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How to Get a Million+ Blog Visits Per Month
Learn from the pros at WordStream and HubSpot how to run a blog that drives a million visits per month, including tips for blogging strategy, optimization, management and promotion.
Why SEO Rank Checking Tools Are Useless (And What to Use Instead)
Still searching for the best rank tracking tool? You might be wasting your time! Learn why SEO rank checking tools are useless for evaluating your keyword position in SERPs, and what tools to use instead to really drive more traffic from organic search.
The 3 Types of Links that Send Legit Referral Traffic
Most inbound links have some value, but only some links drive real referral traffic. And what good is link building for SEO if you’re not getting more traffic to your site? Learn what types of links are mostly likely to send real referral traffic to your site.
How Google Hummingbird Changed the Future of Search
Google Hummingbird was the most comprehensive and ambitious update to Google's search algorithm since 2001. Here's how Google Hummingbird changed search forever, and what we can expect from Google in the future.
Dwell Time: The Most Important Metric You’re Not Measuring
Dwell time, the length of time that a visitor spends on a page before returning to the SERPs, is one of the most important analytics metrics, as well as one of the most frequently misunderstood. Learn what dwell time is and how you can increase it for better SEO results.
Panda 4.0: Why eBay Just Lost 80% of its Organic Rankings
Google just released Panda 4.0, the latest iteration of its algorithm update intended to keep thin content spam out of the SERPs. eBay has taken a big hit.
6 Google Analytics Tips for Business Insight Way Beyond Traffic
Recently I discovered six Google Analytics tips that totally changed the way I use the software. Want to get better, more actionable data about your site’s visitors and traffic patterns? Here are my six best Google Analytics tips that can help your business too!
If People Don’t Link to Porn Sites, How Does Google Rank Porn?
In his latest Webmaster video, Matt Cutts answers the question: “How does Google separate popularity from authority?” (This question came from a “Blind Five Year Old,” by the way! That’s our friend AJ Kohn unless someone stole his alias.)
How to Use Schema Markup for SEO: Making Your Site Easier to Find for Stupid Machines
Although schema and other structured markup formats have been around for several years, relatively few people actually know what schema is or what it’s for. Today, we’re going to answer your questions about schema and why you should make it an integral part of your SEO strategy.
Toward a Linkless SEO: The SEO Link Is Dying. Here’s What Might Replace It
The SEO link is dying. What will replace the link? We predict how a search engine might rank organic content based on other quality signals, without links...
How to Get Phrase & Broad Match Traffic Data Back from Google Keyword Planner
Learn how to hack Google Keyword Planner to get your broad match and phrase match traffic volume estimate data back.
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The 18 Best Keyword Research Tools for Every Need [Free & Paid!]
Keyword research is an essential part of your success in SEM and SEO. Check out our blog post and learn more about the eight best keyword research tools!
Follow Links Vs. No Follow Links: Should You Care?
Those new to SEO might be wondering what all the hullabaloo is about follow links vs. no follow links. Confused? Not to worry, we’re going to clear it all up. We'll provide a bit of background about how most links work in the realm of SEO, and then dive headlong into follow vs. nofollow links.
How to Drive Google Image Search Traffic That’s Actually Relevant
Learn how to optimize your site for Google Image search and bring in image search traffic that's valuable and relevant to your site.
Matching the Google Algorithm to Your Traffic Loss
Find out which Google algorithm change is causing your website to lose traffic and how to recover from a Google algorithm update.
The SEO Interview: Questions to Prepare for Before Your SEO Job Interview
Prepare for your SEO job interview! Here are the top 7 SEO questions we ask when interviewing a candidate for a job in SEO and search marketing.
The 3 Types of Search Queries & How You Should Target Them
In the search marketing world, we tend to talk more about keywords than search queries (news flash: they’re not quite the same thing). In this post, we go into a little more detail on what the three types of search queries are and how you can target them with your site content.
How to Rank for a Keyword in 10 Steps
Want to see your website on the elusive first page of Google for a given search term? Unless you’re Wikipedia or The New York Times, it won’t be easy. But it’s not impossible, either. Learn how to rank for a keyword in 10 steps in this post.
10 Reasons SEO Is Harder for Small Businesses
Why is SEO so much harder for small businesses? Here are ten reasons that bigger companies and well-known brands find it easier to succeed at SEO.
Why Are Popular Keywords So Hard to Rank for with a New Website?
While digging through our analytics for question keywords, I found the following question: Why are popular keywords so hard to rank for with a new website? It’s a good question, although the longer you work in search marketing, the more obvious the answer becomes.
Google SERP Dumps 5.5% of Organic First Page Listings
You may have noticed recently that Google has been showing just 7 organic search listings on the first page for many searches, instead of the usual 10. Take for example, this search for "adwords," which shows just 7 organic search listings.
The Long-Term Value of SEO: Does SEO Value Last Forever?
Learn three reasons why the myth that SEO traffic and value lasts forever is false. The long-term value of SEO is not as rock-solid as you think.
Unnatural Links: What They Are & What to Do About Them
Did you receive a warning that your site has unnatural links? Learn what unnatural links are and what to do in case affected by the Penguin update.
4 Tools for Pinterest Analytics and Monitoring
Pinterest has been announced as the #1 traffic referral for many image-friendly sites. While being an effective buzz marketing tool, it's yet that effectively tracked. Feel free to skip ahead to a tool of your interest.
Top 10 Google Update Codenames
Check out our list of the top 10 wackiest and weirdest codenames for Google's ongoing search algorithm changes and improvements.
The Dangers of SEO Keyword Stuffing
Keyword stuffing was a successful SEO tactic in the past, but no longer. Learn why SEO keyword stuffing is now a dangerous activity with modern search engines.
What Is SEO Content? A Guide to Creating Content for SEO
If you’re relatively new to the world of search marketing, you may have heard the term “SEO content” being thrown around in marketing meetings. This beginner’s guide is designed to answer three questions: What is “SEO content”? What types of SEO content are there? What is my SEO content strategy?