Category: SEO

Google still uses semantic headings to understand the context of different parts of your pages, though. “Our systems don’t have a problem when it comes to multiple H1 headings on a page,” said Webmaster Trends Analyst John Mueller on the October 3 edition of #AskGoogleWebmasters, adding that using semantically structured headings does help Google understand your pages. The question. “Can we have a clear answer to the question [of] how to handle headings and accessibility? I see a lot of multiple h1 (all but one are visually hidden) out there … Everybody…

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Optimizing for voice search means answering questions in featured snippets, paying attention to local SEO and perfecting your mobile-friendliness. You already know the entry-level SEO factors you need to think about constantly to make your rockstar brand visible to your audience. You’ve covered your keyword research, content strategy, domain authority and backlink profile. It’s all solid. But at the same time, it’s 2019, and those elements won’t always cut it in the same ways they did ten or even five years ago. As we prepare to enter the 2020s, digital…

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Patrick Stox explains the processes to pay attention to and the ones to leave to Google. Search engines have seen the same SEO mistakes countless times, and as Patrick Stox, SEO specialist at IBM, said during his Insights session at SMX Advanced, “Are you going to throw millions of dollars at a PR campaign to try to get us [SEOs] to convince developers to fix all this stuff? Or are you just going to fix it on your end? And the answer is they fix a ton of stuff on…

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A theme that resounded in the SEO community during SMX Advanced in Seattle was that Google wants relevant, differentiated content above all else. At SMX Advanced in Seattle on June 4, the 2019 edition of the Periodic Table of SEO Success Factors was officially unveiled. The Periodic Table, first launched in 2011, is updated every two years to reflect changes in Google ranking factors, emerging trends in technology and the evolution of SEO strategy. Hundreds of SEO experts voted in Search Engine Land’s online poll on the relative importance of…

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It’s important to keep in mind that maintaining a good online presence goes beyond search rankings. In many ways, organic search rankings are the lifeblood of the online business world. As SEO specialists know all too well, Google is famously quiet about what goes into their search ranking algorithms, which they update all the time. When a new update is released, search enthusiasts are quick to make assumptions about how to tweak their SEO strategies to please the all-powerful Google bots. From time-to-time, experts behind the scenes at Google drop…

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YouTube is not just a social media platform. It’s a powerful search engine for video content. Here’s how to make the most of its SEO potential. There are more than 1.9 billion users who use YouTube every month. People are spending over a billion hours watching videos every day on YouTube. This means that there is a big opportunity for brands, publishers and video creators to expand their reach. Search optimization is not just for your site’s content. YouTube can have its own best practices around SEO and it’s good to keep…

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A great website is a powerful combination of quality content, appropriate web design, ample SEO efforts, and marketing. Web design and SEO go hand-in-hand, and both play a part in developing an SEO-optimized website. This further lays emphasis on the major role played by web designers in building the entire website and its online reputation as well. To get better at SEO, web designers need to get a deeper understanding of the commercial aspects of websites. Apart from creating killer designs, web designers should always be aware of some of the…

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Website security — or lack thereof — can directly impact your SEO performance. Search specialists can grow complacent. Marketers often get locked into a perception of what SEO is and begin to overlook what SEO should be. The industry has long questioned the permanent impact a website hack can have on organic performance. And many are beginning to question the role preventative security measures might play in Google’s evaluation of a given domain. Thanks to the introduction of the GDPR and its accompanying regulations, questions of cybersecurity and data privacy have returned…

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It’s that time of the year again: reflecting on the year that’s past as we prepare for 2019 lurking around the corner. In this article, we have a roundup of some of our fan favorite pieces from 2018 on SEO. On Monday, we’ll have a roundup of our top articles on search industry news and trends. 1. How to force Google to recrawl your website If you have launched a new website, updated a single page on your existing domain, or altered many pages and/or the structure of your site,…

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Sources from the ad industry have shone a light on how fast Amazon ad budgets are growing. Reports from various media agencies show that brands have been moving up to 50 percent of their previous Google search spend to Amazon ads. With shifting budget comes the need for more intentional Amazon SEO. A report by Jumpshot notes that what used to be Google’s share of product searches just three years ago is now Amazon’s and vice versa. The report says that by 2018, 54 percent of product searches began on…

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