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What Is A Google Broad Core Algorithm Update?

Understand how a Google Broad Core Update and similar updates impact your site rankings and what to prioritize in order to conquer them. The post What Is A Google Broad…

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13 Ways to Get Better Results from Google Ads

Google Ads is the most popular online marketing platform in the world right now. However, not everyone who advertises there gets the results that they are looking for. Many businesses…

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Google Autocomplete: A Complete SEO Guide

Looking for a tool to help inform smarter SEO keyword research? See how Google Autocomplete works and the best ways to use it. The post Google Autocomplete: A Complete SEO…

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How To Use Instagram Reels: A Step-By-Step Guide

Instagram explains how it ranks the content people see when browsing through Reels, insights you can use to create more successful clips. The post How To Use Instagram Reels: A…

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DuckDuckGo Reaches 100B Searches, But Growth Is Slowing Down

DuckDuckGo celebrates a milestone of 100 billion total searches, but the search engine’s year-over-year growth is slowing down. The post DuckDuckGo Reaches 100B Searches, But Growth Is Slowing Down appeared…

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Are Local Citations (NAP) A Google Ranking Factor?

Local citations might appear in directories, on social networking or review sites, or on all kinds of other websites. But are they a ranking factor? The post Are Local Citations…

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Link Velocity: Is It A Ranking Factor?

Does link velocity matter? Let’s have a look at its origins and see whether link velocity needs consideration in link building. The post Link Velocity: Is It A Ranking Factor?…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 14, 2022

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

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Google’s Help Documents Aren’t Always Up To Date

Google admits its help documents aren’t always up to date and says it’s worthwhile doing your own research on recommended best practices. The post Google’s Help Documents Aren’t Always Up…

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Poll: 90% Of SEOs Are Vaccinated

A Twitter poll with over 1,320 votes shows that 90% of SEOs are vaccinated. Well, at least 90% of the SEOs who took the poll are vaccinated. Although, I’d think…

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Microsoft Bing Tests Related Searches On Left

Microsoft Bing is testing placing the related searches list on the left side of the search results page. Normally, Microsoft places these related searches on the right side of the…

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Google Ads Versatile Text Ads = Responsive Search Ads?

Steve Plimmer posted a screenshot from the Google Ads console’s change history log showing how Google has named the RSAs, response search ads, versatile text ads. It makes you wonder…

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IndexNow Enables Data Sharing Between Search Engines

Microsoft is making the IndexNow protocol easier to implement by ensuring submitted URLs are simultaneously shared between search engines. The post IndexNow Enables Data Sharing Between Search Engines appeared first…

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17 SEO Copywriting Tips To Help Your Rankings

SEO copywriting doesn’t end after the content is published. Read on to discover how to help your site rank before, during, and after writing. The post 17 SEO Copywriting Tips…

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Everything You Need To Know About Cloudflare For SEO

How can Cloudflare help improve your SEO? Check out its features and various implementations and use cases here. The post Everything You Need To Know About Cloudflare For SEO appeared…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 12, 2022

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. We now have…

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LinkedIn Virtual Event Attendance Up 231%

LinkedIn reports attendance for its virtual live events are up 231% year-over-year. Building on this success, LinkedIn is launching audio-only live events. The post LinkedIn Virtual Event Attendance Up 231%…

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What Is Googlebot & How Does It Work?

There are more crawlers Google uses for specific tasks, and each crawler will identify itself with a different string of text called a “user agent.” Googlebot is evergreen, meaning it sees…

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8 Quick SEO Wins For Your Brand New Website

New websites take time to get established and climb the search rankings – but you can give yours a boost with these SEO tips. The post 8 Quick SEO Wins…

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How to Write a Press Release (+ Free Template)

  Here’s everything you need to know about press releases, including a step-by-step guide to writing a good one: What a press release is When to use a press release…

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Google Page Experience Update Coming To Desktop Soon

This is just a reminder that the Google Page Experience Update for desktop pages is coming to a Google search ranking algorithm soon. Well, technically it is coming next month…

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Google Ads Disapproved Ads Auditor

Google Ads has a new scaled ad auditing tool set of code you can download at GitHub and use in your own software systems for managing your ads. The Disapproved…

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3 Unconventional CRO Tactics To Skyrocket Your Revenue 

Still stuck moving the button around and toying with font colors? Try these lesser-known, higher impact CRO tactics instead. The post 3 Unconventional CRO Tactics To Skyrocket Your Revenue  appeared…

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Affiliate marketing for beginners

Affiliate marketing has become a common buzzword for those who want to leverage their own audience, support brands they use, and earn passive income. In this blog, we’ll cover: Affiliate…

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Does Uniqueness of Content Help Rankings?

Google’s John Mueller offers a surprising insight on uniqueness of content and ranking The post Does Uniqueness of Content Help Rankings? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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SEO Strategy: A Full Year Blueprint (+Template) [Ebook]

Get an easy-to-follow 12-month SEO blueprint to create profitable strategies, track your progress, and adapt quickly. The post SEO Strategy: A Full Year Blueprint (+Template) [Ebook] appeared first on Search…

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25 Unique SEO Tactics That Deliver Big Results

Want to be guaranteed top positions on your most relevant keyword SERPs?Reach your goal with these 25 link building, keyword research, and optimization tactics. The post 25 Unique SEO Tactics…

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Google: Nofollow Is Not A Substitute For Noindex

Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller advises that the nofollow link attribute isn’t a substitute for the noindex directive. Googlebot can find and index nofollowed links. The post Google: Nofollow Is…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 10, 2022

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Many SEOs said…

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Google Tests Trending Videos In Mobile Search

Google is testing a new trending videos section in the mobile search results. This one was spotted by Khushal Bherwani and he posted a video cast of a list of…

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Google: Ignore Threats For Do-Follow Links

Google’s John Mueller said you can ignore threats and blackmail emails from people who demand do-follow links. John said on Reddit when asked about these threats “ignore it, it’s just…

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Google Ads Allows Sports Gambling Ads In New York Now

Google Ads, as of this past Saturday, January 8, 2022, is allowing certified and state-licensed entities in New York to run ads for sports betting. This was previously disallowed but…

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Google Ads Live Chat Design Update

Google has updated the design for the Google Ads live chat help box. Brett Bodofsky picked up on the change and to be honest, I have not used this chat…

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How To Create A Winning Local SEO Content Strategy

Learn how to use localized content to boost your business’s visibility in local search and the number of customers visiting your store, online and off. The post How To Create…

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How To Change Your YouTube Channel Name

See how YouTube creators can change the name of their channel without changing the name on their Google account, step by step. The post How To Change Your YouTube Channel…

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Does Google Use Analytics and Chrome Data for Ranking?

Google’s John Mueller answers questions about bounce rate and whether Chrome and Analytics data is used for ranking purposes The post Does Google Use Analytics and Chrome Data for Ranking?…

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Build 600+ Links in 30 Days [Webinar]

Free Link Building Webinar: Kevin Rowe generated more than 600 links in one month.Now, he’s going to teach you how. The post Build 600+ Links in 30 Days [Webinar] appeared…

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Are Nofollow Links A Google Ranking Factor?

Nofollow is a hyperlink attribute that tells Google to not pass PageRank so Google doesn’t crawl the link. But is it a ranking factor? The post Are Nofollow Links A…

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Google Adds Shops Section To Search Results

Google has recently added a new section to the mobile search results named “Shops.” This was first spotted by Khushal Bherwani on Twitter and we got confirmation from Google that…