Personally, I change outdated, harmful or lengthy web addresses (a.k.a., URLs) when updating existing content quite often. Why? Let me explain. What did Google’s John Mueller say about changing URLs for SEO? Before we dive in, let’s see what the official Google position on changing URLs for SEO seems to be. It’s quoted from a ..
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Google Search Console is an amazing tool that provides invaluable search data by real users directly from Google. While the charts and tables are friendly to work with, a large part of the data is not accessible from the UI. The only way to get to this hidden data is to use the API and ..
Every time I start a new job, I get asked, “What does the relationship look like between you, the in-house enterprise SEO Director, and the SEO agency? When can we pull back on our budget for our SEO agency?” This is a problem in the SEO industry. The tweet below illustrates the symptomatic problem within ..
It’s been said countless times throughout the years, and we’ll say it again: in SEO, content is king. The importance of content has never been devalued by Google. However, the importance of quality content tends to become an increasingly important ranking factor. This is where you tell me “Okay! But what does quality SEO content ..
Google has added the Google Lens button to the Google home page, by the search box. Google Lens allows you to search by uploading a photo to Google Search and then Google matches visually similar search results for you. What it looks like. Here is a screenshot of the Google Lens button on the Google ..
30-second summary: Content managers who want to assess their on-page performance can feel lost at sea due to numerous SEO signals and their perceptions This problem gets bigger and highly complex for industries with niche semantics The scenarios they present to the content planning process are highly specific, with unique lexicons and semantic relationships Sr. ..
Google has added new ways to find deals across the web using Google Search through new coupons and promotions, side-by-side deal views, and a new price insights navigator. Google launched this before the holiday shopping season and said “few new features to help you easily find those discounts and get the perfect gift at the ..
As we head into another seasonal period, it’s time to prepare our holiday strategies to maximize client visibility for the deal-getters and the peak shoppsouing period. During the next quarter, many of us acknowledge that we’re likely to see a change in traffic levels as we attribute this to seasonality. This does not affect all ..
Content marketing is – you guessed it – a type of marketing strategy. But what differentiates it from the other marketing types you may be familiar with? For one thing, think of it as the polar opposite of traditional marketing methods, such as advertising. What is content marketing? Content marketing is the process of planning, ..
30-second summary: SEO is a reality that all marketers face and many try to steer clear of as they devise an all-encompassing digital marketing strategy that is reactive in nature Begin by familiarizing yourself with Google’s Page Quality Rating Guidelines Create a sound SEO strategy to use every time you start the content creation process, ..
