Search Engine Land

MAY 5, 2023

A strong brand bolsters marketing efforts. You might not think about brand building’s relationship with organic search. After all, SEO ‘s primary goal is getting brands into the top spots in Google for non-branded search terms. Rankings The goal of SEO is audience generation.

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Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 14, 2023

“Stop building links; build your brand.” These six words should be plastered on the desks of every SEO in the world. In this article, I’ll explain why brand mentions are the new backlinks. Back to the brand future Nearly 10 years ago, Rand Fishkin was talking about brand mentions. Remember, brands are entities.

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Rock Content

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Branded traffic isn’t just one more type of traffic to keep track of. Statistics from August 2018 to August 2019 found that 42% of online searches worldwide are branded. Branded traffic delivers results. It plays a vital role in any SEO strategy. Branded Keywords Unveiled: What Sets Them Apart?

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 17, 2023

Brands, especially restaurants, need FAQs and ‘coronapages’ fast 2020: It was critical that precautions being taken were discoverable in search results. Video: Martha van Berkel talks about structured data 2020: Does adding schema help improve your search rankings?

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 5, 2024

When you work in an industry like SEO , staying updated on new technologies is crucial. But, not all learning needs to be about link building, content or technical aspects of SEO. With that in mind, here are 10 of the best (in my opinion) non-marketing books that offer great insight and value for any SEO professional.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 26, 2024

Today’s SEO landscape is fraught with uncertainty, marked by: Frequent Google updates. The significant influence of the digitally savvy, brand-agnostic Gen Z. Keeping your website strategy tied to traditional notions like keyword research based on search volume is a recipe for a slow but certain death. Search volume.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It’s a topic concerning many in the SEO industry at the moment. Will AI replace SEO professionals?” Why is there such unease in the SEO community at the moment? We’ve faced the “SEO is dead” trumpets before and lived to tell the tale. AI has an important place in SEO. Remember when you first started as an SEO?

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The real purpose and benefit of SEO isn’t just increasing pageviews or optimizing keywords – it’s about aligning with the true north of business goals and helping to achieve them through search. A simple mindset shift can make a massive impact on your work as an SEO. SEO outputs vs. SEO outcomes: How do they differ?

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

To effectively reach and engage customers, businesses must adopt a multichannel marketing approach, leveraging various online and offline channels based on customer preferences. However, to ensure a consistent brand experience across these channels, it’s crucial to integrate SEO into the multichannel customer journey.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Brands and businesses must balance optimizing their online presence through SEO with providing an excellent customer experience. This raises the question – can SEO redefine client experience, or does it risk overshadowing other important elements of the customer journey? Get the daily newsletter search marketers rely on.

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 21, 2024

Every year brings a ton of change in digital marketing. In each of my 10 years in the industry, I’ve noticed that the beginning of the year can mark a surge in calls for SEO and PPC to work together. From Search Generative Experience (SGE) to Gemini (formerly Bard), the SERP results for both paid and organic are evolving almost daily.

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 1, 2024

Content pillars are foundational to your brand’s content strategy. Developing strong content pillars is crucial for every brand that wants to attract and engage followers online. This article explains how to develop content pillars that properly convey your brand’s values. What is a content pillar?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 9, 2020

The search marketing industry is built to run like a macroeconomy. Search results are resources. . Google is a governmental body, and they work to improve market outcomes through the application of policies (algorithm updates). . As search marketers, we must assume that users on the internet are also rational. .

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Does CityGrid From Citysearch “Answer” The Local SEO Problem? Katy Perry: I Googled Myself & I Liked It 2011: That’s how the singer discovered that Russell Brand was going to propose to her. 400,000 Google Video Searches Are Polluted: Report 2009: “Blackhat SEO poisoning” could lead users to download malicious software.

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 28, 2023

24: Google Takes Action On More Link Networks In Poland Also on this day Facebook testing brand safety topic exclusions for advertisers 2021: Citing advertisers’ brand safety concerns, Facebook said the feature would allow marketers to choose whether to show their ads alongside potentially sensitive content.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Image optimization If you work for a brand that prioritizes minimal text on their pages (like luxury brands), or if you’re required to have no text on key pages, then images become crucial. They serve as the equivalent of your text, conveying content to search engine crawlers. Business email address Subscribe Processing.

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Digital Marketer

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In the social business world, your name can be leveraged as your personal identifier across myriad social media sites as well as your monetized business brand. The Business Persona and the Person If you work for another business, you’ll have to consider the delicate balance of marketing your personal brand alongside your business.

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 6, 2023

2020: Google was working on fixing a data issue with the URL parameter tool, a legacy tool within Google Search Console that let SEOs communicate to Google insignificant page variations and direct Google to consolidate those URLs. 2020: The user comments appeared in the search results for queries related to live TV shows.

