There is no better time for organizations to prioritize Schema Markup. Why is that so, you might ask? First of all, Schema Markup (aka structured data) is not new. Google has been awarding sites that implement structured data with rich results. If you haven’t taken advantage of rich results in search, it’s time to gain … Read more
AI is shaping every field by making skills (such as coding or data visualization) accessible to everyone, which weren’t available in the past. An AI operator who can run the right prompts can perform low- and medium-level difficulty tasks, allowing more focus on strategic decision-making. In this guide, we will walk you through step by … Read more
Getting your international SEO strategy right can be an elusive feat. There are a lot more factors at play than people give credit for, and it’s often a thankless job. A successful international SEO strategy requires a deep knowledge of your company’s commercial strategy as well as technical SEO knowledge, cultural sensitivity, and excellent data … Read more
This post was sponsored by JetOctopus. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. If you manage a large website with over 10,000 pages, you can likely appreciate the unique SEO challenges that come with such scale. Sure, the traditional tools and tactics — keyword optimization, link building, etc. — are important to … Read more
This post was sponsored by DebugBear. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. Keeping your website fast is important for user experience and SEO. The Core Web Vitals initiative by Google provides a set of metrics to help you understand the performance of your website. The three Core Web Vitals metrics are: … Read more
Getting your international SEO strategy right can be an elusive feat. There are a lot more factors at play than people give credit for, and it’s often a thankless job. A successful international SEO strategy requires a deep knowledge of your company’s commercial strategy as well as technical SEO knowledge, cultural sensitivity, and excellent data … Read more
If you’re an SEO professional you might be working on a site that redirects the home page to a subdirectory, for example redirecting to a country specific version of the site. Or, using placeholder content linking to the main site’s home page in a subdirectory. In both those cases you could be struggling to convince … Read more
You probably know Schema Markup for its ability to help pages achieve a rich result. But did you also know that you can use Schema Markup to build a reusable content knowledge graph for your organization’s web content? When SEO professionals do Schema Markup with the sole intention of achieving a rich result, they miss … Read more
Google’s structured data documentation for vacation rentals was recently updated to require more specific data in a change that is more of a clarification than it is a change in requirements. This change was made without any formal announcement or notation in the developer pages changelog. Vacation Rentals Structured Data These specific structured data types … Read more
This post was sponsored by Ahrefs. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. With AI taking the digital world over, constant Google algorithm changes, and growing competition, how can you shift your strategy to keep up? Constant changes mean SEO professionals need to find new ways to reach SEO success in 2024. … Read more
In today’s digital landscape, a healthy, technically sound website is the key to SEO success. However, ensuring your site is optimized for maximum performance is no easy feat, as SEOs, developers, UX pros, content leaders, marketing, and C-suite members must all be in alignment. Maintaining your website’s technical health isn’t just about ranking well in … Read more
Robots.txt is a useful and powerful tool to instruct search engine crawlers on how you want them to crawl your website. Managing this file is a key component of good technical SEO. It is not all-powerful – in Google’s own words, “it is not a mechanism for keeping a web page out of Google” – … Read more
This post was sponsored by Wix. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. In the last 18 months, conversations about SEO have been dominated by artificial intelligence. New ways of working and new user journeys for search visitors have come to the forefront. In 2024, we can clearly see that there’s a … Read more
Last year was the year of change for search, especially for schema markup. We saw a significant loss in clicks due to changes made to certain rich results, while simultaneously witnessing the most number of new rich results introduced by Google in a year. In August, I even asked myself, are rich results dead? Good … Read more
If you find yourself struggling to prioritize your SEO tasks effectively, you’re certainly not alone. It can be overwhelming trying to determine where you should focus your efforts to raise your website’s rankings. So rather than drowning in a sea of meta descriptions, why not focus on quick optimizations that can deliver immediate results? If … Read more
This post was sponsored by Ahrefs. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. With generative AI and constant Google algorithm changes, how can you shift your strategy quickly enough to keep up? How do you stay on top of the latest SEO trends, while maximizing your site performance? 2023 has forced SEO … Read more
Celebrate the Holidays with some of SEJ’s best articles of 2023. Our Festive Flashback series runs from December 21 – January 5, featuring daily reads on significant events, fundamentals, actionable strategies, and thought leader opinions. 2023 has been quite eventful in the SEO industry and our contributors produced some outstanding articles to keep pace and … Read more
Celebrate the Holidays with some of SEJ’s best articles of 2023. Our Festive Flashback series runs from December 21 – January 5, featuring daily reads on significant events, fundamentals, actionable strategies, and thought leader opinions. 2023 has been quite eventful in the SEO industry and our contributors produced some outstanding articles to keep pace and … Read more
