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Google Shares Tips For Optimizing Job Postings
Google says businesses are missing opportunities when it comes to optimizing job postings, and offers tips for how to improve them.
Google Enhances Search Results For “Deals” Queries
Google is now showing a new set of search results when people look for deals. All products with a “deals” badge are eligible to appear.
Can Pro-Privacy Search Engines Replace Google?
Digital privacy is increasingly important, making non-Google, privacy-focused search engines more viable. Here’s why it matters to marketers.
Why (& How) Topic Clusters Are Your Most Powerful SEO Weapon
Topic clusters show Google that a website has lots of useful content and is relevant to a specific subject. Here’s how they work.
Content As A Google Ranking Factor: What You Need To Know
Sure, content is King – but is it actually a ranking factor in Google’s search algorithms? See how content impacts your SEO.
Title Tags are a Tiny Ranking Factor
Google’s John Mueller explains the status of title tags as a ranking factor and whether company name in titles has an impact
How to Fix Google Title Tag Rewrites
Google’s John Mueller suggested steps to take to fix title tags so that Google stops rewriting them
Contact Information: Is It A Google Ranking Factor?
Does contact information – or a lack thereof – affect your Google search rankings? See what the experts have to say about it.
WordPress Facebook Feed Plugin Vulnerability Exposes 200,000+ Websites
Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin vulnerability exposes over 200,000 websites to Stored XSS vulnerability
Do Google Lighthouse Scores Affect SEO?
Google Lighthouse is the top recommended tool for measuring Core Web Vitals and other performance metrics. So it must affect SEO, right? Wrong.
SEO Horror Stories That Will Scare The Hell Out Of You
Ghostly appearances in the SERPs, website necromancy, mysterious strategies no one can quite figure out…This year’s Halloween SEJ Special has it all.
Vulnerabilities Are Not an SEO Issue… Until You Get Hacked
Vulnerabilities are technically not SEO problems until the site is hacked and then it’s an SEO problem
Google Changes More Structured Data Requirements
Google updated the requirements for the HowTo, QAPage and SpecialAnnouncement structured data. The changes make the structured data simpler
SEO and Temporarily Out-of-Stock Product Pages
Google’s John Mueller shared four tips for dealing with pages for products that are temporarily out of stock
Does URL Length Affect SEO?
Does Google prefer shorter URLs over longer URLs? That’s an SEO myth that won’t go away. Here’s when URL length matters and when it doesn’t.
BigCommerce SEO Features & Tips for Ecommerce Success
The BigCommerce ecommerce platform comes with decent out-of-the-box SEO features. Here’s how to use them and what else you can do.
Google: Site Quality Can Cause Loss of Rich Results
Google’s John Mueller explains that site quality can affect whether or not Google shows rich results from a site
7 Best Alternatives To Yoast SEO WordPress Plugin
Need a better alternative to the Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress? We analyzed similar SEO plugins and found 7 great options.
Website Health Check: Top Technical SEO Tips & Tools
Get expert tips on how you can place your website at the top of the search engine rankings beyond the standard SEO tactics.
Core Web Vitals Winner: WordPress, Drupal, Duda or Wix?
The Core Web Vitals Technology Report shows which web publishing platform offers the best Core Web Vitals performance
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Google Ranking Factors: Fact vs. Fiction [Podcast]
Google ranking factors are a hot topic in the SEO industry. We’re talking about a few key ranking factors and what it means for you.
5 Holiday Internet Marketing Tactics to Start Right Now
Are you ready for the holidays? Get some final, last-minute SEO and SEM strategies in place to make the most of the 2021 holiday season.
10 News SEO Tips from The New York Times’ Christine Liang
Christine Liang from The New York Times shares the latest tips and strategies for optimizing news for search – from NESS 2021.
News SEO: Popular Topics, Hot Takes & Expert Tips
Top takeaways and expert tips from news SEO experts at The New York Times, USA TODAY, WSJ, Google and more – from NESS 2021.
How Can I Drive More Traffic To Targeted Landing Pages?
How can you drive more traffic to targeted landing pages when searchers are directed to informational pages? Learn more in this Ask an SEO.
Google Search Console Impressions Report and Continuous Scroll SERPs
Google’s John Mueller assessed how Search Console Impressions Reports may change because of the new Infinite Scroll Search Results
The Link Building Tactic You’re Not Using: Shallow Links
Your inbound link counts look good on that SEO tool, but all those links aren’t worth squat if they’re not pointing to the right pages.
Google’s Priority Hints Improves CWV
Experimental Chrome HTML attribute can speed up Core Web Vitals scores
Google Doesn’t Care What’s In An Image
Google’s web search algorithm doesn’t care what’s in an image. All that matters is it’s marked up with the correct structured data.
8 Ways To Drive Local Business In Competitive Markets With Search
Optimized GMB listings and location pages are essential. Learn top tactics and strategies to drive local business in competitive markets.