “seller’s market.”
Your Indexed Pages Are Going Down – 5 Possible Reasons Why
Have you noticed a decrease in your number of indexed pages? Learn how to diagnose and fix the issue.
How to Use XML Sitemaps to Boost SEO
Here’s a guide to everything SEO pros need to know about XML sitemaps, including a best practice checklist.
The Ultimate Guide for an SEO-Friendly URL Structure
Follow these URL structure guidelines to set your websites up for future SEO success.
SEO-Friendly Hosting: 5 Things to Look for in a Hosting Company
Good, reliable web hosting matters. Here are the five key features that define an SEO-friendly hosting company.
Google Serves 11 Million Fact Checked Articles Per Day
Google is highlighting the work it’s done to surface more fact-checked content in search results.
9 Bad SEO Habits to Leave in 2019
Say goodbye to these old SEO habits that just plain don’t work, or even worse, can get a website penalized.
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Recovering from a Google Core Algorithm Update with Lily Ray [PODCAST]
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Lily Ray talks about what to do when recovering from a Google core update or SEO performance is declining.
When to Use Data Science in SEO
Here’s how data science intersects with search and why SEO pros must learn more about AI and machine learning.
Yandex Announces Major Algorithm Update
Russian search engine Yandex announced an update that offers 1,500 improvements.
Instagram Stories Can Now Include More Than One Photo
Instagram is introducing a new feature that allows users to upload multiple photos in one story.