How to Pick Keywords: The Easy Way to Find Low-Hanging Fruit
Learning how to pick keywords is intimidating to say the least. Especially since the outcome of your keyword research can pretty much make or break your online business. Before you can even begin to write great content and build high-quality links to it, you’ll need to determine which keyword you want to rank for each. By […]
SEO vs. Social Media: Compare and Contrast
So you’re in charge of creating a content strategy, but you aren’t sure where to coordinate your efforts. It can be tricky: social media marketing and search engine optimization are both crucial strategies for any company that wants an internet presence, but they each have the potential to turn into a rabbit hole of effort […]
How Freelancers Can Leverage The Best SEO Services
Congratulations, you’ve officially made your own freelance website. As tempting as it is to celebrate, let’s wait a few minutes before popping the champagne. While creating a website is the first step to success, don’t expect clients to suddenly line up for your services just because you’ve clicked publish. After all, you’ll need to be […]
The Full Scoop on Google AMP: Does It Boost Mobile SEO?
It’s been a few years since Google unleashed Mobilegeddon. You remember. The series of search algorithm updates geared towards rewarding mobile-responsive websites with higher positions in the search results. Surprisingly however, the update did not have the immediate impact most people were expecting. Adoption has been rather slow and staggered. Regardless, the majority of site-owners […]
A Quick Guide to Conducting a Comprehensive SEO Audit
SEO is quite unlike any other marketing discipline. For starters, there are “rules.” And you’re pretty much at the mercy of Google if you decide not to follow them. Secondly, the landscape rarely stays the same for long. Google is constantly improving upon it’s search algorithm. In fact, the latest Penguin update has just rolled […]
4 Proven Techniques for Updating Your SEO Strategy for 2021
I think you’ll agree with me when I say that landing on the first page of Google is #goals. After all, in Google and in life, headlines are what matter the most. The front page. The top 3. You get it. But you’re probably thinking “this is too much trouble.” First off, deep breath. I’ve […]
The 4 Toughest Challenges SEO Specialists Need to Overcome
Being an SEO professional isn’t always boring. In fact, it can kind of be a rush! The highs are very high, and the lows can be just as extreme. For those considering taking the leap and attempting to become an SEO specialist, there is no better time to start than today. I often like to say […]
9 Quick Solutions to Revitalize Your SEO Strategy This Fall
One problem that everyone notices early on when they start dealing with SEO, is that it’s never “stable”. Every time Google pushes an algorithm update, priorities shift. Strategies that used to boost your site to the top might suddenly relegate you to the bottom of the pack. What does all of this mean for you? […]
How to Find the Best Long Tail Keywords
Take a good look at the inner workings of any successful SEO campaign, and you’re sure to find some very well-researched keywords. Not just any kind of keywords either, mind you. You’ll most likely find long tail keywords. Now, much has been said about this type of keyword over the years, but it bears repeating nonetheless. […]
Beginner’s Guide to High-Quality Link Building with Content
Link building is essential to a good SEO strategy. It allows you to directly steer traffic to your site to increase sharing and discovery, and it also leads to better ranking with the search engines. The engines measure your sites relevancy in no small part based upon how many authoritative sites link to your own […]
Learn the Ropes from 10 of the Most Successful SEO Marketers
Have you heard the chatter that SEO might be dead? While some marketers may claim that SEO doesn’t work nowadays, a strong search marketing campaign will still deliver huge results. Nevermind the naysayers. Instead, pay attention to these stats that prove that SEO is still very much alive and kicking. 75% of users never scroll past […]
What Will Blogging Do for Your SEO? A Lot Actually!
