Are click through rates on search results a ranking signal? The idea is that if the third result on a page is clicked more often than the first that it will, over time, rise to the second or first result. I remember this question being asked numerous times when I was just starting out in the […]
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Back in the Day… If you are new to SEO it is hard to appreciate how easy SEO was say 6 to 8 years ago. Almost everything worked quickly, cheaply, and predictably. Go back a few years earlier and you could rank a site without even looking at it. 😀 Links, links, links. Meritocracy to
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At the abstract level, if many people believe in something then it will grow. The opposite is also true. And in a limitless, virtual world, you can not see what is not there. The Yahoo Directory Before I got into search, the Yahoo! Directory was so important to the field of search there were entire
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As SEOs, we tend to obsess over changes to the organic results. It usually works like this: You get to your computer in the morning. Ready to start work, you take a quick look at Facebook to check what you have missed. You run across someone asking if anyone saw changes last night. They’ll typically also note that
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When markets are new they are unproven, thus they often have limited investment targeting them. That in turn means it can be easy to win in new markets just by virtue of existing. It wouldn’t be hard to rank well creating a blog today about the evolution of the 3D printing industry, or a how
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It’s no secret that SEO and content marketing complement each other. SEO helps users connect with and discover information about your brand, while content marketing ensures that information is relevant, engaging and primed for conversion. Just as SEO alone is not enough to guarantee content quality and relevance, content marketing alone is not enough to guarantee
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At the end of content and technology rainbow, data is the pot of gold. Business.com’s CEO shares how we look at data to tailor experience. Programmatic. First party data. Retargeting. Viewability. To say there are quite a few things to consider as digital publishers is an understatement. At the end of the content and
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In October of 2016 we dramatically changed our Facebook posting strategy. A gradual, but noticeable shift in many social media algorithms and an influx of brand advertising on Facebook meant that it was important for us to either start experimenting or we’d continue to see a decline in organic reach and engagement. Getting your content seen on Facebook is
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What Metric Can Tell Us Our Content is a Unicorn? NATHAN: What are the metrics you’re going to use for the content to know whether it’s quality? LARRY: Great question. In baseball, you’ve got hundreds of different metrics. Same thing in marketing. There are hundreds of different possible metrics for your content. However, when I
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