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Engagement is a huge but often ignored opportunity, and may be an important aspect of Google's machine learning algorithms. Larry Kim shares new findings to support the theory that these algorithms reward high user engagement.
Are you better than a coin at predicting whether one site will outrank another? Ranking factors are more complex than ever, and according to the results of a survey conducted by Will Critchlow, most seasoned SEOs could be bested by the flip of a nickel.
RankBrain is unlike any of the classic Google algorithms we've dealt with in the past. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Rand tackles the question of what RankBrain actually is and whether SEOs should (or even can) optimize for it.
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While working on their client's site, Sergey and his team knew optimization alone wouldn't be enough to move the needle. They needed links. With one big, successful content piece, they drove their domain authority up by 7 in 4 months. Here's how.
What insights can you learn from analyzing 26,000 links? The experts at Fractl share the most valuable takeaways from taking a keen eye to the links they've earned from hundreds of content marketing campaigns.
After almost two years of waiting, Google has announced Penguin 4.0, now in real-time. How big was the impact, and what's going on with September?
Featured snippets are here to stay, and they're proving to be an important goal in the never-ending quest for rankings. In this Whiteboard Friday, Rand explains the 3 types of featured snippets and how you can best position yourself to grab those coveted spots in the SERPs.
Product and project management is a critical part of running/managing an SEO business (or any business based on SEO); it's also something that doesn't get discussed nearly as much in professional circles. For me, I care equally about how our internal process are working versus how our SEO services are performing, primarily because they can't be separated. If you internal processes suck,...
Search Console is one of the most powerful tools we have for diagnosing website errors. Learn how to prioritize and resolve your site's crawl errors in Google Search Console — those hundreds of 404 errors may not be so daunting after all.
Not sure if you should implement the newest feature that shows up in the SERPs? Confused about how to sell things internally to your boss? From my years of experience in digital marketing, this is the grid I use to think through the opportunity cost or advantage of implementing something new.
Coming up with effective ideas for blog posts can take an immense amount of time. We want to show you a neat use of Keyword Explorer that can help get that time back.
Google Keyword Planner recently saw a disappointing change: Keyword volumes are being lumped into large ranges that don't offer near the detail we had before. This post explores what that means for your SEO work.
We have analytics, so are interviews still important? In today's Whiteboard Friday, Onward's Rebekah Cancino shows us just how important they are, and how you can get the most from them.