The elusive five-star review used to be something you could only flaunt in a rotating reviews section on your website. But today, Google has pulled these stars out of the shadows and features them front and center across branded SERPs and beyond. Star ratings can help businesses earn trust from potential customers, improve local search … Read more
LinkedIn’s Collaborative Articles features reached the milestone of 10 million pages of expert content in one year. The Collaborative Articles project has experienced a significant rise in weekly readership, rising by over 270% since September 2023. How they reached these milestones and are planning to achieve even more results offer valuable lessons for creating an … Read more
SEO professionals have long discussed the concept of a “crawl budget,” which refers to the limited number of pages search engines can crawl daily. The assumption is that sites must stay within this allotted budget to get pages indexed. In a recent podcast, Google search engineers debunked some misconceptions about crawl budget and shed light … Read more
The legal industry is more competitive than ever, requiring law firms to leverage a blend of advanced technology and refined marketing tactics to stay ahead. A blend of SEO tactics to improve organic visibility and PPC advertising to target high-intent audiences can give you the edge. Modern marketing strategies require personalized approaches that resonate with … Read more
The popularity of digital video content is undeniable. Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, all of which are heavily video-based, are at the top of the social media ladder. For many younger audiences, these platforms, along with a plethora of streaming services, have usurped all others as their primary source of entertainment and/or information. Some are … Read more
The robots.txt file of the personal blog of Google’s John Mueller became a focus of interest when someone on Reddit claimed that Mueller’s blog had been hit by the Helpful Content system and subsequently deindexed. The truth turned out to be less dramatic than that but it was still a little weird. SEO Subreddit Post … Read more
Google has announced that Interaction to Next Paint (INP), a new metric for measuring website interactivity, is now included as a key element in the Search Console’s Core Web Vitals report. As of March 12, INP replaced First Input Delay (FID) as a Core Web Vital, signaling a shift in how Google evaluates user experience. … Read more
LinkedIn is unlocking 250 AI courses, available for free until April 5. According to LinkedIn’s data, the skills required for the average job globally will change by 68% by 2030. For SEO professionals, this means adapting to new AI-driven tools and techniques that can enhance and streamline their work. LinkedIn’s free AI courses cover a … Read more
Step 1: Demonstrate Each Element Of E-E-A-T First things first: how do you assert yourself as an authority on your chosen topic? If you are familiar with the concept of E-E-A-T, you won’t be surprised that it’s closely tied to topical authority. Working on one is the same as working on the other. And E-E-A-T … Read more
If you’re developing a website or helping to manage one, you should be prepared for when things go wrong. Links get broken, pages get moved, and users end up somewhere unexpected on your website. This can cause a big disruption for people using your site, potentially leading them to leave your website to look for … Read more
Google updated their Page Experience Documentation in order to make it explicitly clear that Core Web Vitals are used by their ranking systems. What’s curious about the change is that Google continues to not say that Core Web Vitals are a ranking factor. Googlers And Statements About Ranking Factors Something kind of weird about Googlers … Read more
A widely used add-on plugin for a popular WordPress site builder installed an anti-piracy script that essentially unpublishes all posts. WordPress developers are livid, with some calling the script a malware, a backdoor, and a violation of laws. BricksUltimate Add-On For Bricks Builder Bricks site builder is a site building platform for WordPress that is … Read more
The impact of Google’s March 2024 Core Update, which targets low-quality content and spam, is becoming apparent as the rollout progresses. Recent analyses reveal that over 800 websites have been completely deindexed from Google’s search results in the early stages of the update. Widespread Deindexing Ian Nuttall, a prominent figure in the SEO community, has … Read more
Struggling to earn links from journalists and the press? Digital PR for SEO has quickly become an alternative to traditional link building. However, earning links from the press can be a challenge creatively. That’s where we come in. Watch our on-demand webinar, as we explore how to scale the very time-consuming and complicated process of … Read more
Boost your skills with Growth Memo’s weekly expert insights. Subscribe for free! Google announced a -40% reduction of low-quality, unoriginal content with the latest core update. Based on our evaluations, we expect that the combination of this update and our previous efforts will collectively reduce low-quality, unoriginal content in search results by 40%. Why not -100%? … Read more
Google’s March 2024 core algorithm update is penalizing sites made with AI generated content and it’s a fact that AI-generated content cannot meet the quality standards that Google’s various documentations outline. But there is still a way to use AI in a way that results in high quality content. Why AI Cannot Meet Google’s Quality … Read more
Today’s Ask An SEO question comes from Chandler, who asks: “If you don’t have a direct buying trigger on a particular page, how do you track the ROI of that piece of content? Particularly if you are not an ecommerce brand.” This is a fantastic question and one with multiple solutions. I’m going to break … Read more
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