WooCommerce SEO: The Definitive Guide For Your Online Store

WooCommerce SEO: The Definitive Guide For Your Online Store

In the world of ecommerce platforms, plugins, and shopping carts, there are a lot of technology options. WooCommerce for WordPress leads the way in terms of market share. All of the various ecommerce platforms have their own pros and cons in terms of features, content management, and overall integration with your business. Many of the … Read more

YouTube SEO: How To Rank Higher On YouTube

YouTube SEO: How To Rank Higher On YouTube

Although YouTube is owned by Google, it’s a unique platform with a different approach to algorithms and discovery to Google Search. YouTube’s systems take a viewer-first approach, evaluating a user’s preferences and interests based on the data it has about their viewing habits and pulling lists of videos unique to that user. It also prioritizes … Read more

SEO + Product Marketing = A Blueprint For Brand Building

Kevin Indig's Growth Memo for SEJ

Having a strong brand makes everything in SEO easier.  Brands have better user signals on their sites, better click-through rates in the SERPs, and get preferential treatment from Google. Google’s algorithms elevate sites with strong brand signals and punish companies that are too aggressive about SEO without having “the engine” to back it up. Image Credit: Lyna … Read more

SEO Maintenance: A Checklist For Essential Year-Round Tasks

SEO Maintenance: A Checklist For Essential Year-Round Tasks

SEO is a multifaceted discipline. It requires a solid strategy, connection to broader digital marketing (and business goals), and accountability. While there are differing processes, approaches, and even opinions on how you should implement it, it is something that you can’t ignore or push off specific short-term tactics if you want to get to specific … Read more

Getting C-Level Buy-In For SEO Initiatives

Getting C-Level Buy-In For SEO Initiatives

One of the biggest challenges in enterprise SEO is getting buy-in from the wider C-suite. Typically, the CMO will sign off on your vendor engagement, having been involved in the selection process (more often than not) and helping smooth onboarding with other inbound and demand generation stakeholders. Despite its potential to drive revenue, generate new-to-brand … Read more

Getting Started In International SEO: A Quick Reference Guide

Getting Started In International SEO: A Quick Reference Guide

In today’s interconnected digital world, international SEO is no longer optional for businesses with global ambitions – it is essential. The potential to reach diverse markets and accelerate growth through optimized online presence in different countries is significant. But simply having a global website isn’t enough. To succeed internationally, your website must be competitive in … Read more

Microsoft’s AI SEO Tips: New Guidance For AI Search Optimization

Microsoft’s AI SEO Tips: New Guidance For AI Search Optimization

Microsoft has provided guidance on how to optimize content for AI-powered search engines. This advice is timely now that OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Search, which uses Bing’s search index. Understanding user intent is everything in this new era of search, Microsoft says: “In the past, digital marketing strategies often relied heavily on demographic data and … Read more

Ask An SEO: With Topic Clusters, How Important Are Page Paths?

Ask An SEO: How Can I Make Myself Stand Out As A Strong Candidate For My First Full-time Marketing Role?

Our question today comes from Lee, who asked: “With topic clusters, how important are page paths? We often have our pillar page in the primary navigation, but the support topics will often live in the blog. They’re interlinked, but the page path doesn’t follow the ideal director of primary-topic/sub-topic/sub-sub-topic.” This is a great question and … Read more

13 Black Hat Techniques That Can Harm An SEO Campaign

13 Black Hat Techniques That Can Harm An SEO Campaign

To remain the most popular search engine in the world, Google has to continuously update its algorithm to continue delivering users useful results. To this end, Google also makes available Google Search Essentials, so everyone from web developers to SEO professionals knows the rules of the game. Of course, there are plenty of people who … Read more

Making Social Media & SEO Work Together

Making Social Media & SEO Work Together

The synergy between social media and SEO is critical in modern digital marketing. As a seasoned SEO professional with 26 years of experience, I’ve observed how recent developments – such as the Google algorithm updates and the rise of Artificial Intelligence Optimization (AIO) – have reshaped the interplay between social media and search engine optimization. … Read more

Google’s Updated Machine Learning Courses Build SEO Understanding

Google’s Updated Machine Learning Courses Build SEO Understanding

Google has updated its machine learning crash course with new videos and modules on large language models and automated machine learning. These courses are useful introductions to the technologies behind modern search engines and generative AI, information that will make you a better SEO. What Is Google’s Machine Learning Crash Course? Google’s machine learning course … Read more

[Losing Traffic?] 4 Easy Steps To See How Google’s AIO Is Affecting Your SEO

[Losing Traffic?] 4 Easy Steps To See How Google’s AIO Is Affecting Your SEO

SE Ranking sponsored this post. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. Wondering how AI is affecting your traffic? Want to learn how to get into the AI Overview at the top of SERPs? Miss the days when you could appear as the top result on a SERP? It’s possible to relive … Read more

SEO Trends For 2025

SEO Trends For 2025

If there’s one thing that became clear throughout 2024, it’s that SEO volatility isn’t temporary. Working with less traffic is the new normal as Google and Microsoft forge ahead with AI integrated into their search engines. Sustained Changes In Search The meaning of the word “search engine” seems to be changing, too. Some audiences use … Read more

Digital Marketers See Schema Structured Data Shifting Beyond SEO

Digital Marketers See Schema Structured Data Shifting Beyond SEO

An interesting discussion emerged on Twitter inspired by an article written by Jono Alderson. The article proposes thinking about Schema.org structured data markup as a way for emerging AI technologies to better understand and surface published Internet content. Schema.org Structured Data Markup The content on a website is called unstructured data because there is no … Read more

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