Keyword Difficulty: What Is It and How Do You Measure It?

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Keyword difficulty is one of the most underutilized metrics when it comes to keyword research and SEO. It’s the golden nugget at the bottom of your search engine results page (SERP). It’s not just a measure of how difficult it is to rank on a specific keyword, but also how difficult it is for your…

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What Page of Google Am I On? Tools to Check Your Keyword Rankings

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As a business owner or marketer, you may often wonder “what page of Google am I on?”. It’s important to understand where your website falls in the SERPs (search engine result pages). Knowing your website rankings can help you understand how well your website is doing in terms of SEO.  This process is technically referred…

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How to Use Google and SEO to Improve Your Ecommerce Website

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This article was first published on September 1st, 2020, it was last updated September 2022. The best ecommerce SEO strategy would include some very traditional tactics but there are some differences that you should consider. A basic ecommerce SEO strategy would involve technical SEO to help ensure search engines can crawl your site efficiently. It…

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Anchor Text SEO: What it is, why it matters and how to use it

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When people think about SEO, they usually focus on content, technical fixes, and link building. But one element that’s often overlooked – and increasingly important in modern search – is anchor text.  How you label and structure your links affects how search engines interpret your pages, how users interact with them, and how your site…

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Google Releases September 2022 Product Reviews Update

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On September 20th, 2022, Google announced that they have released the September 2022 product reviews update for English-language product reviews. This is the fifth version of the Google product reviews update. The most recent Google product review update was back near the end of July 2022. It is projected that the rollout could take 2…

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Google My Business Checklist: 10 Things to Keep Updated

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When customers search on Google, they can gain more information about local businesses from the Knowledge Panel or within the Local Map Pack. These areas typically feature local listings – commonly referred to as Google My Business profiles. An optimized Google My Business ensures your profile is up-to-date on search engines. This article provides some…

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August 2022 SEO Update

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As the end to summer begins to approach, Google is ramping up its changes, clarifications, announcements, and updates to start off the fall with a bang. There’s never a dull moment when it comes to keeping up with SEO news. This month’s SEO update is going to focus on several aspects of two big changes…

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How to Start Conversations about SEO

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This article was first published on March 2nd, 2020, and was last updated August 2022. Starting a conversation with any stranger is a tough task. Business conversations are no exception. Once you’ve thrown digital marketing into the mix, especially SEO, it just seems to get even more difficult. Imagine you have a prospect in mind…

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Google Rolling Out Helpful Content Update

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Google has recently started to roll out a new helpful content algorithm update. Google is rolling out this content update in an effort to help users see more original and helpful content that is written by people, for people, in search results.  The update started on August 25th, 2022 and is expected to take two…

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User Experience and SEO: What You Should Know

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This article was originally published in April 2022 but was updated on August 25th, 2022. Google considers many factors when ranking sites, such as link building, keywords, and high-quality content. Early on, marketers stuffed web pages with keywords (keyword stuffing) to rank well in SERPs. SEO is no longer this simple as Google continues to…

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How to Run a Holistic SEO Content Gap Analysis

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If you’re serious about creating a bulletproof content marketing strategy, you need to conduct a content gap analysis. This allows you to identify areas that you might have missed in your content. This article will walk you through the importance of a content gap analysis and provide a step-by-step plan to perform one.  What is…

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