Tag: SEO

  • Good SEO habits: Turning over a new leaf in 2018

    [ad_1] Join a gym, start that diet, call your parents more and turn over a new leaf for your SEO strategy. Whether you’re a stickler for New Year’s resolutions, or the very thought makes you roll your eyes, reviewing your SEO habits for 2018 should be a priority for every business and digital marketer. You…

  • 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…

  • What’s behind the trend towards private search engines?

    [ad_1] Recently on Search Engine Watch, we rounded up six newcomers to the search engine landscape that are worth keeping an eye on for the future. Each new search engine takes a slightly different approach to searching the web, but there is one trait that many of the recent ones have in common: private, secure…

  • PPC budget strategy: Tips for success on a limited budget

    [ad_1] You don’t need a large budget for an effective PPC strategy. Here’s how to maximize the success of your PPC campaigns regardless of the size of your budget. The budget of a PPC campaign can play an important role in its performance. However, it doesn’t guarantee successful results without a proper planning first. It’s…

  • Evolving past last-click attribution in paid search

    [ad_1] “Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.” That famous quote applies to the many marketers who default to last-click attribution, even with its well-documented failure to take the entire customer journey into consideration. During ClickZ’s latest Masterclass on paid search optimization, in association with Fospha and Kenshoo, we surveyed 800 marketers…

  • An in-depth guide to Google ranking factors

    [ad_1] In SEO, Google’s ranking factors are the stuff of legend. There are rumored to be more than 200 signals which inform Google’s rankings (although this statistic originated in 2006, so it’s probably safe to say things have changed a bit since then), and the exact factors which make up this list, as well as…

  • How to write blog headlines that drive search traffic

    [ad_1] Content marketing is a highly viable digital marketing strategy, designed to attract and drive traffic to your website or specific landing pages. But you could be the best writer and still not attract qualified readers (or worse, any at all). The importance of an effective, attractive headline cannot be overstated. Think of your audiences…