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A complete Local SEO guide for small businesses

A practical local SEO guide for business owners.

By Mike Le · 06 Oct 2016

Industry

Google Optimize and Session Quality Score: a brief guide

Google announced on its Analytics blog and at SMX East the launch of some intriguing updates to its Analytics platform.

By Clark Boyd · 05 Oct 2016

Development

10 best tools for generating super-hot leads

What tools do you have in your toolkit to help you find prospects? LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, an email subscription list, etc.?

By Ann Smarty · 05 Oct 2016

SEO

Complete guide to meta tags in SEO

A complete introduction to all the meta tags a webmaster may need when creating or optimising a webpage for SEO.

By Christopher Ratcliff · 05 Oct 2016

Industry

SEO outsourcing: what do you need to know?

Numerous websites outsource their SEO, but why is this so important?

By Nikolay Stoyanov · 04 Oct 2016

Industry

Could ‘people-powered’ Digle be the future of search?

It's search, Jim, but not as we know it.

By Rebecca Sentance · 04 Oct 2016

Content

15 writing tips to rank higher on social and search results

Online writing has its own style and it's even more challenging when thinking of its impact own. Here are 15 tips to keep in…

By Tereza Litsa · 03 Oct 2016

Analytics

The three Vs of contact data: verify and validate for value

A new report from Informatica is highlighting the importance of clean contact data for marketers.

By Luke Richards · 03 Oct 2016

SEO

Guide to Google ranking factors – Part 5: duplicate content and syndication

This week we continue diving into on-page content factors, with duplicate content and syndication.

By Christopher Ratcliff · 03 Oct 2016

Development

Guide to Excel VLOOKUP basics and top five rookie mistakes

An Excel VLOOKUP can be a marketer’s best friend because it can save you hours of work.

By Luke Richards · 30 Sep 2016

Industry

The natural evolution of digital for brands: becoming more human

With the rise of digital personal assistants in recent years like Cortana and Siri, and intelligent bots, what was once science fiction is quickly…

By Ryan Gavin · 30 Sep 2016

Industry

Six most important search marketing news stories of the week

Welcome to our weekly round-up of all the latest news and research from around the world of search marketing and beyond.

By Christopher Ratcliff · 30 Sep 2016

Industry

Just 36% of people entering the tech industry are women

The technology industry is lagging behind many other sectors when it comes to the proportion of women taking up entry level positions.

By Luke Richards · 29 Sep 2016

PPC

How paid search and personalisation can work together

We don’t generally think of paid search as a great channel for personalisation, but increasingly, it's becoming one.

By Rebecca Sentance · 29 Sep 2016

Mobile

Understanding the impact of speech recognition software on search

As technology stands right now, we may not be at the point of making real “human” connections with our mobile devices, but we do…

By Adam Stetzer · 29 Sep 2016

Development

13 time-saving Excel shortcuts & tips for marketers

Here's an update of our classic Excel tips and shortcuts list with a few that reflect some new functionality in Excel 2016.

By Luke Richards · 28 Sep 2016

PPC

Five surprising benefits of high CTR across all marketing channels

A remarkable CTR is not only the most important thing in AdWords, but it is also extremely important for other marketing channels.

By Larry Kim · 28 Sep 2016

Industry

Penguin 4.0: what does it mean for SEO practitioners?

As you’re no doubt aware, Google finally rolled out its Google 4.0 algorithm update at the end of last week.

By Christopher Ratcliff · 28 Sep 2016

Social

How to take advantage of Facebook Video’s creative opportunities

Facebook recorded an increase of 800% in video consumption from 2015 to 2016, jumping from 1 billion views to 8 billion views in just…

By Tereza Litsa · 27 Sep 2016

Mobile

More online product searches start on Amazon than Google

The second annual State of Amazon study by BloomReach found that 55% of consumers start their online product searches on Amazon, compared to 28%…

By Graham Charlton · 27 Sep 2016