Search Engine Optimization
Articles Tagged search engine optimization:
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Marketing & Sales Videos
Video: Search Engine Optimization for Startups
You finally got your startup off the ground but no one can find you in any search results. Since we work with a lot of startups, this is a huge issue… the clock is ticking and you need to get revenue. Getting found in search is much more economical than hiring an outbound team. However, Google isn’t too kind to…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Cross-Domain Canonicals are NOT for Internationalization (Use hreflang)
A cross-domain canonical tag is a specific application of the rel="canonical" link element used in SEO, but it extends across different domains. This tag is crucial when managing identical or highly similar content across multiple websites. When to Use a Cross-Domain Canonical Tag: Managing Duplicate Content Across Different Domains: If you have the same content published on multiple websites (different…
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Analytics & Testing
My Online Marketing Checklist in Prioritized Order
There’s a ton of things that need accomplished to fully leverage an online marketing strategy, but I’m often amazed at the priority that companies place each item on the checklist. As we take on new clients, we’re looking to ensure the strategies with the most impact are accomplished first… especially if they’re easy. Hint: content marketing and social media marketing…
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Analytics & Testing
Google Facts – Organic and Paid Search
Whether you appreciate them or not, Google owns the playground that marketers must be working in. Whether it’s paid advertising with Google or organic placement in the search engine, you might be underestimating the reach of Google. This infographic from Wordstream puts it all into perspective. From Wordstream’s Google Facts Infographic: Our research for the infographic included over 2,600 AdWords…
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Marketing Infographics
What is Search Engine Spam?
We’ve been on a pretty big kick lately warning you about search engine optimization techniques that are going to get you in trouble. Even if your site isn’t suffering today, Google continues to modify it’s algorithms and test new ones that will catch you tomorrow. Don’t be tempted to spam the search engines… it will catch up with you. This…
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Marketing Infographics
Negative SEO Works!
Over a year ago, I wrote about the SEA industry… Search Engine Assassination. It didn’t really have a term associated with it until the most recent algorithm updates. It’s now known as Negative SEO… and Google may be in big trouble because it actually works. The folks at Tasty Placement ran a test where they purchased a bunch of poor…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Google is Burying the SEO Industry
I wrote the post, SEO is Dead, back in April. I still stand by that post… in fact, now more than ever. The purpose of the post wasn’t to attack search engine optimization as a viable online marketing strategy, the purpose was to drive marketers to move their focus away from the popular tactics associated with search engine optimization and…
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Content Marketing
Why Content for SEO?
Great find by good friend Chris Baggott of Compendium. Although we challenge many of the tactics that SEO companies utilize to gain ranking, there are still thousands of queries in search engines every day by people trying to find your product or service. The questions vary… so a few pages of great content just isn’t going to cut it anymore.…
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Marketing Infographics
Video: Local Search Strategies are Key for Large Brands
A recent post we did on 6 Keyword Misconceptions spoke to the misconception that national or international businesses should avoid local search. It’s not only a misconception, it’s a huge mistake. Developing an SEO strategy that ranks you regionally can be less competitive, require less resources, and increase your overall returns. And it doesn’t discount you ranking on non-geographic keywords…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
How to Find an SEO Cheat
Search engine optimization is a double-edged sword. While Google provides guidelines to webmasters to optimize their sites and utilize keywords effectively to get found and indexed properly, some SEO folks know that exploiting those algorithms can shoot them directly to the top. SEO employees are under a lot of pressure to keep their companies ranking well, SEO consultants are under…
