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Marketers can get caught up in specific metrics, focusing on those data points that make you look good in reporting, but don’t help you understand your performance. In this week’s episode of Whiteboard Friday, Dr. Pete discusses the vanity we bring to the metrics we track, and how to take a better, more realistic view of your results.
When the team at Go Fish Digital began helping a large media company break into Google’s Top Stories for major single-day events, they discovered that one way many sites do this is through the use of a schema type called LiveBlogPosting. Here are there findings regarding what this structured data type is, how sites are using it, and what impact it might have on Top Stories visibility.
It’s no secret that B2B marketing is different than B2C. The sales cycle is longer, there are multiple stakeholders involved, and it’s usually more expensive. To market effectively, you need to create content that helps, educates, and informs your clientele. The best way to do that is to identify the keywords that matter most to them, and build out content accordingly.
Mordy spent the better part of two months running all sorts of queries in all sorts of different ways to see how it impacted his Google Discover Feed. Here are the results.
Duplicate content is a pretty common issue, and it can often be a bit confusing. What is it? How is it determined? Why are certain pages on my site being flagged as duplicates? And most importantly, how do I resolve these issues? Find the answers to all these questions and more in this week’s Whiteboard Friday!
If there’s one universal truth in SEO, it’s that there are no universal truths. A best practice can be misinterpreted or outdated, leading to missed opportunities. Elevate your SEO game by testing and validating best practices with research, like this case study from the team at Workshop Digital that examines SERPs for the US banking industry.
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On February 19, MozCast measured a dramatic drop (40% day-over-day) in SERPs with Featured Snippets. This is the lowest prevalence rate of Featured Snippets in our data set since summer of 2015. What's driving the losses, and who is most affected?
While Google Posts aren’t a ranking factor, they can still be an incredibly effective resource for increasing local business conversions — when used correctly. This week’s Whiteboard Friday host, Greg Gifford, shows you how to put your best post forward.
Gen Z (or Zoomers, if you prefer) already makes up the largest generational cohort of America's population. How do they interact with search, and what does that mean for the future of SEO?
The team at Portent conducted a study verifying whether stimulus distributions correlated with revenue spikes in online retailers and auto industries. Dig into their results in this post, along with consumer data to use as predictive indicators through the rest of the pandemic.
When we think about how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can compete in today's ever-evolving SERP landscape, time and time again, well-implemented structured data is what makes the difference.
As an SEO professional, you need to know the latest industry trends to keep up with its ever-changing demands. In this post, you’ll find seven emerging technologies in the SEO industry, and how they impact your work as an SEO expert.