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Core Web Vitals scores improving for top-ranked sites
New research looks at the top rankings for 500 keywords in Education, B2B Tech, Finance, and Retail.
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Why SEO must start with strategy, planning
Want to avoid spending a lot of time, resources and energy on SEO without results? Then you need an SEO strategy and plan.
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Virtual environment optimization (VEO) is coming. Ready for it?
Should you consider virtual optimization (VEO)? And what might optimizing a virtual environment look like? Find out here.
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Googlebot will crawl and index the first 15MB of content per page
Make sure the content you want Googlebot to crawl, index and ultimately rank is within the first 15MB of that page.
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Finding weird stuff (FWS) is part of SEO
While we certainly want a good process to keep SEO efforts moving forward, we must also not fully depend on tools to tell us what to do.
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Google cuts back on SEO office hours format, frequency
This is a substantial change to the original format that has been so helpful to SEOs over the past decade.
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Google updated guidelines for product variants pages and rich results
If you have pages with product variant switches, it may reduce your chances to show rich results in Google Search.
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How to measure the value of SEO with CTR
At SMX Advanced, Jessica Bowman and Avinash Conda shared how CTR is a simple, effective way to prove the worth of their SEO efforts.
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How to improve E-A-T with semantic search
Semantic search knowledge can be a game changer. At SMX Advanced, Marie Haynes shared how SEOs can use it to improve E-A-T.
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How to train entry-level SEO hires so they can contribute right away
If your business relies on entry-level staff, getting new SEO hires trained properly is going to be one of the best investments you can make.
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Google testing new featured snippet layouts
If Google begins to show two or more featured snippets, that can impact your CTR and conversions from Google Search.
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Using digital PR to earn links and rank for your target keywords
Here are the steps you'll need to take to create a winning digital outreach campaign and build links.
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Google Search Console compare feature in performance reports
This feature can be very useful in debugging Google Search issues with rankings, indexing and potentially crawling.
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DuckDuckGo drops below 100 million searches per day
After having over 100 million searches per day since January 2021, the privacy focused search engine has been under that figure for the past few months.
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Google Search Console item classifications updated to show valid or invalid
This is just a reporting change, no changes have been made to crawling, indexing or rankings with this announcement.
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5 tips to develop authoritative content for Google and searchers
Here's an inside look at Wirecutter's SEO strategy for creating content that ranks and helpful experiences for users.
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Should your business ever take a break from doing SEO?
SEO is not once and done. If you’re thinking about putting your SEO campaign on hold for a while — don’t. Here’s why.
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Why 100% indexing isn’t possible, and why that’s OK
While 100% indexing may be possible in terms of 'technical,' it’s likely not going to be possible in reality.
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Google to sunset old Search Console message panel
Google will officially remove the legacy message panel on August 1, 2022.
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Top 7 SEO tips for WordPress sites
Making small changes to your WordPress site can significantly increase your SEO.