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.…
7 Content Automations Used by Real Content Pros
Content marketing can become complicated and effortful very quickly. Content teams need to manage ideation, writing, editing, proofing, publishing, promotion, analytics, and reporting across a team of writers, reviewers, and…
Which Metrics Matter In PPC
Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising has evolved quite a bit since it first began in the early days of the internet. Metrics like cost per click (CPC) remain an important part of…
I Analyzed 52 SEO Specialist Job Listings. Here’s What They Do and How You Can Become One
SEO specialists are responsible for improving a website’s visibility in organic search results. But what exactly do they do? What skills and qualifications do they need? And how can you…
How Much Should You Budget for SEO Services?
Digital is the primary marketing channel for many companies. Many owners and executives still have difficulty budgeting for online marketing. Budgeting for SEO can be complex and influenced by factors…
Google Ads Revamps Query Matching: What You Need to Know via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google Ads revamps query matching, adding misspelling tools and brand controls to boost campaign efficiency. The post Google Ads Revamps Query Matching: What You Need to Know appeared first on…
The 8 Best PPC Ad Networks
Choosing the right pay-per-click (PPC) ad network is a core strategy impacting the success of your advertising campaigns. Each network offers unique features, reaches distinct audiences, and shines in different…
Our Ranking Systems Aren’t Perfect
Google’s SearchLiaison responded to a plea on X (formerly Twitter) about ridiculously poor search results in which he acknowledged that Google’s reviews algorithm could be doing a better job and…
How Do You Explain the Value of SEO? I Asked 100 Experts
This article is for anyone who wants to convince their boss to invest in SEO, or those who want to sell SEO services. SEO is a well-known and widely used…
Google Announces New GA4 Features As Universal Analytics Sunset Nears
As the July 1, 2024 shutdown date for Universal Analytics (UA) draws near, Google has announced new features and improvements for Google Analytics 4 (GA4). These enhancements give marketers deeper…
Local Search Developments From Q2 2024
At the outset of today’s column, I referenced the Google leak in passing. If you’d like to hear more commentary on it from a local SEO perspective, here are two…
8 Ways to Accelerate SEO Results From Months to Days
SEO can be excruciatingly slow to take effect sometimes, so if you’re under pressure to prove the value of SEO early on, how can you speed up the time it…
How To Develop Great Data Studies
This edited extract is from Data Storytelling in Marketing by Caroline Florence ©2024 and is reproduced and adapted with permission from Kogan Page Ltd. Part One of this book outlined…
On Perplexity, Users Can Direct AI To Create Content
Boost your skills with Growth Memo’s weekly expert insights. Subscribe for free! Perplexity’s strategy behind its new Pages feature created a deep rift with publishers, but the reaction seems blown…
How To Boost Google Rankings With Real Audience Insights
Now, what about the content of the actual calls? Well, you can use that, too. Let dive into how you can use call analysis to further inform your strategy. How…
Google Ends Continuous Scroll SERPS: What It Really Means
Google announced that they are ending continuous scrolling in the search results (SERPs) as a way to speed up the serving of search results. Many in the search marketing community…
Branded Keywords Won’t Hurt Rankings
In a recent exchange, Google’s Search Liaison addressed concerns about using branded keywords in articles. The discussion, which unfolded over several tweets, centered on the impact of mentioning specific brand…