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The best SEO influencers and resources to follow

The SEO industry has spawned a vast array of influencers, dispensing invaluable insights that businesses can apply to their own strategies. With luminaries like…

By Clark Boyd · 22 Aug 2017

SEO

5 ways to identify potential featured snippets to rank for

Have you been wondering how to start owning Google’s featured snippets for your brand? The first, and most important, step in earning featured snippets…

By Marcela De Vivo · 21 Aug 2017

Industry

How to escape Google’s filter bubble

Over the years, Google has greatly increased the extent to which it tailors results to the user, with the aim of improving accuracy and…

By Simon Ensor · 18 Aug 2017

SEO

The best Google Chrome extensions for SEO

Google Chrome has taken a dominant position as the world’s favorite desktop browser, and it can be customized using tens of thousands of downloadable…

By Clark Boyd · 17 Aug 2017

Development

Why site speed is as important as ever on the visual web

As the internet has become a more important part of our daily lives, our online experience has evolved and we prefer much more visual…

By Dan Taylor · 16 Aug 2017

Development

Switching to HTTPS: Is it really worth it?

Ever since Google made the announcement that HTTPS is a ranking signal, there has been a lot of discussion around that extra ‘s’. While…

By Jessie Moore · 15 Aug 2017

Content

How to optimize your content for Q&As

Google's Featured Snippets and the rise of voice search has made optimizing content for question-based queries more important than ever. What can search marketers…

By Marcela De Vivo · 14 Aug 2017

Industry

7 things to consider when choosing an ecommerce platform

With ecommerce growing rapidly year-on-year, it's essential for online retailers to have the right technology to underpin their strategy. But with so many platforms…

By Amanda DiSilvestro · 11 Aug 2017

Local

6 ways to market your local business online (beyond Google Maps)

Local businesses have lots of great opportunities to use digital channels to their advantage. Here are a few actionable ways to promote your local…

By Ann Smarty · 10 Aug 2017

Industry

Does it matter what department your SEO team is in?

Whether in an agency environment or inside a business, your SEO team is affected by where it’s placed within the organization. So what are…

By Kevin Gamache · 09 Aug 2017

Analytics

A world without “(not provided)”: How unlocking organic keyword data leads to a better web

For close to six years, marketers have been forced to deal with a lack of visibility over their organic keywords. But data analysis and…

By Rebecca Sentance · 08 Aug 2017

Industry

8 ways of using collaborative tools to effectively manage remote teams

The remote workforce is growing exponentially, and corporate global companies and first year startups alike are turning to remote teams to get the job…

By Marcela De Vivo · 07 Aug 2017

Industry

How brands’ domination of paid and organic search has changed with the evolution of search

With mobile search now accounting for 60% of total search volume and 20% of searches coming from voice, it is easy to say the…

By Jason Tabeling · 07 Aug 2017

Mobile

Mobile SEO: The 3 areas that really matter for SEO performance

Mobile SEO is distinct from its desktop counterpart in significant - sometimes very subtle - ways. As mobile usage continues to grow, user behaviors…

By Clark Boyd · 04 Aug 2017

Local

Google’s constantly evolving search experience – and how it changes the game for local SEO

The importance of local SEO cannot be understated when you consider the dominance of mobile and the sky-high user expectations of being shown the…

By Syed Ali · 03 Aug 2017

Content

7 more tips to improve your content creation

How can you improve your content creation? In Part 2 of our two-part series, we look at seven more actionable tips to improve your…

By Tereza Litsa · 02 Aug 2017

Content

8 tips for improving your content creation

The rise of content marketing has brought content creation to the forefront for all businesses. Earlier this summer, I presented on “15 ways to…

By Tereza Litsa · 01 Aug 2017

SEO

How to optimize for user intent in search

User intent, also known as searcher intent, is a theory that unashamedly stands up to the more primitive pre-Penguin and Panda tactics of optimizing…

By Simon Ensor · 31 Jul 2017

Industry

What does visual search mean for ecommerce in 2017?

Since the early 2010s, visual search has been offering users a novel alternative to keyword-based search results. But what commercial opportunities does it offer…

By Chris Camps · 28 Jul 2017

Industry

What will Google’s expanded policy on harmful content mean for SEO companies?

Google recently announced that it will be expanding its hate-speech policy for publishers that use the company’s ad network. How does this affect SEO…

By Adam Stetzer · 27 Jul 2017