Earning a degree is a good thing for some professions. After all, you wouldn’t want a doctor who learned his trade via YouTube videos taking out your appendix, would you? Of course not. But for other professions, you can learn just as much, if not more, than a college curriculum’s […]

Inspired by the SEO strategies embraced by Adobe and Canva, I began studying feature pages and the possibility of leveraging non-branded keywords to increase conversions. A couple of months ago, I began building an SEO “swipe file” for SaaS and software brands, ranking the first page with non-branded keywords on […]

At Google I/O 2021, Google announced a new technology called MUM (Multitask Unified Model) that it will use internally to help its ranking systems better understand language. Since the announcement, there has been much discussion about if or when MUM would become a ranking factor. What Is MUM? Dubbed “a […]

I find myself answering a lot of the same questions from new clients about ways to measure SEO. My answers generally fall into one of two categories: Why basic/boilerplate SEO metrics aren’t good KPIs and how to make them better. Which (more advanced) metrics we should establish to determine actual […]

1. Check For Google Penalties The first step is the easiest place to look for a hidden opportunity to help skyrocket your rankings. Is your website currently under any penalties from Google? To check for penalties, your website needs to be connected to Google Search Console. If it isn’t, you, […]

Which team are you on, SEO or SEM? Do you feel like everyone is in this together, or does it seem like there are some independent islands where everyone is just thinking about themselves? Usually, the latter scenario plays out. Many SEO professionals, dev teams, and marketers tend to work […]

This article aims to adhere to social model language while some of the contributors have chosen to identify differently. Conversations about accessibility within the SEO community have increased over the last few years. While several experts and disability advocates have been speaking about accessibility for years, the importance of digital […]