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12 Elements Of A Solid SEO Contract
Columnist Janet Driscoll Miller lays out her foundation for creating a search engine optimization (SEO) contract that's fair, clear, and...
When Google’s In Your Brain: A Science Fiction Author’s View
How might the rise of neural implant technology impact the future of search? Futurist Ramez Naam shares his perspective as a search expert and...
Generalists Vs. Specialists In SEO: What’s The Best Approach?
In a follow-up to her last column, Erin Everhart takes on the question of whether it's better for search engine optimization professionals to be...
3 Keys To Gaining Company-Wide SEO Support
Securing buy-in from other departments has always been a challenge for SEO professionals, but columnist Casie Gillette has some tips to help you...
In 2015, Your Job As An SEO Isn’t Actually SEO
Columnist Erin Everhart explains how the role of the search engine optimization (SEO) professional is undergoing a major...
Dealing With That Key Exec Who Thinks All SEO Is Spam
You may have a killer SEO strategy mapped out for this year, but that won't matter if someone in the C-suite thinks you're just a spammer....
Video Of Matt Cutts Talking About The Early Days At Google
Miss hearing from Google's Matt Cutts? Here is a 34 minute video of him giving a talk at UNC Chapel Hill the other...
The 4 Hardest Parts Of SEO
I have been doing search engine optimization (SEO) since 2002, and I’ve overcome a fair number of SEO challenges since then....
The Decade Is Half-Over: Where SEO Has Been & Where It’s Going
Search engine optimization shifted dramatically during the first half of this decade. I wonder how it will evolve? Google Got Intelligent Google...
SEMPO Opens 10th Annual State Of Search & Digital Marketing Survey
Take the 10th annual SEMPO State of Search & Digital Marketing survey now for a chance to win an all-access pass to SMX West 2015 in San Jose,...
Searchmetrics Files “IPRs” To Invalidate BrightEdge SEO Patents In Lawsuit
Roughly a year ago, several BrightEdge SEO-related patents were granted. The company almost immediately turned around and sued Searchmetrics for...
SEO: The O Is For Outing
As professional SEOs, we have a responsibility to make the web a better place. Contributor Kerry Dean argues that accusing our peers of...
Duane Forrester, Bing’s Long-Time Webmaster Outreach Manager, Loses Job In Microsoft Layoffs
Duane Forrester, the senior product manager in charge of webmaster outreach for Bing, has lost his job as part of the recently announced layoffs...
Marin Software, Kenshoo Named As Facebook’s Atlas Paid Search Partners
This morning, Facebook announced the expected relaunch of Atlas, the ad serving and measurement challenger to Google’s DoubleClick. Both...
Expert Insights On The Future Of SEO, Part 2
In today's installment, search industry veterans predict where SEO will be in...
Expert Insights On The Future Of SEO, Part 1
Do you have the skills it will take to thrive in the SEO environment of the future? In the first of this 3-part series, search industry veterans...
Is SEO Being Ripped Asunder?
The responsibility for SEO is being assigned to various departments. Is this a good thing or a bad thing for the state of the industry?...
Bing Ads Lays Out Plans For Coming Year: More Scale, New Ad Formats, Eventually Automation
“As great as this past year was, I’m more excited about FY15 than I’ve ever been,” said Microsoft’s David Pann,...
A Glimpse Into The Future Of Search With Futurist Ramez Naam
In the process of working on the upcoming third edition of The Art of SEO, I had the pleasure of discussing the Future of Search with Ramez...
The Benefits Of Participating In Our Professional Search Community
As a search and internet marketer, it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day work with our employers and clients, as well as the task...