SEO is no longer about about low-quality, keyword-rich content. To make a website successful, SEO experts need a content marketing strategy. SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is a busy and dynamic market. As search engines regularly change their algorithms to take…
Establishing a baseline and understanding historical trends helps forecast traffic trends and alerts you when traffic changes. Contributor Simon Heseltine lists steps you can take to predict incoming traffic and changes to your site. Have you ever had this conversation…
Own a small business and struggle with SEO? Contributor Doc Sheldon has created a glossary of essential SEO terms to help small business owners improve their understanding and knowledge of SEO. If you are a small business owner with a grasp…
Back in 2016, my colleague Christopher Ratcliff wrote an excellent how-to guide about meta descriptions here at Search Engine Watch. Much of what is included in that article is still useful. The good and bad examples Chris analyses are still…
One of the most basic SEO strategies for content development is the process of determining what people are searching for in your niche so you can target those keywords. When it comes to news sites, even sites with a niche…
The keyword is still relevant, but SEO has become more complex. Keyword optimization is a framework for SEO. Similarly, you could say that topic modeling (how words and phrases are interrelated) is a framework for content optimization. With the rise…
Whether you are new to SEO and looking for a litmus test of your website’s health, or have an ongoing campaign that may need a little refreshing, it’s always a good idea to perform regular check-ups or audits. If you…
Fresh out of ideas on how to build links to a boring site? Contributor Jeremy Knauff walks us through his process for creating a successful link-building campaign for even the dullest of sites. It’s safe to say that most search…
There are services out there that allow you to buy a site for your company, with the content already provided. You see this often with insurance brokerage sites, as well as many other industries. Often, these services are provided via…
Google has added a new feature to the external keyword tool, they have added approximate search volume numbers. For example, I conducted a search for SEO and the results returned showed columns for “Approx Search Volume: June” and “Approx Avg Search…
