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How SEO experts improve the web and help search engines

Search Engine Land

By now, you’ve probably already read “Bitter, cynical Verge article blames SEOs for ruining the internet” on Search Engine Land. The Verge article in question provides a critical mention of notable figures in the SEO industry. The Verge article has rightly mentioned that “SEO is now baked into everything.”

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Google Search at 25: SEO experts share memorable moments

Search Engine Land

The search and technology behemoth has undoubtedly impacted most human experience across the globe in some form or another, but none more so than for the SEOs of the world. The SEO industry effectively shares its history with Google. Am I the only one who feels like there can’t have been a world without Google?!

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Entity SEO: The definitive guide

Search Engine Land

The announcement’s 11th anniversary is only a month away, yet many still struggle to understand what “things, not strings” really means for SEO. In May 2012, one could argue that entity SEO was born. So if entities have been important for Google for over a decade, why are SEOs still confused about entities?

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This day in search marketing history: January 5

Search Engine Land

Users will be able to click-to-call your business just as easily as they click to visit your website. Google fixes user and permissions issue with Search Console. The Strange Explanation Of Why Windows Phone Users Lost Access To Google Maps. 2012: The SMB-specific component of social media spending was roughly $1.14

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Semantic Search: What is it & How Does it Affect SEO?

Neil Patel

Google has been using it more and more to provide better search results for its users. In this article, we’ll explain everything you need to know about semantic search and show how it can benefit your SEO strategy. It uses data from a variety of sources to provide users with information about people, places, and things.

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This day in search marketing history: March 5

Search Engine Land

Matt Cutts confirms Vince, calls it a ‘minor change’ In 2009, Google’s Matt Cutts created a video to answer many questions about a recent “brand push” in the search results that SEOs and webmasters had noticed, starting in late February. What’s The Most Searched Thing On Google?

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This day in search marketing history: February 20

Search Engine Land

Google introduced the news meta keywords tag specifically for publishers in 2012. Advertisers can now view Google mobile speed scores for more landing pages 2019: Google Ads tweaked its mobile speed score algorithm to reduce the number of ad clicks needed to generate a result. Google Shopping Tops Amazon Product Ads: 32.7%