SEO in 2021: What your organization’s executives and senior leaders must know

Merkle Inc.’s VP Head of SEO, Eryck Dzotsi discusses six key focus areas that senior leaders across organizations must understand about the role of SEO to drive organic search performance

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Five hacks to enhance your organic CTR and rankings in SERPs

Want to improve your organic CTR without content creation or link building? Use these five strategies today to generate more site traffic while boosting search rankings.

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Top four SEO myths debunked: Director’s cut

Victorious’ Director of SEO highlights crucial SEO myths and dissects them to give you a clear picture of your search engine marketing efforts, expectations, and more.

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SEO takeaways from 2020: A review of the most unusual year for search

A review of SEO and search engine updates in 2020 right from Google, Baidu, Bing, DuckDuckGo, GIPHY, and more. Plus, a bonus list of key SEO trends for 2021.

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Leveling the playing field: Ahrefs’ free product to help content creators compete in Google

While Google faces lawmakers with antitrust cases, it continues making billions from search result ads. Big players invest heavily in professional SEO but small businesses, nonprofits, and educational institutions struggle to get the organic traffic that their websites deserve. Ahrefs’ Chief Marketing Officer explains how.

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Inbound marketing for brand awareness: Four up-to-date ways to do it

Where specific brand names have become synonymous with their original product, new brands can easily be suffocated out of the game. Here’s how inbound marketing can help.

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Over half of searches on Google yield zero clicks

Zero-click searches on Google result in users remaining on Google.com, Google Images, Google Maps, and YouTube. Data observations from Jumpshot explained.

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Keyword stuffing is terrible for your SEO. Here’s what to do instead

Once-upon-a-time, keyword stuffing was a relatively successful SEO strategy. However, today stuffing a keyword into your content too many times can actually knock the stuffing out of your search rankings, or even cause your content to be removed from search listings entirely. Kim Kosaka explains.

Four ways Google is making SEO easier

One of the best ways to stay up-to-date with SEO and search marketing developments is to keep a close eye on Google’s developments. However, just doing that can be a full-time job. Luke Budka highlights four recent updates you may not be aware of.

Tools to assist your SEO check-up

Whether you are new to SEO and looking for a litmus test of your website’s health, or have an ongoing campaign that may need a little refreshing, it’s always a good idea to perform regular check-ups or audits. Simon Ensor reviews some of the tools you can use to provide indicators of success, or areas for improvement.

Who were the “winners” and “losers” of organic search in 2017?

Earlier this week, Searchmetrics published its fourth annual Winners and Losers Report, which reveals how certain sites fared in organic search visibility on Google.com during 2017. How do the results from this year stack up against last year, and what can we learn from the trends highlighted?