Optimizing for quality score is a best practice, except when it’s not. Here’s why.

Contributor Amy Bishop explains that improving quality score shouldn’t be a goal in itself, but solely a means to achieve your business goals. How to tell when it’s worth focusing on and when it’s not.

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Local search industry optimistic about 2018 — but less likely to hire

Columnist Jamie Pitman shares insights about the state of the local search industry from BrightLocal’s Local Search Industry Survey.

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From algo to aggro: How SEOs really feel about Google algorithm updates

Algorithm updates got you down? You’re not alone. Columnist Jamie Pitman shares highlights from a BrightLocal survey seeking to understand the ways that algorithm updates impact SEO practitioners’ jobs.

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7 reasons to enter the 2017 Search Engine Land Awards

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SEM account management: Part 3 — How to get more responsibility

Feeling confident in your abilities and looking to take things to the next level? In the final installment in his three-part series on SEM account management, columnist Ted Ives discusses how to get ahead in your career.

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