Working with local businesses already requires a great deal of very specific local SEO skills, but when it comes to Service Area Businesses (i.e. businesses that work in a service area and visit you at your home rather than a working from a physical location) things get even more specific. Service Area Businesses, such as …
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Google’s team of webmaster trends analysts discuss the intricacies of nofollow links in the first episode of the company’s new podcast. The podcast brings together Google’s John Mueller, Martin Splitt, and Gary Illyes to discuss topics related to search and share information about upcoming projects. In episode one of ‘Search Off the Record,’ Google reveals …
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Creating an ebook can be a pain, especially when you’re not a designer. From thinking about the content, typography, color scheme, and layouts, you may end up overwhelmed.
Site owners may need to get permission from Instagram users before embedding their posts on a web page, according to a company statement. Newsweek is currently being sued for copyright infringement by a photographer who’s Instagram post was embedded on their site without express permission. The decisions made in this case could have long lasting …
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A new executive order from President Trump may affect every blog, recipe site, review site, eCommerce site, and online forum that publishes user-generated content. The executive order specifically mentions Facebook and Twitter. But the scope of the order includes all websites that publish user-generated content that is moderated. According to the text published by the …
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Great Ways to Increase Your Site’s Organic Traffic A major challenge for any business today is to make sure that when a potential customer or client is looking for the products or services that you provide, that they do not end up ultimately finding a competitor. When it comes to organic traffic, SEO is the …
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Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many organizations and groups are publishing important coronavirus-related announcements that affect our everyday lives. In response, we’re introducing a new way for these special announcements to be highlighted on Google Search. Sites can add SpecialAnnouncement structured data to their web pages or submit a COVID-19 announcement in Search Console. At …
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E-commerce businesses are run almost entirely, if not exclusively, online and getting traffic to their sites is crucial for success. You can’t make any sales if your customers can’t even find you on the Internet. Most e-commerce businesses are familiar with the basics of search engine optimization (SEO) best practices like adding meta descriptions to …
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Welcome to the new format of Google News Digest! SEMrush will now be bringing you weekly updates of the latest changes in Google Search, Google Ads, and Google Tools so you can keep up with the latest Google developments as they happen. This week we will cover the announcement for mobile-first indexing for all sites, the new feature …
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As Google prepares to move all sites over to mobile-first indexing, the company confirms 70% of sites have already made the shift. The remaining 30% will be moved to mobile-fist indexing by September at the latest, as Google says that’s when all sites will be officially switched over. Between now and September Google will continue …
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Yotpo has partnered with Bazaarvoice to syndicate reviews through the latter’s network, which includes nearly 2,000 global retail sites and reaches more than a billion shoppers monthly, according to the company. Yotpo is evolving from a reputation management platform to an “end-to-end platform” for direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands. The move is intended to expand the reach …
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Google is sending out notices via Google Search Console with “mobile-first indexing issues detected” alerts. In those emails it communicates the issues Google has when it comes to moving that site over to mobile-first indexing. It also says “Google expects to apply mobile-first indexing to all websites in the next six to twelve months.” Mobile-first …
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