Comprehensive SEO can help you find opportunities to improve a site’s search performance. Ahrefs contributor Joshua Hardwick has shared a 14-step SEO audit & checklist. He says, “Everyone’s SEO audit process differs, as there’s no universal approach. But there are a handful of basic issues all site owners should look for. You’ll learn how to check for 14 of them in this guide. 1. Check for manual actions Manual actions are when a human reviewer at Google decides that your site doesn’t comply with their webmaster guidelines. The result is that some or all of your site won’t... [...]
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Google Search Central has published a new episode of the ‘Search Off the Record’ podcast titled ‘Let’s talk image SEO’. The Google team says, “Do you want to know how to increase traffic to your website with images? What about making your website more accessible for screen readers with alt text for an image? Our hosts John and Lizzi chat about optimizing for image search. They cover everything from naming your image file, how often Googlebot crawls images, increasing visibility of your page through image search, to improving alt text and image accessibility.” Let’s... [...]
A well-designed website helps you retain visitors for longer sessions. Website text formatting helps your visitors find the information they’re looking for by highlighting the most important content on a page. Search Engine Journal contributor Miranda Miller has published an article explaining whether text formatting can be considered a Google ranking factor. She says, “As you can see, text formatting can affect how search engines determine the most important content on a page. But, it’s unlikely that bolded content on a page will be the element that moves you above competitors in... [...]
MOZ has published the latest episode of the Whiteboard Friday video ‘Estimating Search Opportunity’ featuring Robin Lord. The MOZ team says, “Estimating the opportunities within your various SEO efforts is an important component of your analytics, not only to help determine where to focus your energy, but also to prove the potential value of your work to others. Building on the recent post about Aira’s new keyword estimation worksheet, in today’s episode, Robin walks you through a good strategy for this all-important estimative work.” MOZ [...]
Google Search Central has published a new episode of the ‘Search Off the Record’ podcast titled ‘Non-HTML files on the web’. In this episode, Gary and Lizzi chat about file types on the web beyond HTML, like PDFs, PowerPoints, and images. We cover issues with all sorts of file types, if you should convert your weird file into HTML, what file types are indexed, and more on non-HTML files. Non-HTML files on the web Search Off the Record [...]
Quality links can help you improve your SEO performance. Competitive link research can help you achieve better SEO results. MOZ contributor Emilie Martin has published an article featuring useful tips and strategies for link research. She says, “If you would like to understand our Competitive Research tool more, and learn how it can be used to your advantage, feel free to book a Moz Pro Kick Off Call with a member of Moz’s Onboarding Team below. So, why do we want to conduct “competitive link research”? Learning how others are performing can help guide your own linking strategy,... [...]
Search Engine Land is hosting a webinar ‘ Go Down the Content Rabbit Hole to Jumpstart Your SEO’ on Thursday, October 27, 2022. The SEL team says, “Join loyalty leaders from Merkle and Salesforce as they break down the latest trends in consumer loyalty – including findings from Merkle’s 2022 Loyalty Barometer Report – and share ways that companies can capitalize on these trends to create deeper, more profitable relationships. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of: Why you should shift your perception of loyalty and what it means for your business The consumer... [...]
SEO performance depends on a variety of entities. The title tag is one of the most important SEO elements. Search Engine Land contributor Sara Taher has published an article explaining the title tag length recommendations for 2023. She says, “In this post, we’ll explore the basis for such concerns, Google’s official statement about title length, and my findings after manually looking at 645 title tags on Page 1 of Google’s SERPs. Example of title tag cut off in SERPs Technically speaking, the number of characters for a title tag that Google can display in SERPs is measured in pixels.... [...]
This is a reminder for the Search Engine Journal’s webinar to be held on October 6. Search Engine Journal is hosting a webinar ‘Measuring Marketing Effectiveness: What You Need to Know’ on Thursday, October 6, 2022, at 2.00 pm ET. The SEJ team says, “If you’re looking to boost organic traffic and drive more conversions, you should join our next webinar. It’s time to learn how to execute a winning content strategy that delivers the best ROI for your efforts. Key Insights: Content strategies that used to work but don’t anymore. How to future-proof your content strategy. Tips... [...]
SEO is the backbone of any business today. A well-thought SEO strategy can help you get more and more traffic and win more customers. Semrush contributor Brian Moseley has published an article on SEO myths that prevail around. He says, “Two separate websites are not very likely to react exactly the same to a change. An SEO trying to guess one of these has a very tall order, and they usually don’t dedicate hours to investigating the website to give us an accurate guess. Instead, they see our polls as what they truly are—a game. Bear in mind—This list starts with the highest guess rate,... [...]