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Mobile Reader Survey: Voting Now Open!

With 677 entries from 343 companies across 27 categories, ClickZ and Search Engine Watch’s inaugural mobile reader survey has been compiled and is now…

By Sam Lawson · 14 Dec 2016

SEO

How to use data to justify SEO fixes

What if I told you I could give you a process which can put a definitive number on the returns you would get from…

By Tom Smith · 14 Dec 2016

Industry

Workplace by Facebook: a reality check

There’s been an excessive amount of one-sided conversation around Workplace by Facebook recently, generated by those who perhaps don’t understand the company communications landscape…

By Sarah Perry · 14 Dec 2016

SEO News

Can Content Improve Your Conversion Rate?

Content marketing builds brand awareness, at first, that later is supposed to grow into creation of brand impression, that is to result in brand…

By Meri Chobanyan · 13 Dec 2016

Analytics

6 SEO Experiments That Will Blow Your Mind

All of today’s best practices came as a result of past experiments – both failures and successes. Everything we do in SEO is an…

By Larry Kim · 13 Dec 2016

Content

Influencer marketing: where we’re headed in 2017

In 2017, we’ll see influencer marketing grow up to become a more meaningful and practical marketing tactic.

By Brian Zuercher · 12 Dec 2016

Analytics

The problem with Facebook’s miscalculated metrics

As the most popular social platform the expectations are high and Facebook's ambitious plans that keep growing year by year bring out bigger challenges.

By Tereza Litsa · 12 Dec 2016

SEO News

Influencer marketing: the strides we’ve made in 2016

How your brand or agency will stay ahead of the curve to be better prepared for your influencer marketing strategy

By Brian Zuercher · 08 Dec 2016

Content

Three ways that AI is enhancing the ecommerce customer experience

Here are three ways that we are already seeing artificial intelligence in action across various sectors, which when applied to ecommerce, have the potential…

By Rebecca Sentance · 08 Dec 2016

SEO News

6 Psychologically Proven Techniques to Boost Your Conversions in 2017

If conversion optimization has always been a mystery to you, it shouldn’t be anymore. Here are some psychologically-proven techniques that you can use to…

By John Stevens · 08 Dec 2016

SEO News

Mobile ad viewability: what is it and does it matter?

Brand advertisers and their agencies only want to pay for mobile ads that are seen by a person. They do not want to pay…

By Andy Favell · 07 Dec 2016

Industry

Three major developments that will shape multi-channel marketing in 2017

As we close out the year, what are some of the major developments that are likely to shape multi-channel marketing in 2017?

By Rebecca Sentance · 07 Dec 2016

Local

8 Tips for a Simplified Local SEO Strategy in the New Year

Once the holiday rush is over and sites are no longer on lockdown, its time to focus on the little things adjustments, but together…

By Dema Zlotin · 06 Dec 2016

SEO News

Can sub-three second video ad views deliver results?

Brands have been upping their investments in new ad products from popular social media services, but are they getting their money's worth?

By Al Roberts · 06 Dec 2016

Analytics

6 tools for a better, smarter social media influencer campaign

These tools will help you set up a social media campaign allowing to better find, monitor and approach influencers.

By Ann Smarty · 06 Dec 2016

Content

5 Proven List Building Strategies to Employ in 2017

Here are five proven list building strategies that you can employ in 2017 -- each backed up with case studies and research.

By John Stevens · 05 Dec 2016

Mobile

The Rise of Emoji and Google’s Mobile-First Movement

Emoji are now integral in the digital vocabularies of people of all ages and backgrounds and are used not only between individuals, but by…

By Adam Stetzer · 05 Dec 2016

Industry

Five most important search marketing news stories of the week

Content marketing for 2017; why social media is the preferred channel for product launches; and how to use an Exact Match Domain (EMD) without…

By Rebecca Sentance · 02 Dec 2016

SEO News

2017: The Year of Machine Learning, Intelligent Content and Experiences

In 2017, the key to effective content marketing – that attracts, resonates and converts - is incorporating machine learning and automation into the production…

By Jim Yu · 02 Dec 2016

Content

7 Timeless Reasons Why & How Content Goes Viral

So what makes content go viral? And what makes people participate in these phenomena?

By Jonathan Allen · 02 Dec 2016