How Social Campaign Audits Can Inform Your SEO
While not a direct ranking factor in Google’s algorithm, a strong social presence can still help bolster a brand’s search visibility.
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Update: BrightLocal Clarifies Its Local SEO Industry Survey Findings
Last week, after reporting on BrightLocal’s recent local SEO industry survey, some readers were skeptical about the survey’s findings, specifically that 37 percent of local SEOs were earning less than $30,000 in “revenue turnover.” While some commenters questioned the…
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What Makes Enterprise SEO And Does Your Site Need It?
Even if you don’t have an enterprise company, the size of your website may necessitate enterprise SEO. Columnist Tom Schmitz addresses issues of importance to operators of big web sites, no matter the size of the business.
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B2B Content Marketers: Are You Making These 5 Common SEO Mistakes?
Dear Content Marketers, Have I told you (lately) that I love you? Seriously! Content marketing has taken the elusive concept of “thought leadership” and transformed it into a prescriptive, clear-cut process. You equip prospects with the helpful information they need and, at the same…
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The 2 Types Of Rich Media Your SEO Plan Can’t Ignore
No one would embark upon an SEO plan without optimizing their text for SEO. In this multimedia age, you can’t ignore images and video either.
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What SEOs Need To Know About China’s Golden Shield Project
Interested in reaching China’s growing middle-class population? Unlike elsewhere, the search engines aren’t the main arbiters of what people see — you’ll also need to master the Great Firewall, aka the Golden Shield.
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Communicating SEO’s Value To Clients And C-Level Execs
When it comes to marketing activities, SEO is often the first thing on the chopping block when budget cuts come around. Here’s how to avoid the axe.
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Google Dorking: It’s All Fun & Games Until The Hackers Show Up
For anyone not in the know, Google Dorking is the practice of using advanced search techniques – more specifically, specialized search parameters – to locate hard-to-find web pages and information. As innocent as it sounds, Google Dorking has a dark side – so dark, federal…
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Study: Organic Search Drives 51% Of Traffic, Social Only 5%
After analyzing “billions of pieces” of content, content marketing firm BrightEdge claims organic search is the primary driver of website traffic to business sites, while social barely generates a blip on the traffic radar. The BrightEdge study found organic search drives 51 percent of…
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How To Prove The Value Of SEO Without Drowning In Data
Having a tough time communicating the value of SEO to your C-Suite? Erin Everhart provides some tips on how to tackle this common issue.
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3 Simple Ways Email Can Drive SEO Results
While emails can’t directly impact search engine rankings, smart marketers can use email campaigns to further their SEO initiatives.
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21 Metrics For Monitoring SEO Health
An SEO issue that goes unnoticed, even for a few days, can have a huge impact on business — so what metrics can you use to detect problems early?
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The Future Of Content & SEO: How To Stay On Top
Do you ever look back on SEO and long for the simpler days? SEO has always been content-driven, but the meaning of optimized content has changed drastically over the years. Previously, we usually viewed content as a separate thing from SEO; the two existed in separate silos, only to come together…
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10 Tips To Understanding & Segmenting Your Organic Traffic
All too often when I take on new SEO clients, I find that most of them do not have Google Analytics set up correctly. Incorrect Google Analytics implementations (often) lead to incorrect data, which in turn can lead to incorrect assumptions about organ…
How SEO & Content Marketing Can Transform Your Business – And Life
If you’re reading this, you probably know that SEO can help businesses bring in new clients, increase cash flow, and encourage existing clients to spend more money. But have you ever thought about how, as a marketer or a consultant, SEO can help you market yourself, boosting your own career,…
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Run Your Established SEO Like PPC & Maximise ROI Long-Term
The biggest SEO improvements available are often a more profound shift in strategy that continues to deliver improvement day after day for the entire duration of your SEO campaign. One such strategy is taking the same weekly approach to auditing your S…
How To Conduct A Winning Local Search Audit
Every week, our support team at BrightLocal fields numerous questions from our customers about how best to conduct a local search audit. The questions range from the type and quantity of data to include, to what processes and tools can be used to speed…
3 Mindset Shifts: Get More SEO Out Of Your Content Marketing
Google is constantly working to provide users with a better experience, and marketers are constantly trying to adapt to these changes. Content-based SEO creates a compelling blend of authentic content and search engine eye-candy, but it also necessitat…
Do Your Own 5-Minute SEO Audit
If you’ve gone to SEO events, you may have attended one or more sessions where experts conduct live site reviews and make recommendations. For agencies and consultants, quickly assessing any website is a great skill to hone. Here is how you can do your own 5-minute SEO audits. Don’t…
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The World’s Quickest (Authentic) SEO & Marketing Audit In 12+1 Steps
I am, according to those who know me, a very structured person. In order to function, I have to live by spreadsheets, task lists and processes. Without them, I’m lost. It’s just life. Isn’t everyone like that? But despite my obsession with structure and process, I don’t like…
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