17 ways to get more traffic to your blog
17 actionable ways to get traffic to your blog using a variety of content marketing, social media and email marketing techniques.
Topic: Blog
25 up-to-date blogging statistics
Explore 25 key blogging statistics, covering trends, business benefits, and popular formats in 2026.
How to write a blog post: The definitive guide
A step-by-step guide to writing a blog post that people read and share.
7 proven blog post templates (That work like a charm)
This is a list of 7 detailed blog post templates that are proven to drive traffic to your blog.
How to run an AI-assisted SEO competitor analysis that actually works
Turn raw SEO data into real insights with a proven workflow using Semrush exports, AI clustering, and human validation.
Image optimization for SEO: A complete guide for beginners
Don’t let images slow you down. Learn how to optimize images for faster load times, better rankings, and improved accessibility in search results.
How to get cited by AI: SEO insights from 8,000 AI citations
From ChatGPT to Gemini, here's what each AI model trusts – and how strategic content earns visibility in generative search results.
How blogging builds trust and brand loyalty in the age of AI
Is business blogging truly dead? Learn why and how every business should integrate blogging into their digital marketing strategy.
Best of SearchBot: Create a blog content strategy to boost SEO
We ask Search Engine Land's SearchBot for tips on choosing blog topics that will boost a website's visibility in Google search results.
Study: Blogs appear most often in top Google positions
Blogs appear 23% of the time in the top 5 positions of Google Search, excluding home pages, according to BrightEdge data.
B2B SaaS SEO: Mapping your keywords to the customer journey
Learn how to strategically influence B2B SaaS customer journeys with the right keyword analysis and content tagging for SEO.
How to use AI to refresh old blog content
Looking to breathe new life into your old blog posts? Here’s how to keep your content fresh and relevant with the help of AI.
How to write a checklist article: A 5-step checklist
A checklist for writing a checklist? Why not. Learn how to master this content type, including how to tie your article to a keyword for SEO.
How to write a blog post that wins in 10 steps
To give yourself the best chance at writing incredible, results-getting blog posts, make sure to follow these steps.
Pricing, deals, and checkout features now live in Microsoft Bing Shopping
These new features enhance the experience for shoppers who want to be able to compare prices, get the best deals, and know what's trending -- all in a single interface. For retailers, it's easy to participate in with feed-based Merchant Center integrations.
Some early observations on the Google December core update
Some of these observations are based on the quality raters guidelines, the past core updates, and sound SEO advice.
Why Should You Have A Blog?
Even if no one reads your blog regularly, it’s surprisingly still worth having in a wide variety of ways. The blogosphere doesn’t have to welcome you with open arms for you to reap the benefits of typing whatever you feel. There are many reasons for this, all of which seem counter-intuitive until you realise how […]
Digital Marketing Basics
If you’re new to Digital Marketing (or just need a refresher), then you’re in the right place – welcome to Digital Marketing Basics. Digital marketing is such a sprawling landscape of different channels and platforms that it can be hard for anyone to keep up, or even know where to start. That is where this […]
SearchCap: Google gas, link profiles & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google displaying gas prices in the local 3-packApr 13, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Now you can get the prices for filling up your tank in the Google results when searching for […]
Google’s Future Relies On Quality Control
How will Google adapt to the rise of mobile? Columnist Andy Taylor explores the issues Google is facing and the opportunities it has to stay relevant.
