5 Restaurant SEO Tips Backed by Diners & Data
The key to restaurant SEO is understanding that most people don’t search for specific restaurants. They search for the type of cuisine or dish they want to eat. This is…
Google Explains Why Low-Quality Traffic Can’t Impact Rankings
Google’s Martin Splitt addressed a question about website trustworthiness and whether competitors can negatively impact it. He explained how Google assesses site trustworthiness and clarified why factors like links and…
Shopify SEO – How to Optimize Your Shopify Site for Google
Shopify has become a leading platform in the ecommerce world, with over a million businesses using it to reach their customers. Notable brands like Netflix Merch Shop, Gymshark, and Kylie…
How To Maintain Brand Visibility And Thrive In This Evolving Search Landscape
As of July 2024, ChatGPT had approximately 2.9 billion monthly visits, compared to Google’s 130.1 billion, Facebook’s 13.2 Billion, X’s 4.1 billion, and Amazon’s 3.2 billion. While ChatGPT’s monthly visits…
How You Can Measure Core Web Vitals
Google has defined a set of metrics site owners should focus on when optimizing for page experience. Core Web Vitals metrics are part of Google’s page experience factors that all…
Google Shows How To Block Bots And Boost Site Performance
Google’s Martin Splitt answered a question about malicious bots that impact site performance, offering suggestions every SEO and site owner should know and put into action. Malicious Bots Are An…
Google Says Title Tags “Maybe” Impact Rankings
Google’s John Mueller offered a surprising explanation about the ranking impact of title tags. His answer challenged the SEO belief that title tags are a critical ranking factor and clarified…
A Detailed Comparison of Two Search Engines
Between Google and Bing, which search engine should you focus on? Should you focus on both or prioritize one over the other? Google is still the world’s most popular search…
Google’s Revamped Documentation Shows 4 Reasons To Refresh Content
Google significantly revamped its documentation about ranking pages that contain video content. While the changelog lists three areas that changed, a review of the content provides a case study of…
Google Cautions On Improper 404 Handling
Google’s John Mueller addressed whether numerous 404 errors negatively impact rankings and provided a clear explanation of the best practices for handling them. 404 (Not Found) Status Code 404 is…
6 Underrated Keyword Research Methods — Whiteboard Friday
The next section we’re going to talk about is how you can apply modifiers to your keywords to enrich your keyword lists. So there are lots of different modifiers, and…
9 Proven Ways To Improve Your PPC Campaign Performance
Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising remains a cornerstone of effective digital marketing strategies. Often, when we begin work on a PPC account or campaign, it comes with some history. Whether it’s because…
Google Confirms AI Overviews Affected By Core Updates
In a recent LinkedIn exchange, Google’s Senior Search Analyst John Mueller confirmed that core algorithm updates impact the search engine’s AI-powered overviews. This info gives us a clearer picture of…
6 Ways Spammers Exploit Google With Reddit
A search marketer named Lars Lofgren felt exasperated by the avalanche of spam hitting Reddit and decided to expose the tricks that spammers are using to exploit Google’s preference for…
How To Create Engaging Instagram Carousel Posts
No Instagram strategy is complete without carousels. Why? Because they’re powerful storytelling tools that generate outsized engagement among Instagram audiences. But how do you make carousels effective? Creating engaging carousels…
What Is Largest Contentful Paint: An Easy Explanation
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) is a Google user experience metric integrated into ranking systems in 2021. LCP is one of the three Core Web Vitals (CWV) metrics that track technical…
WordPress Cache Plugin Vulnerability Affects +5 Million Websites
Up to 5 million installations of the LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin are vulnerable to an exploit that allows hackers to gain administrator rights and upload malicious files and plugins The…
Data Confirms Disruptive Potential Of SearchGPT
Researchers analyzed SearchGPT’s responses to queries and identified how it may impact publishers, B2B websites, and e-commerce, discovering key differences between SearchGPT, AI Overviews, and Perplexity. What is SearchGPT? SearchGPT…
Non-Digital Marketing Factors That Hurt Digital Marketing ROI
Digital marketing is hard. The number of channels, networks, platforms, websites, technical factors, content needs, and the constant changes by search engines make it a very dynamic and ever-changing layer…
How To Launch, Manage, & Grow An Affiliate Program Step-By-Step
You’re now ready to get your affiliate program in motion! Before you do, there are pitfalls to avoid and situations you’re going to run into. In this final section of…
How CTV Fits Into Digital Marketing During Holiday Season
Trends for holiday season planning have shifted over the years, and different brands define “the holidays” in different ways. Retailers are keen to get as much out of holidays as…
Simplifying Google Updates And Communications For C-Level Stakeholders
Google updates can cause uncertainty, confusion, and fear amongst non-SEO and non-marketing business stakeholders. As an industry, we like to fixate on the winners and losers of any given update,…
Duda Announces ActiveCampaign Marketing Automation Integration
Duda announced a partnership with ActiveCampaign, a marketing automation and CRM company. The partnership allows agencies to bring marketing automation to their client sites to help boost sales and customer…
Unlock Revenue Growth with These Holistic Marketing Strategies
Want to boost your business-to-business marketing and drive more revenue? Check out our upcoming webinar on unlocking new revenue growth with holistic and comprehensive B2B marketing strategies. It will show…
Google Casts Doubt On Popular SEO Audit Advice
Google’s Martin Splitt questioned the usefulness of specific suggestions made by SEO auditing tools, noting that while some advice may be valid, much of it has little to no impact…
Google Offers Solutions for Inaccurate Product Pricing In Search
In the latest edition of Google’s SEO office-hours Q&A video, Senior Search Analyst John Mueller addressed concerns about inaccurate prices in search results. His advice may be helpful if you’re…
Search Console Data Survives After Domain Expiration
In the August edition of Google’s SEO office-hours Q&A video, John Mueller, Senior Search Analyst at Google, tackled a unique question about domain expiration and Search Console data. The question…
Google’s Mueller On August Core Update vs. Ranking Bug Effects
Google recently rolled out two changes that affected website rankings: the August 2024 core update and a fix for a separate ranking problem. These happened around the same time, making…
How To Identify & Reduce Render-Blocking Reosurces
Despite significant changes to the organic search landscape throughout the year, the speed and efficiency of web pages have remained paramount. Users continue to demand quick and seamless online interactions,…
Google Quietly Launches New AI Crawler
Google quietly added a new bot to their crawler documentation that crawls on behalf of commercial clients of their Vertex AI product. It appears that the new crawler may only…