Rock Content

JANUARY 26, 2024

SEO wasn’t on my radar, but its importance demands dedicated attention. What to expect from SEO from now on A recent Gartner report predicts a 50% drop in organic search traffic by 2028 due to AI search. This is in a way exciting, but as Kieran Flanagan points out , it’s not quite time to toss our SEO textbooks out the window.

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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 myopic focus on inputs, outputs, and details that may or may not move the needle often leads SEOs to miss the forest for the trees.

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 21, 2024

The decision to hire a new SEO agency brings high hopes for what might be achieved together. Whether it’s your first time or tenth, streamlining the ramp-up period when onboarding a new SEO agency will save you effort in the long run and lay the path to a productive partnership. In these early stages, optimism runs high.

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Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The key to local SEO data is in its name – it’s local. But how do you find these gaps in Google Analytics 4? Insights previously accessed through Universal Analytics are scattered across several dashboards in GA4, with new processes on the platform for filtering and accessing local data. If you’re targeting Manhattan, N.Y.,

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 21, 2023

By carefully measuring your SEO with metrics that matter to your business, you can understand where you are currently and what value SEO brings to your marketing. SEO KPIs bridge the gap between your business and marketing objectives and the data available in SEO tools and web analytics. What are SEO KPIs?

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Hubspot Marketing

APRIL 4, 2024

In this post, we’ll define what keyword research is, why it’s important, how to conduct your research for your SEO strategy, and choose the right keywords for your website. Elements of Keyword Research How to Research Keywords for Your SEO Strategy How to Find and Choose Keywords for Your Website Why is keyword research important?

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 17, 2024

The recent shift from “conversions” to “key events” in (GA4) represents a significant change that digital marketers, especially SEO professionals, need to understand and act on. This article explores the implications of this change and insights on how to leverage it to elevate your marketing reporting.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The role of an SEO professional has undergone a major transformation in recent years. Traditionally, SEO was primarily about keyword optimization and links and ranking well on search engines like Google and Bing. As SEOs, we must adapt and expand our skillset to stay relevant in the ever-changing world of organic search.

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Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Unlock your SEO potential and embrace curiosity Curiosity is a must-have trait for any skilled SEO expert. But curiosity doesn’t just enhance your SEO game – it fuels professional growth. Learn to ‘count to 10’ with patience Initial setbacks or early hurdles should not discourage you. update months ago.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 13, 2023

SEO is the most undervalued marketing channel. In this article, you’ll learn seven proven ways to explain the value of SEO. Why most SEO reporting needs ripping up Resource-strapped search marketers rarely do themselves any favors. They give data-laden reports that lack context. Not anymore.

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Martech

APRIL 18, 2024

The recent shift from “conversions” to “key events” in (GA4) represents a significant change that digital marketers, especially SEO professionals, need to understand and act on. This article explores the implications of this change and insights on how to leverage it to elevate your marketing reporting. And who can blame them?

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

SEO professionals start their careers in so many different and unconventional ways. That means some of your hiring decisions for SEO roles will be based on what your candidates can learn, not just what they already know. For example, consider an SEO role focused on testing and optimization. Learning mindset.

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Orbit Media Studios

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A report of your top posts by traffic probably looks something like this. Today we’ll do it with the latest version of Google Analytics and do a content marketing audit using GA4, which you should have added as a tag to Google Tag Manager. We’ll focus on the top three promotion channels: SEO, email marketing and social media.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Are you looking for some examples of how companies are using AI for SEO successfully? Maybe you are playing with the idea of using AI for tangential SEO. Maybe you are already an SEO pro looking to improve your content generation efficiency. Or you simply want to learn more about the state of AI for SEO.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

You’re ready to hire SEO help – where should you start? This guide goes A to Z on selecting and vetting an SEO agency, including the exact things you need to watch for as you search for the perfect one. In this article: In-house or SEO agency: Which is right for your business? What services do SEO agencies offer?

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 24, 2023

SEO is a vast and complex practice, part art and part science. Managing an SEO team usually means that you’re taking on the world with some talented people. So, how can you lead an SEO team effectively, helping to grow their skill sets in the right direction? Redirect practical-minded SEO experts toward results-driven tasks.

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 20, 2023

There’s software to track just about every piece of SEO data. For this article, I reached out to marketers and SEOs who shared the SEO metrics they’ll be tracking in 2023 and why they’re important. What are SEO metrics? By analyzing data, marketers can understand how valuable SEO’s contribution to marketing is.

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Well, that’s all a part of SEO. If you want to understand why your site ranks (or doesn’t) in search, you’ll need to run an SEO report. If you want to understand why your site ranks (or doesn’t) in search, you’ll need to run an SEO report. In this post, you’ll learn the ins and outs of making your own.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 18, 2023

For as long as I’ve been in SEO, I’ve envied my paid media colleagues’ agility and performance tracking. SEOs typically have had to exercise patience and a lot of manual building to get actionable performance data. The biggest insights come from connecting SEO properties (channels, pages, etc.) to acquisition.

