You'd never change a URL without ensuring your 301s, links, sitemaps, and canonicals are in order... but a new client might have in the past. Here's what you can do to untangle any migration messes you've inherited and regain lost organic traffic.
What would you say if I told you that the average SEO at a big company has been waiting over six months for their highest priority technical change and doesn’t anticipate seeing it deployed for at least another six months? (40+% have been waiting over a year.)
Traditional keyword research focuses on discovery, leaving you with a pile of keywords and a lot of guesswork to prioritize them. What if there were a better way? I explore four metrics you can use to evolve your keyword research.
Rand outlines a straightforward and actionable 4-step process (including an array of tools to check out) for uncovering and prioritizing the best keywords for your SEO campaigns.
Voice search is poised to create a seismic shift in our industry. Purna Virji is here to answer three huge questions: who's using voice search, how is it different from text queries, and how can you prepare?
May 1st–7th is Small Business Week! In honor of small businesses everywhere, Garrett Mehrguth's put together a list of free SEO tools that will bolster your online marketing efforts without whittling away your budget.
Click-through rate is incredibly valuable, but often overlooked when it comes to optimization. Larry Kim is here to let you in on his secret formula to achieving optimum CTR on content that didn't do so well, with boosted conversions and rankings on the side.
Are you guilty of living in the past? Using methods that were once tried-and-true can be alluring, but it can also prove dangerous to your search strategy. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Rand spells out eight old school SEO practices that you should ditch in favor of more effective and modern alternatives.
Given enough data about Google's past algorithm updates, can we predict future updates? Dr. Pete explores a possible weekly cycle in Google's algorithm.
What have you been doing with branded searches? If the answer is "not much," it may be time to shift your focus a bit. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Rand explores the huge benefits of turning some of your unbranded searches into branded and offers some key tactical advice.
Does organic CTR data impact page rankings? Sharing recent research findings, Larry Kim makes the case that RankBrain and higher organic click-through rates are deeply intertwined.
As SEOs, we tend to hyper-focus on every little thing Google does. It's important to keep in mind that it's bigger than optimizing for a single search engine. Roy Hinkis is here to explain why.
SEO comes with a lot of "whys" that can be difficult to answer. Jo Cameron is here to remove some of the mystery and level up your site audit skills with the help of ace tips, Bonnie Tyler, and a hefty toolkit in the newest installment of our Next Level educational series!
There have been some surprising shifts in how the marketing industry's changed its views of link building since 2014. Nicholas Chimonas breaks down the results of 2016's State of Link Building Survey for us.