It recently came to my attention that not all of our readers know that blogging for SEO will really make a difference and improve search results. My first thought: “no worries, I’ll refer them to one of our articles covering it.” Imagine my surprise when I realized that we don’t have an article that addresses this specifically. I […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Content Curation for SEO
Search engines value unique content. Google and Bing aim to deliver the freshest and most relevant pages to users. That’s their job after all. For websites trying to break ground in their respective industries, content creation is their gateway to a successful online business. The better their pages (regarding quality), the greater the chances they will rank for […]
Easily Overcome the Most Challenging Mobile SEO Obstacles
There’s a decent chance you’re reading this article on a mobile device. Take a step back and think about that for a moment. In the not so distant past, that would have been considered sorcery. Jokes aside, mobile technology and mobile search have forever changed our lives. I’d add that it’s mostly been for the […]
Creating an SEO Report that Your Clients Will Love
To be an SEO specialist, you have to really love search. It isn’t just a job or a means to an end. You’ve got to be passionate about the industry and driven to rank pages. What motivates us is the journey — the glory is in the strategy and execution. We love devising a sustainable link building strategy […]
Your SEO Campaign Needs Social Media to Thrive
As time goes on, social media strategies and SEO become more and more attached at the hip. If your business has any semblance of an inbound strategy, which it should, you really can’t ignore the ever-strengthening bond between the two. To be fair, it’s a bit one-directional. You don’t need to have good SEO in […]
Google and SEO: It’s a Love-Hate Relationship
It’s no secret that Google and SEO services firms aren’t always the best of friends. Google makes the rules, SEOs bend (and sometimes break them). From Google’s perspective, it’s pretty clear why they’d often find themselves at odds with those who would seek to circumvent the system. On the flip side, search engine optimization companies […]
How to Increase Google SERP CTR with Rich Snippets
Breaking News: Top results get top traffic! Ok ok, I know that’s not even close to a newsflash anymore. After all, a study conducted by Chitika proved it all the way back in 2012. The top three positions on Google search results got 32.5%, 17.6%, and 11.4% of the clicks, respectively. From there, sites ranking from […]
Make Bank with White Label SEO Programs by Focusing on Local
[fusion_text]We’ve covered this a bit over the past few months, but with the surge in popularity of our own white label SEO program, it seemed appropriate that we dig a bit more into what makes white label resellers successful. There are of course, a number of ways. But zooming in on local search particularly, is […]
5 Reasons SEO Services Will Make You Serious Money
If you’re not already buying SEO services (or performing your own SEO), your business is leaving money on the table. It’s that simple. There’s no specific study that’s necessary to quote at this point. It’s been proven so many times that I’m really flogging a dead horse just by saying it here at all. Search marketing […]
How to Become a Successful Writer Using Advanced On-Page SEO (Infographic)
As a writer, I think I speak for all of us when I say that we’re not big fans of complicated things like math. Grammar is bad enough, but now you want us to start dealing with SEO? I was quick to reject the idea at first, but when you break it down, advanced on-page SEO is […]
4 Stupidly Simple Reasons Your Best Bet is to Buy SEO Services
In today’s SEO landscape, competition is pretty fierce. You’d be wise to rid yourself of any pretense before sallying forth because it’s going to get ugly! Negative SEO is real. Sound insane? Think again. We recently began to see swaths of unaccounted-for links to our homepage showing up on Russian mail order bride sites. There […]
Real Estate SEO: 7 Tips That Go Beyond Beating Google
Real estate SEO can be problematic and challenging. You’re not just competing with other brokers and Realtors — you’re competing with sites like Zillow, Trulia and HomeFinder.com. Add to that, most brokers find themselves stuck with a clunky website management system that publishes the same IDX listings everyone else does. Why is Google going to […]
4 Awesome Ways to Become Our next SEO Partner
What do you think when you hear the phrase SEO partner? I’ve heard a wide variety of answers when I ask this question. I’ve gotten responses ranging from “are you asking me for money?” all the way to the other end of the spectrum “how much money are you going to give me?” There’s no […]
27 Things Top White Label SEO Resellers Do to Make Money Online
Raise your hands — how many of you want to make more money with your business this year? Yeah, I figured as much. Have you noticed that white label SEO reseller programs are getting a ton of press lately? There’s a good reason for that. It’s one of the few stress-free ways to get your […]