The relationship between SEO professionals and developers is one typified by frustration and misunderstanding. From an SEO perspective, it can be difficult to communicate the value and importance of search-related initiatives and to get them prioritized in development pipelines. From a developer’s point of view, SEO can seem like a never-ending source of tickets and […]
Using reciprocal links – sometimes referred to as “traded” or “exchanged” links – was a popular method of link building in the early 2000s but has decreased in popularity in recent years. Reciprocal links are still a relatively common occurrence. They’re a natural byproduct of owning a website, after all. However, the way reciprocal links […]
Not to be pessimistic, but SEO can be an incredibly frustrating job. It didn’t take very long working in the industry for me to realize that SEO professionals were the outsiders. Our success often relied on other teams, not our own, so we were relegated to asking for favors. At best, these requests would make […]
Learn the differences and similarities in key digital marketing terms like SEO, PPC, and SEM, and how they work together. The post SEM vs. SEO vs. PPC Defined: What’s the Difference? via @searchmastergen appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Everything that is man-made is knowable. That includes the Google algorithm. But that doesn’t mean the algorithm is known. In the 20+ years, I’ve been doing SEO, I’ve seen thousands of theories around how the search engine algorithms work – specifically Google’s algorithm. Everyone from Ivy League PhDs to street smart elementary school dropouts search […]
Because Google won’t tell us exactly how their search algorithms work (come on already Google!), oftentimes the answer we get in SEO is “it depends.” While this is an unsatisfying answer, there are many valid reasons for it – different websites, different niches, different audiences, different competition, etc. But what if I told you there […]
Local SEO ranking factors are still a black box for many companies that value local traffic. Nobody actually knows what Google values. But studies and experience can reveal what is having an impact on ranking and placing in the coveted local pack. According to Moz’s 2018 local search ranking factors survey, there are some changes […]
Python has been receiving a lot of attention within the SEO community recently. So, being the curious technical SEO that I am, I started looking into why and before I knew it, I was deep into learning and applying it. It’s fair to say that I have fallen in love with the language over the […]
With millions of pages and keywords to manage and report on, enterprise SEO is increasingly more complicated and time-consuming. Using an enterprise SEO platform tool can increase efficiency and productivity for organic search marketing teams in a large organization who are managing organic search initiatives. These SEO tools can help you with: Identifying opportunities. Tracking […]
If you take the same approach to big brands as all other companies you work with, you are limiting your results. This is true regardless if you’re working in-house or on the agency side of digital marketing Larger brands have unique challenges and untapped potential. But you can easily get lost in the red tape […]
