How Expert Brands Are Winning At Lead Generation Right Now
Building a quality pipeline is a challenge, and Google isn’t making it any easier. Changes in the way traffic, and leads, are coming to your site has probably shifted, yet…
Google Shows 2/3 Fewer AIOs And More Citations
It has become quiet around AI Overviews. One month after my initial traffic impact analysis, I updated my data for AIOs. The results are important for anyone who aims for…
9 Tips For Successful Lead Generation (Insights From Expert Brands)
Building a quality pipeline right now is a challenge, and Google isn’t making it any easier. Changes in how traffic and leads are coming to your site have probably shifted,…
Google’s AI Overviews Coincide With Drop In Mobile Searches
A new study by search industry expert Rand Fishkin has revealed that Google’s rollout of AI overviews in May led to a noticeable decrease in search volume, particularly on mobile…
GraphRAG Is A Better RAG And Now It’s Free
Microsoft is making publicly available a new technology called GraphRAG, which enables chatbots and answer engines to connect the dots across an entire dataset, outperforming standard Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) by…
Robots.txt Turns 30: Google Highlights Hidden Strengths
In a recent LinkedIn post, Gary Illyes, Analyst at Google, highlights lesser-known aspects of the robots.txt file as it marks its 30th year. The robots.txt file, a web crawling and…
Google Search Console Bug: Performance Reports Delayed
Google Search Console is experiencing delays updating Search Performance reports, impacting websites’ ability to access timely data. Google Search Console’s Search Performance report is delayed. Current data is inaccessible, with…
A Guide For Local Business Owners
Local business owners consistently face a familiar digital marketing conundrum. With a myriad of options available and seemingly growing daily, including the recent introductions of AI into the mix, how…
WordPress Takes Bite Out Of Plugin Attacks
WordPress announced over the weekend that they were pausing plugin updates and initiating a force reset on plugin author passwords in order to prevent additional website compromises due to the…
Top 10 Digital Marketing Trends For 2024
It’s been a year of considerable disruptions in digital marketing so far. Right now, the industry is dealing with the integration of generative AI and the impact this is going…
12 Reasons Your Website Can Have A High Bounce Rate
Pages with high bounce rates can be frustrating– but bounce rate can be a useful tool. A high bounce rate in GA4 doesn’t always mean your website or pages perform…
How to Close More Sales With Emotion-Driven SEO
When you really dig deep into the fundamentals of SEO, it has everything to do with emotion. Search engines use complex, ever-changing algorithms to make sure they are serving the…
Google Discusses Core Topicality Systems
Google’s latest Search Off the Record shared a wealth of insights on how Google Search actually works. Google’s John Mueller and Lizzi Sassman spoke with Elizabeth Tucker, Director, Product Management…
12 Important Image SEO Tips You Need To Know via @sejournal, @lorenbaker
Curious about which factors are key to ensuring your images don’t slow down your site? Explore these 14 essential tips for optimizing images. The post 12 Important Image SEO Tips…
The Value of SEO Beyond Traffic and Leads — Whiteboard Friday
So, how do we communicate the value of SEO beyond just that traffic and maybe leads to your senior management team? First off, you need to look at what are…
WordPress Plugin Supply Chain Attacks Escalate
WordPress plugins continue to be under attack by hackers using stolen credentials (from other data breaches) to gain direct access to plugin code. What makes these attacks of particular concern…
Google Warns Of Soft 404 Errors And Their Impact On SEO
In a recent LinkedIn post, Google Analyst Gary Illyes raised awareness about two issues plaguing web crawlers: soft 404 and other “crypto” errors. These seemingly innocuous mistakes can negatively affect…
How Mid-funnel Content Can Be Your Secret SEO Weapon
Recent changes to Google’s user interface have affected the volume and quality of organic website traffic. For instance, AI Overviews and the commoditized answers Google serves directly in search results…
Google’s E-E-A-T & The Myth Of The Perfect Ranking Signal
Few concepts have generated as much buzz and speculation in SEO as E-E-A-T. Short for Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness, this framework has been a cornerstone of Google’s Search Quality…
Enterprise Link Building & The Power Of Links
Enterprise link building is the process of acquiring links to a large, enterprise company’s website to improve its visibility and rankings in search engines. Enterprise companies get a lot of…
Enterprise Sites Are Where Technical SEO Shines
Enterprise technical SEO is the practice of optimizing a large, enterprise company’s website to help search engines find, crawl, understand, and index your pages. It helps increase visibility and rankings…
The Battle With ‘Not’ & Prepositions
While Google has made strides in understanding user intent, Director & Product Manager Elizabeth Tucker says specific queries remain challenging. In a recent episode of Google’s Search Off The Record…
Online Reputation Management: A Beginner’s Guide
Has someone written something about your business online that’s misleading, inaccurate, or just downright nasty? If you’re worried this could impact your business, you’ll need to start online reputation management…
SEO Reporting for Agencies (With Real Report Examples)
SEO agencies obsess over their SEO reporting process. It’s their main method to share their achievements with their clients. Without it, clients could be left in the dark about their…
Understanding Bounce Rate & How to Audit It
Many people talk about how important it is to have a “low bounce rate.” But bounce rate is one of the most misunderstood metrics in SEO and digital marketing. This…
44 Pinterest Statistics & Facts For 2024
While it may not have the reach or revenue of big-hitters like Facebook and Instagram, Pinterest is absolutely a social platform worth exploring. With its focus on visual discovery and…
WordPress Plugins Compromised At The Source
WordPress.org and Wordfence have published warnings about hackers adding malicious code to plugins at the source, leading to widespread infections via updates. Five Compromised Plugins… To Date Typically what happens…
Google Reveals Its Methods For Measuring Search Quality
How does Google know if its search results are improving? As Google rolls out algorithm updates and claims to reduce “unhelpful” content, many wonder about the true impact of these…
9 Surprising Takeaways From Analyzing HubSpot’s SEO Strategy
HubSpot is a publicly traded company, with over $614M in annual revenue, a legendary status among marketers, and an alleged acquisition offer from Google for just enough money to send…
Google Completes June 2024 Spam Update Rollout
Google has officially confirmed the completion of its June 2024 spam update, a week-long process aimed at enhancing search result quality by targeting websites that violate the company’s spam policies.…