Demonstrating first-hand experience is more important than ever for Google Search rankings. Updates to the search quality rater guidelines list the criteria Google looks for. Google is upgrading the concept of E-A-T with an additional ‘E’ for experience. The new E-E-A-T acronym stands for Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness. Google’s […]

Wondering how to do SEO for ecommerce? Looking for expert insights on ecommerce SEO? Uncertain how to make your online store more successful? From acknowledging that the traditional customer journey is dead, to fast pivoting due to Google’s constant updates, to reassessing benchmarks after the pandemic digital boom and the […]

Roughly half of the Twitter DMs I receive are attempts to sell me “high-quality guest link posting.” The other half are lifelong agency SEOs looking to move in-house, asking me how to make the move and to review their resumes.  While I started my career in a link building agency […]

When you’re preparing your strategy for next year, it’s vital to plan for potential upsets and challenges ahead. This year, SEO practitioners overcame challenges posed by a lack of resources, issues with strategy, and the ability to scale processes. Looking ahead to 2023 and beyond, our State of SEO report […]

Meta descriptions are important for search optimization. If done correctly, they’ll encourage users to click through from search results pages. The goal is to provide a summary of the webpage. Google’s guideline states: “A page’s meta description tag gives Google and other search engines a summary of what the page […]

Every PR professional knows the power of the press release. Whether you’re launching a new product, announcing a merger, or have any other notable information you want to share, the press release is a great way to distribute that information.  But does it have any impact on your SEO efforts? […]