Most SEO experts are still afraid to publish their success stories, with a few notable exceptions.  Many are simply unable to share their work even when it’s successful. How can SEOs stop practicing “ghost optimization”?  Before we dive into this question, let’s look at the reasons for the ongoing secrecy […]

Google has made significant changes to its Quality Rater Guidelines (QRG) for search. While Google updates this document several times per year, the latest version, updated today, came with notable changes to the structure of the document, with many new sections and tables added and a total of 11 new […]

SEO reporting and tracking are major sticking points for anyone in the industry.  Data that you find important may be less valuable to C-suite executives. Or you may not have enough data to show growth, changes and significant events clearly and concisely. Reports must tell a story. Without the right […]

Nick Brown is the Founder and CEO of accelerate agency, a SaaS SEO & content agency. Working with enterprise and scale-up brands. getty Finding the right SEO agency partner for your SaaS company can be an intimidating process. There are thousands and thousands of SEO agencies to choose from. Even […]

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? […]

Google’s help document on controlling your snippets in search results has added some examples of “bad” and “better” meta descriptions.  The bad. Google advises avoiding these four types of “bad” meta descriptions: List of keywords: “Sewing supplies, yarn, colored pencils, sewing machines, threads, bobbins, needles” Same description used for every […]

Sitemaps are a powerful tool for SEO pros and webmasters. They help Google and other search engines navigate through a website and find new pages and content. It’s not guaranteed that search engines will index the content but telling them what pages are important can make a significant difference. Sitemaps […]