Google Blog Search Now Within Google News Search
Google has quietly disabled the Google Blog Search home page at google.com/blogsearch and redirects it to the Google home page. Now, if you want to filter content based on blog posts, you can do so by going to Google News, clicking on the Search Tools and selecting the “All news” drop down and checking off […]
Google Launches Google News Publisher Center
Google announced on the Google News blog a new portal for Google News publishers to use to help manage their news sites within Google News. The new portal is named Google News Publisher Center. As long as your news site is verified within Google Webmaster Tools and already included in Google News, you should see […]
RIP Technorati Blog Search & Rankings: The Once Popular Blog Tools Have Been Sunset
Technorati was once the go to source for blog search and blogger discovery thanks to their authority scores, top lists and blog claiming processes. The Technorati Authority score was a status symbol, something that companies fought hard to improve. At the end of May, Technorati quietly announced that they were taking the company in another […]
SearchCap: Bing On Links, Google PLA Tests & Brand Bias
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing On Links: You Should Never Know In Advance Where A Link Is Coming From Duane Forrester from Microsoft’s Bing team wrote a blog post today on the official Bing Search […]
SearchCap: Pinterest Guided Search & Baidu Earnings Report
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Baidu Beats Expectations, Posts 59 Pct Revenue Growth In Q1 2014 Chinese search engine leader and advertising provider, Baidu, released financials for the first quarter of the year reporting total revenues […]
Google To Look Into Movie Blogs Losing Traffic
About eight different movie blog sites, including Slashfilm.com, have apparently lost traffic in Google — and the issue is big enough that Google is looking into it. The owner and editor of /Film called out to Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, about this issue on Saturday: @mattcutts any ideas why so many movie blogs […]
Google’s Matt Cutts: Don’t Worry About Poor Grammar In Comments
In today’s video from Google’s Matt Cutts, Cutts addresses the concern over having third-party comments with poor grammar on your blog or site. Cutts said that you do not need to worry about the grammar people use on your site. You should worry about your writing style and your grammar but there is no need […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 29, 2014
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: People, Videos, News: Twitter Adds New Search Filters Earlier today Twitter announced that it was bringing a number of new search filters to the site. These include: people, photos, videos, news. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 17, 2014
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Alerts Get A Shiny New Redesign Google flipped the switch this morning on a new design for its Google Alerts emails. The change brings Google Alerts closer in line with […]
Google’s Matt Cutts: When Commenting On Blog Posts, Try To Use Your Real Name
In a recent video published by Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts talks about are blog comments with links spam? In short, most of the time, commenting and leaving links to your site or resources is not directly spam but like anything, it can be abused. Matt offers some tips on how to make […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 6, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Image Mismatch: The Latest Google Webmaster Tools Manual Action Penalty Google has a new manual action penalty within their guidelines named image mismatch. Image mismatch is when the images on your […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 30, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Google Webmaster Tools Adds “Security Issues” Section Google has announced the addition of a new section within Webmaster Tools named “Security Issues.” This new section is aimed at better communicating to […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 16, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google’s [Not Provided] At 87% Of Google Search Traffic To Major News Sites [Report] If you’ve been hoping that the hypocrisy of Google hiding keyword referral data from natural search traffic […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 10, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Facebook To Retire “Who Can Look Up My Timeline By Name?” Search Setting For All Users As of today, Facebook announced that it is completing the removal of its “Who can […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 9, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Places Expands To Canada, UK Bing Places is finally available beyond U.S. borders. The company announced today that local businesses in Canada and the United Kingdom — and search marketing […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 13, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yahoo Updates Answers For Social And SEO Value It’s amazing to me that it took Yahoo so long to update its Answers property. Once a thriving Q&A network and social search […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 31, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Google Reportedly Testing Local News Card For Google Now Google is reportedly testing a local news “card” for its Google Now predictive search product. Quartz first reported on the project, and […]
SMX Social Media Marketing 2012: Blow Me Away Blogging
Blow Me Away Blogging Presentations from SMX Social Media Marketing, December 2012 For many, a blog is the hub of a company’s social media marketing efforts. But building a consistently high-quality blog is a challenge. How do you keep your blog updated with fresh and appealing content? Is there a way to get more comments […]
Only 9% Of Tech Blogs Implement Google Authorship Properly
A study by Conductor shows only 9% of technology blogs have fully implemented the authorship, rel=author, attribute fully on their site. That is less than 1 out of every 10 blogs. This is somewhat shocking because (1) these are technology blogs that should know about the feature and (2) it is shown to increase the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 13, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google’s June-July Updates: Site Clustering, Sitelinks Changes & Focus On Page Quality It’s back. And it’s bigger than ever. I’m talking about Google’s monthly announcement of search quality/algorithm changes — an […]