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How seasonality affects the SERPs and what it means for SEO
Assessing how the SERPs will change during these seasonal periods helps inform our SEO strategies to maintain brand visibility.
What is content marketing? Defining marketing’s present and future
Learn what content marketing means, why it's essential for businesses today, and the steps to take for implementing a content strategy.
Google’s 2010 and 2018 page speed algorithms were replaced by core web vitals
Yep, it is all about the Page Experience update and core web vitals when it comes to Google's ranking alogrithms.
10 spooky SEO tactics to axe in 2023
Give the axe to these horrifying SEO schemes and you will have a better chance at competing in the search results.
Make business more human with Qualtrics solutions
Learn how to improve customer experiences and lower costs with marketing analytics and intelligence solutions from Qualtrics.
13 essential SEO skills you need to succeed
Critical thinking. Problem-solving. Persistence. These are just three critical SEO skills. Discover 10 more here.
4 digital marketing pain points SMBs face today
Advertising hurdles SMBs face – and solutions to level up.
Crawl efficacy: How to level up crawl optimization
Crawl budget is a vanity metric. Your goal should be to guide Googlebot in crawling important URLs fast once they are published or updated.
Why agencies must be transparent with clients
Digital marketing is plagued with stories of poor communication. Here's why you shouldn't wait for clients to ask where their money is going.
How to excel in your current and future SEM roles
Flourishing in an SEM role is a balance of mindset, education, and development. Learn the building blocks for a long, successful SEM career.
Google search study: 25.6% of desktop, 17.3% of mobile are zero-click
Is Google stealing all those zero-click searches for themselves? No. In fact, many are a result of query refinement from searchers.
Marketing leadership: The dangers of ego
Confidence is an important leadership trait. But when it crosses egotistical behavior, it harms the team and limits leadership effectiveness.
Yelp has created a new attribute, Business Fund, and Resource Hub for veterans
Searches on Yelp for veteran-owned businesses in the U.S. increased by 101% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to last year.
Google Search Console mislabeled structured data errors as errors
This was a reporting issue only and did not impact the Google search results.
You can’t grow as a marketer without curiosity – here’s why
Learn why curiosity is essential in our line of work and how to instill the skill in your professional life.
Psychological profiling for content creation: A deep dive
Having a psychological approach to creating content helps you craft more effective messages to the right audience.
How to do a content audit as painlessly as possible
Get a clear view of how your content helps (or hinders) your business goals. Here's a step-by-step guide for doing a content audit.
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Increase your page rankings and organic traffic with user-generated content (UGC)
See why Google and shoppers prefer the authenticity and trustworthiness of UGC.
Why you should fire clients more often (and how to do it the right way)
The best thing an agency can do is to fire clients regularly. Here's how to tell it's time to let go of clients who are no longer a good fit.