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Quality Raters Guidelines and Google Ranking Signals
The downside of using the Quality Raters Guidelines to guess what ranking signals Google uses.
Google Hangouts on Air With YouTube Live Discontinued
Google’s support page for Hangouts On Air was updated to note it’s being discontinued. No formal announcement yet.
7 Best Alternatives to Yoast SEO WordPress Plugin
There are several great alternatives for WordPress SEO plugins in addition to Yoast. Check out this list for options.
Google No Longer Uses Social Profile Markup for Knowledge Panels
Google is deprecating social media profile markup, which was once necessary for social media links to display in knowledge panels.
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Is Google June Update Using Wikipedia to Judge Sites?
Mercola claims Google June Broad Core Update uses Wikipedia to judge and rank websites. Is there proof?
Google Won’t Display Multiple Featured Snippets For One Page
Google’s John Mueller says one set of structured data will be used in search results when pages contains multiple types.
Do These 5 Things & You Will Rank Higher Than Your Competitor
I’m going to tell you how to rank higher than your competitors in almost every case.
How Long Does It Take to Get First Page Rankings? Â
Learn how long it can take to start ranking on the first page of Google for your targeted keywords.
7 SEO Insights You Can Learn by Mining Your Help Desk
Here are seven SEO insights you can mine from your ticket log and help desk analytics.
Google: Disallowed URLs Do Not Affect Crawl Budget
Google’s Gary Illyes updated his original writeup on crawl budget with clarification about disallowed URLs.
5 Ways to Build a Google Algorithm Update Resistant SEO Strategy
Here are five steps that SEOs can take to become more resistant to Google algorithm updates.
Automated Intent Classification Using Deep Learning
Learn how to build a model to understand and predict user intent in ways that simply aren’t possible manually.
What Is Universal Search?
Learn why Google’s Universal Search results are important, where Universal Search is going, and what it means for you.
4 Reasons Why Your Videos Aren’t as Successful as Your Blog Posts
Here are four reasons why your videos might not be getting the search engine love they deserve.
Travel SEO: How to Compete with Big Brands on a Budget
In travel SEO, size isn’t everything. Here are seven ways to compete with big brands and come out on top.
SEO Basics for SaaS Companies
Learn the basic considerations that SaaS companies must address when executing an SEO strategy.
New Chrome Security Extension Flags Small Sites as Suspicious
Official Chrome security extension is biased against small websites. Flags sites if they’re not a big brand.
SEO Tactics: Black Hats, White Hats, Gray Hats & ‘Asshats’
Learn about the multiple hats of SEO in this post.
Google’s John Mueller Explains How Sites Without Backlinks Are Discovered
Google’s John Mueller explains how Googlebot finds sites when there are no links pointing to them.
How to Mine the SERPs for SEO, Content & Customer Insights
Here’s how to mine the SERPs to identify topical and linguistic trends and help you improve your SEO performance.
