Learn ways to navigate the challenges of getting SEO buy-in and managing stakeholders in enterprise settings. In my SEO career, I’ve worked with various enterprise organizations, including major CDNs, encrypted email providers, American insurance companies, and commercial passenger airlines. One underlying challenge…
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An SEO guide to understanding user intent
Align content with different stages of a searcher’s journey and leverage intent-based strategies for better SEO results. User intent is the foundational piece of strategic SEO efforts. It’s the tool that can help your brands move beyond chasing consumers to delighting them…
Video: Drew Madore on how “black hat SEO” has changed over the years
What was considered “white hat” SEO in the old days may now be considered “black hat” SEO. In part one of my interview with Drew Madore, the CEO and founder of Synergist Digital Media, we spoke a lot about “black hat…
Pitch to speak at SMX Create!
We’re looking for a few skilled search marketers who specialize in content and creative. In two weeks, we’ll be hosting our first SMX Report event. The response has been amazing to this single day virtual event. SMX Report features both SEO and…
Announcing the Search Engine Land Mentorship Program for SEO and PPC
Applications will be open today and close July 2. The program will run August – October 2021. Only 2% of SEO or PPC professionals took traditional classes to learn search marketing, according to an informal Twitter poll I issued this week. The…
How to build your own SEO ‘second brain’ (and why you need it)
The concept of building a “second brain” can help SEOs better store and retrieve crucial documents and key learnings between websites. Whether you’re an internal SEO whiz or a digital agency pro, chances are you’ve experienced one or more of these all-too-familiar…
10 ways B2B SaaS companies can use link building for better rankings
This list provides methods to identify link opportunities based on the type of content typical for SaaS brands. The significant value of B2B content marketing is paving the way to the new wave of content-first link building. A targeted Google search will…
We turned Search Engine Land into a chatbot
We trained ChatGPT on our content and turned our website into a chatbot so you can explore, experiment and learn more about search marketing. About the chatbot. Our bot has been trained on the Search Engine Land content, allowing you to…
50% of product searches start on Amazon
Amazon dominates, but ratings and reviews, search engines and brand websites all play key roles in the online shopping journey. Amazon continues to be the most popular starting point for online shoppers with one exception – Gen Z, according to…
The new Google Search Generative Experience: Here’s what it looks like
AI-generated answers will appear above Google’s search results listings. Google will cite the websites it used to help generate the answer. It’s here – the all-new AI-powered Google Search engine we’ve heard rumors about under the code name Magi. Is it…