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The Freelance SEO Professional’s Journey, How To Get Started In SEO [Survey Results]
Working as an SEO freelancer is how a meaningful percentage of people get their start in the industry. Here’s what you can learn from them.
Feature Page SEO For SaaS: Non-Branded Keywords For Organic Traffic
While it’s more challenging to market SaaS organically, get creative and bring in more qualified leads with this guide.
Google Tag Manager: A GA4 Beginners Guide
Let’s take a look at how Google Tag Manager works with an easy five-step GA4 setup tutorial.
Are Breadcrumbs A Google Ranking Factor?
Breadcrumbs are helpful for users as they drill down into your site hierarchy, but do they help your rank in search, too?
15 Ecommerce SEO Experts Reveal Their Top Insights For A Successful 2023
Get the ecommerce SEO insights you need to inform your strategy next year from 15 digital growth and SEO experts.
New Google Feature May Help You Find More Relevant Results
Google is rolling out a new feature in search results that may help people find more relevant content.
Google Rolls Out December 2022 Helpful Content Update
Google confirms another helpful content update is rolling out across search results. It started on December 5 and will take two weeks to complete.
How To Optimize The Largest Contentful Paint & Rank Higher In Google
Learn how to speed up your website & rank higher on SERPs. Hint: Largest Contentful Paint is the most important site speed metric for Google.
Google’s Desktop Search Results Are Now Continuously Scrollable
Google is making desktop search results more like mobile with an update that lets users continuously scroll through multiple pages.
WordPress Hit With Multiple Vulnerabilities In Versions Prior To 6.0.3
WordPress recommends immediate action to fix multiple vulnerabilities discovered in versions prior to 6.0.3
Rackspace Hosted Exchange Outage Due to Security Incident
Details emerge that Rackspace outage due to a security incident – Customers encouraged to migrate to Microsoft 365
Top 10 Essential Website Optimization Strategies
How can one boost rankings in today’s competitive SEO landscape? Focus on these 10 website optimization essentials and set yourself up for long-term success.
Is IP Address A Google Ranking Factor?
Does your IP address help or harm your rankings in search? Continue reading to learn whether IP addresses are a Google ranking factor.
How To Achieve 7-Figures With Your Law Firm Marketing Website
Here’s how to achieve seven figures with law firm website marketing.
Transitioning From Excel To Python: Essential Functions For SEO Data Analysis
Learn the Python equivalents of your favorite Excel formulas to speed up your data analysis and automate repetitive tasks.
7 Ways To Improve Local SEO & Attract New Business
Let’s take you through how you can win new customers and improve your visibility through local SEO.
A New Era Of Google Search: What It Means For SEO
Google continues to evolve how users search and how data is presented. Here are surprising ways Google is changing what it means to search.
8 Creative Real Estate Marketing Ideas And Examples
From ensuring website loading speed to crafting great social media content, these 8 strategies can help you generate more leads and foster sustainable business growth.
Why Everyone In Your Business Wins With SEO
SEO has a very obvious benefit to companies. More traffic, more leads or sales, more revenue. But how else can SEO skills and activity help?
How To Combine SEO & PPC Keyword Strategies For More Effective ROI
Learn a simple, 3-step marketing method for combining your SEO & PPC keyword data to get better organic & paid results & more effective ROI.
Google Answers If Splitting A Long Article Could Result In Thin Content
Google answers if a long article that is split into interlinked pages risks being seen as thin content
Google: Links Have Less Impact Today Than In The Past
A Googler remarked that links have “a lot less significant impact” today than they previously did in the past
8 Signs It’s Time To Fire A Bad Client & How To Do It
This article explains why you should end a client relationship, how to amend the relationship, and how to terminate the partnership.
Google: Disavowing Random Links Flagged By Tools Is A Waste Of Time
Google says that disavowing random links that a tool has flagged is not a good use of time
Google: Noindexed Pages Do Not Impact Crawl Budget
Google’s Search Relations team confirms noindexed pages don’t adversely impact a website’s crawl budget, no matter how many a site has.
Google Shares New Info About Vulnerabilities Found In Chrome
Google security researchers are sharing new information about vulnerabilities detected in Chrome, Firefox, and Windows.
Ex-Googler Answers Why Google Search is Getting Worse
Ex-Googler Marissa Mayer says there’s nothing wrong with Google Search, it’s the web that’s getting worse
Is Fresh Content A Google Ranking Factor?
To decide if “freshness” could be a ranking factor, we need to understand what the “Freshness” algorithm updates mean and how they affect search rankings.
SEO ROI: How To Ensure Performance Tracking Matches Goals
Not sure which SEO metrics are useful and which aren’t as prioritized? Discover which metrics in-house, agency, and freelance SEOs agree and disagree on.
Google: HTTP/3 Doesn’t Impact SEO
Google Search Advocate John Mueller debunks a theory that the faster speed of HTTP/3 can directly impact a website’s SEO.