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Understanding your current marketing processes, knowing how to measure success and being able to identify where you are looking for improvements are all critical pieces of the SEO platform decision-making process. 5 key benefits of enterprise SEO platforms. Enterprise SEO platforms perform many tasks in one system.

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Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

With recent developments like Search Generative Experience and Google’s Perspectives feeds, dominating the SERPs is a top priority for SEO professionals. By staying open to learning and ongoing content improvement, brands stay current with changing trends and tools, avoiding being stuck in outdated practices.

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Search Engine Land

JUNE 27, 2023

If you looked over the agenda at SMX Advanced , held June 13-14, you probably spotted this trend: “AI” appears in the titles of 11 sessions, including “How generative AI will change SEO as a profession.” And there’s no question that generative AI will change SEO as a profession and revolutionize your PPC game. So, SEO is still alive.

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Martech

OCTOBER 22, 2021

But the practice of SEO has become more complex and it involves more considerations than SEOs enjoyed in the “ten blue links” era. This doesn’t mean that the well-established SEO best practices should be cast aside, however. Most enterprise SEO platforms provide link analysis (i.e., Link analysis and acquisition.

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Enterprise SEO platform vendors offer numerous capabilities. Enterprise-level platforms may also provide more extensive link and site audits or analytics that include predictive scoring systems to identify potential opportunities to improve page performance or link authority. Most enterprise SEO platforms provide link analysis (i.e.,

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 27, 2023

SEO professionals can access many free and paid platforms, tools, and software. At SMX Next, I shared the SEO tools that will make up my toolkit in 2023. Before we dive in, it’s worth noting that true to the fast pace of SEO, there’s already been a change in how you might think of one of the tools – but we’ll get to that shortly.

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Search Engine Land

JUNE 26, 2023

Many SEO tools out there suggest actions to take care of, but are they really helpful in most cases? In such times of change, the best way to see the path ahead is to look back and learn the lessons of the past. SWOT analysis is one such classic marketing tool that can guide your SEO efforts and maximize return on your investment.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 4, 2024

The contributing factors behind SEO performance are numerous, interconnected and often complex. After over 15 years of playing an SEO private investigator – in-house and as a consultant – I’m sharing 13 questions that have helped me close even the most curious cases. Where do you even start? Is this a brand problem?

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Orbit Media Studios

JANUARY 3, 2024

By Andy Crestodina Once upon a time… SEO was mostly about just using a keyphrase a certain number of times. I did SEO back then. Today… Search engines are much better and SEO has evolved. Through research and experimentation, SEOs learned that it isn’t just about using the target keyphrase.

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Backlinko

MAY 8, 2024

Investing in lawyer SEO can keep a steady stream of leads flowing into your firm year-round. These results come from a thoughtful law firm SEO strategy. Ready to create an SEO strategy that increases your organic traffic? What Is Law Firm SEO? Is SEO Important for Lawyers? This one page sends an estimated 2.2K

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Search Engine Land

JULY 20, 2023

With the rise of ChatGPT , automated SEO reporting and free courses and training, it’s never been easier to throw out a shingle and advertise as an “SEO consultant.” The average salary for an SEO specialist per Glassdoor.com is projected at just over $56,000 as of June 2023. And, with the overall SEO market valued at $77.6

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

What excites me about SEO is that it’s always changing. This article tackles UGC and its potential as a driving force for our SEO content efforts. This article tackles UGC and its potential as a driving force for our SEO content efforts. This approach allows SEOs to build keyword universes aligned with UGC content.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 29, 2021

Having an SEO strategy is a no brainer for content marketers. The thing is, SEO strategy doesn’t stop at creating content. Instead, it’s an ongoing process that involves developing a strategy, generating content, and conducting SEO audits to evaluate content performance and how you stack up against the competition.

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Exposure Ninja

AUGUST 4, 2022

You can learn how to do Search Engine Optimisation, or SEO, for completely free. All you need are strong resources written or created by SEO experts. Looking for SEO tools? We’ve compiled a list of 50 of the best SEO blogs, courses, videos, podcasts, conferences and tools to get you started. The Best SEO Blogs.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

“Welcome to the world of GA4 , where the future of analytics is as promising as it is perplexing!” That’s what we thought when we first encountered Google Analytics 4. Transitioning to GA4 presents challenges such as a complex user interface, new data privacy rules, limited historical data import, and a steep learning curve.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Artificial intelligence has taken over the SEO industry in recent months. With the emergence of AI-driven tools like ChatGPT, which can understand and perform all kinds of (SEO) tasks, an ever-lasting question is once again finding its way into lots of headlines: Is the SEO industry dying?

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Calvyn Lee Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Shopping data for ecommerce websites around their product listings Security and manual action notices if Google has applied any penalties to the site Let’s explore some of the key reports in more detail: Search Performance One of the most useful reports is Search Performance under the Performance section.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 26, 2024

You can monitor any changes using Google Analytics, Search Console and other third-party tools. Examine your performance reports, looking for changes in impressions, clicks or average position compared to the previous period. This is likely to indicate a widespread problem with your website or SEO strategy as a whole.

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