Tag: search engine optimization

  • How to make sure your social media marketing is on track for 2018

    [ad_1] A new year brings new challenges in social media marketing. Luckily, this is the best time of the year to review your social strategy. 2018 is officially here and this means that we need to plan our social media strategy for the year ahead. Every new year requires the necessary adjustments to ensure that…

  • 6 AdWords metrics you should optimize for better ROI

    [ad_1] Google AdWords plays an important role in the success of businesses, and companies should optimize their AdWords campaign to the greatest possible extent. This is often easier said than done, however, because running such a campaign can be a time-consuming and expensive process. But there is a way to achieve this despite a limited…

  • Which is the best search engine for finding images?

    [ad_1] Images make the web beat. And human beings process visuals faster than they do text. In the last decade, the number of images uploaded on the internet has exploded. Finding the perfect image to feature on your website, blog post or marketing email can be crucial to grabbing the audience’s attention, livening up a…

  • How to highlight search opportunity and create a keyword difficulty metric

    [ad_1] One key element of a search strategy we often see fail is prioritization. Whether working client-side or for an agency, being able to prioritize a link-building campaign, a content refresh or a technical fix on a site is essential to ensure you are making the most use of the limited resources you are given.…

  • Best practices for anchor text optimization in 2018

    [ad_1] Doing SEO for any client is intimately associated with getting the most out of every link. Anchor text is an important element that “unlocks” every link’s potential — to the extent that Google had to roll out its first Penguin update in 2012, cutting tried-and-true anchor text over-optimization methods out of the picture. Over the…

  • How much should SEO cost?

    [ad_1] How much should you be paying for SEO services? This subject can be a real minefield, so we first recommend some quick background reading of Jayson DeMers’ commentary from 2015 on how much time SEO should take, and also Clark Boyd’s recent article on choosing the right SEO agency. All read up? Great, let’s get…

  • How to Use Google Trends for SEO

    [ad_1] Google Trends, first launched in 2006, provides marketers with invaluable insights into how people search on the world’s most popular search engine. In its earlier guises, Trends (or Insights for Search, as it was previously known) was a rather static resource, updated only on an infrequent basis with fresh data. Over time, the power…

  • Killer demand gen strategy, Part 3: Facebook advertising

    [ad_1] If you’ve been keeping up with this series, you’ve got your audience defined and designed creative to match. You’ve constructed smart Google Display Network campaigns to get those users pouring into your funnel. Now let’s talk some of the most powerful targeting capabilities of all. In addition to advertising on the GDN, Facebook is…

  • 6 innovative new search engines to keep an eye on

    [ad_1] Plain and simple, Google isn’t the be-all and end-all of search engines, but it’s often easy to feel like it – perhaps nowhere more so than within the search industry itself. And when you think of other noteworthy search engines besides Google, how many can you name? Bing? Yahoo? Maybe DuckDuckGo, if you’re privacy-conscious (or a…

  • Black Friday SEO: Last-minute tips for the holiday season

    [ad_1] Black Friday kicks off a shopping season that lasts through Christmas each year, with online retailers vying for the profitable attention of consumers. With spending expected to rise by 47% this year, competition will be fierce. SEO can make a significant ecommerce contribution; some final tweaks can make the difference between rising to the top…