Category: SEO News

  • What defines high-quality links in 2019 and how to get them? Search Engine Watch

    [ad_1] Links are a way for users to get relevant information on the internet. They are also a ranking factor for your pages. Of the 200+ ranking factors, Google is known to use, links share the top three spots with content and RankBrain. However, having links is not enough. Their quality matters. Google takes into…

  • The SEO metrics that really matter for your business Search Engine Watch

    [ad_1] Whether you are a business owner, marketing manager or simply just interested in the world of ecommerce, you may be familiar with how a business can approach SEO. To every person involved, the perception of SEO and its success can vary from a sophisticated technical grasp to a knowledge of the essentials. At all…

  • Tips to lower brand CPC for greater profitability

    [ad_1] In the realm of digital marketing, brand ownership means everything. It’s safe to say that nearly all search advertisers see the vast majority of their traffic and revenue come from their branded initiatives. Put simply, branded (search engine marketing) SEM is something advertisers need to fully own and focus on optimizing. With that being…

  • How to take advantage of the latest updates to Google Search Console Search Engine Watch

    [ad_1] After testing the Search Console for more than a year, Google announced its release from beta last year. In the previous year, maybe more, Google slowly rolled out the beta eventually doing a full open beta invite to all Search Console users and migrating their features from the old to the new version. From…

  • What’s it like using DuckDuckGo in 2019?

    [ad_1] DuckDuckGo could be your new default search engine if you want to focus on privacy and security. What it’s like using it nowadays? You might have heard of DuckDuckGo in the past. Our first long post about it was back in 2016 with Rebecca Sentance trying out the new search engine for a week.…

  • SEO writing guide: From keyword to content brief

    [ad_1] If content is queen, and the critical role SEO plays a role of bridging the two to drive growth, then there’s no question as to whether or not keyword research is important. However, connecting the dots to create content that ranks well can be difficult. What makes it so difficult? How do you go…

  • Using Python to recover SEO site traffic (Part three) Search Engine Watch

    [ad_1] When you incorporate machine learning techniques to speed up SEO recovery, the results can be amazing. This is the third and last installment from our series on using Python to speed SEO traffic recovery. In part one, I explained how our unique approach, that we call “winners vs losers” helps us quickly narrow down…

  • Three fundamental factors in the production of link-building content Search Engine Watch

    [ad_1] One of the most overused phrases in content marketing is how it is an ever-changing landscape, forcing agencies and marketers to adapt and improve their existing processes. In a short space of time, a topic can go from being newsworthy to negligible, all while certain types of content become tedious to the press and…

  • How to write SEO-friendly alt text for your images

    [ad_1] One of the biggest problems digital marketers face is nuances to crafting high-quality SEO rich content. A great area of opportunity for marketers is their SEO alt text for images. We’ve all been to websites and the image is replaced by a red “X”, or it’s just a blank box. Wouldn’t it be great…

  • How to perfectly balance affiliate marketing and SEO Search Engine Watch

    [ad_1] In all my years as an SEO consultant, I can’t begin to count the number of times I saw clients who were struggling to make both SEO and affiliate marketing work for them. When their site rankings dropped, they immediately started blaming it on the affiliate links. Yet what they really needed to do…