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 6, 2024

One partnership that commonly gets overlooked is between SEO and social media teams – both organic and paid – and how they can collaborate to maximize output, performance, ROI and, most importantly, customer connections. Here are 13 ways SEO and social media teams can work together to produce enhanced results: 1.

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 24, 2023

Google adds price drop appearance rich results to search results 2021: Google automatically calculated the price drop based on changes to structured data over time. Mueller previews Google image search changes, old Search Console sunsetting at NYC meetup. Some free SEO advice for his new blog.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

SEO has traditionally been viewed as an acquisition channel, focusing on ranking websites to generate more traffic and leads. However, the role of SEO can extend far beyond just acquisition. The role of SEO in user activation By definition, user activation is the moment when a user achieves value.

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 22, 2024

It’s been a few months since the great SEO heist went viral online. SEO robbery in broad daylight I’m not going over old ground here, but in case you missed it, here are the details. An SEO copied a sitemap. As is the norm in the SEO world, some people cheered, and many jeered. In SEO, Google owns the ball.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In today’s expansive yet interconnected digital marketing landscape, creating a successful online presence requires a deep understanding of various marketing channels. This article tackles the synergies between these channels and how brands can offer a more engaging content experience to their audience with a holistic approach.

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 13, 2023

An Apology To Wired & The Search Marketing Community. 2008: The article generated some serious spam issues for Wired, generated discord within the search marketing community, and injured the search marketing industry in general. From Search Marketing Expo ( SMX ). by Miles Carter.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Link building has been considered one of the most important SEO strategies for a long time. The more links you could acquire, especially from authoritative sites, the better your search rankings were supposed to be. But SEO has evolved. Key insights: Digital PR for SEO is not link building but an alternative to link building.

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 27, 2023

SEO community mourns Hamlet Batista, advocate for automation in SEO and beloved friend 2021: Those who knew him, admired him, learned from him and loved him, were left reeling from the loss. Moz 2014 Industry Survey Results: Google Webmaster Tools Ranked Top SEO Tool 2014: 68.8% Not at all.

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Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

While SEO can be highly effective, it’s not a one-size-fits-all solution for all businesses. SEO might not be the immediate answer to your digital marketing needs. Here’s why SEO may not be the best fit for a business, with alternatives and insights into when it may be a more valuable investment.

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 10, 2024

As we kick off 2024, it’s time to rethink our SEO strategy. Whether you’re aiming for minor tweaks or bigger changes, this checklist will help set your SEO program up for success in the next 12 months. Gain insight into potential strategic moves, new products, markets, audiences and pivots.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The relationship between SEO and user experience (UX) is an important consideration in your digital strategy. On one hand, SEO is crucial for getting a website to gain visibility on search engines. On the other hand, neglecting user experience could undermine success even with good SEO.

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Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

A new website should be an opportunity to improve SEO, conversion rates and digital marketing as a whole. Unfortunately, it can also be an SEO disaster if not carefully managed. This article outlines the main areas you must consider when redesigning a website to ensure you retain (and improve) your SEO.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Video: Jennifer Van Iderstyne on agency types & multimedia SEO 2020: In this installment of Barry Schwartz’s vlog series, he also chatted with Van Iderstyne about content creation in SEO, capitalizing on misalignments in SEO and more. Do Search Engines (Google) “Harm Minority Owned Businesses”?

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 4, 2023

Best Buy to sell search ads under its own in-house media company. 2022: Best Buy Ads started offering paid search ads and sponsored product listings on Best Buy’s website, among other ad offerings. 2018: Search marketers weighed in on their experiences since the change took effect. From Search Marketing Expo ( SMX ).

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 10, 2023

” Video: Detlef Johnson on SEO for developers 2020: The long-time developer and SEO was working to bring the disciplines together. Google explains how dates within search results snippets work 2019: Google also offered a few best practices for helping it find the right date for that snippet.

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 7, 2023

A new metric, called Brand Authority, is now available in the Moz Pro SEO toolset and the Moz API, the company announced today. What is Brand Authority. Moz’s new Brand Authority metric can be found in Domain Overview. Moz assigns an “online brand strength” score between 1-100.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 8, 2024

But what exactly defines a “quality” SEO service? This checklist outlines key elements to assess and improve the quality of your SEO services. How to deliver quality services to your SEO clients from day one There’s no one way to define quality. Learn to explain complex SEO concepts in simple words.

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 2, 2023

Help for Ukraine SEO & PPC specialists seeking work 2022: An SEO entrepreneur has created two resources: one for job seekers and another for employers with vacancies willing to hire Ukrainians. Google Redesigns Google Profiles 2011: The profiles looked slicker and more “social,” as you would expect from a Facebook or Twitter.

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 1, 2023

2020: Did people click on a paid search ad because it answered a search query, mentioned a familiar brand, was listed above other search results, or had a compelling title, description, or image? Google’s Mueller spent New Year’s helping SEOs tackle hacked content, slow website issues. by Eric Enge.

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