Keyword research does not need to start with a giant spreadsheet or a complicated SEO model. A compact workflow is often enough: create a keyword list, choose a few strong seed keywords, check what the site already ranks for, study competitors, and then select keywords that are realistic for the site’s current authority.
This guide turns the Loom walkthrough into a practical process you can follow inside Ahrefs. (more…)
Search traffic is changing fast. For years, the standard SEO playbook was fairly predictable: improve technical health, publish useful content, earn quality backlinks, and track rankings. Those fundamentals still matter, but they are no longer enough on their own. (more…)
Most keyword research starts in the wrong place: search volume.
That is how you end up with a content calendar full of keywords that can bring visitors, but not customers.
High-intent SEO keywords fix that problem. (more…)
Search engine optimization (SEO) has long been used by businesses to improve the visibility of their websites in the search engines. As a result of SEO, companies attract relevant visitors who have either an interest in or a need for their products and services. Although you might think of SEO in the context of an independent website, its concepts and tactics can also support stores on hosted shopping sites such as eBay.
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SEO is currently changing its face extremely drastically. It’s steadily turning into marketing itself. The border just gets vanished sometimes. And that why we need to look at it through branding as well. Brand recognition is key to a corporation’s success. Corporations that are looking to expand virally need to make a product using the name of the company that is easily recognizable. To do this, it is up to the company to design a recognizable logo, catchy advertising campaign, or popular slogan. Extending your brand online is a must. Make sure to focus on your internet marketing efforts with solid SEO and competitor research.
Being an SEO guy, you need to find sites’ email addresses time and time again. If the site owner placed his email address in a really convenient and visible spot, off you go. But what if it’s not really the case and you just can’t find that exact place (if any) where that email address sits. Other than that, it’s also possible that the email is really nowhere to be seen on the site. This article tackles that particular sorts of issues. (more…)
Chances are, you considered using CDN for your own site or your client suggested doing so, but you’re not really sure if CDN and SEO are compatible and safe to use. You don’t really want to lose any rankings just because you or your customer decided to take the next gimmicky bait. There are a lot of CDN hosting providers out there that offer really decent services. Since people like sites that load really fast and Google officially considers site speed a ranking factor, you want to do whatever possible to make your site loads fast. That’s exactly why you may want to consider using CDN for your WordPress site. Here’s why. (more…)
Christmas is almost around the corner and it’s high time to think about what you can do in terms Christmas SEO to drive more traffic to your site. You can actually check what people tend to search for in this season. That done, you should create relevant content in order to obtain natural rankings in Google, Bing, etc. Other than that, you may also want to launch products or services that make sense for the festive season that is coming. You’ll need attractive landing pages, newsletter designs or even complete site designs (WordPress templates) for that. The good news is that this post is going to help you with your Christmas SEO. (more…)
If you want people to click your snippet in search result pages more often, you’re reading the righ article. Making your site rank high enough for target keywords is not all the game. I mean, sure thing it’s an extremely important aspect. Especially if you were able to get it to the top of page one. But there’s more. Thing is, there are lots of websites out there that just seem not to get it. For the most part, people just fix their on-page SEO and start doing off-page without actually paying enough (if any) attention to how their sites look when the user actually sees them in SERPs (search result pages). That said, you should be dying to learn how to fix it. (more…)
Would you like to do whatever you like to and still be in the know about everything new and dandy in the world of SEO? Guess what?! That’s actually possible. You can commute, cook, jog, do the laundry, be on a date (well, perhaps not this one)… and still learn new things about SEO. How come? Well, you can just subscribe to SEO podcasts and listen to them whenever you get a chance. Unfortunately, there’s not too many of them, but those that are available out there are just gem. So, this post offers you the nitty-gritty from the world of podcasts on search engine optimization. Rest assured you’ll want to subscribe to some of them right after reading the post. (more…)
This post is a part of the SEO 101 Course from WebDesy.com which you want to do if you’d like to be well-versioned in SEO and you want to do it in the most time-efficient way possible (screencasts, detailed explanations and understandable examples). If you’re not sure what is SEO and want to learn how it can help you with building your online or brick and mortar business, keep on reading. You’ll learn what SEO stands for, what SEO rankings are and why you need them. Also, you’ll get to know the major two SEO sorts. Plus I’ll touch on SEO fashion tastes when it comes to hats with different colors. (more…)
SEO logo creation can be a daunting task if you do it wrong. I finally made up my mind to have a logo created for my site (WebDesy.com), because the one that I had before was really lame. I just wanna share my experience, because I spent a whole lot of time investigating how to do it right. What’s really cool is that once I got a really professionally looking logo, I started getting more customers for my SEO services (content promotion and guest blogging). I guess it’s because if you have a decent logo your whole site starts looking in a totally different way. So, I highly encourage having a logo created for your site rather than making one on you own. (more…)
This is a guest post by Craig Marshall.
The post outlines the old-school SEO methods that don’t work any more. Just so that you know what not to do any more if you are still doing that. There are a bunch of useless methods that are just killing your time and give nothing (or almost nothing) in return. That done, the author also gives 3 ways of getting way more traffic that work nowadays, such as fixing titles on your site, creating regular and high-quality content, and building links with quality in mind.
This is a guest post by Nat.
If you have a blog or a website, one of the best ways to gain traffic and exposure is through guest blogging. In essence, guest blogging is the trade of content and knowledge for exposure. But in addition to being able to showcase your knowledge in front of a group of targeted readers, it also – if you don’t make too many guest blogging mistakes – has the added bonus of being great for search engine optimization. After all, how often do you get a real, editorial link from a respected blog in your industry? (more…)
This is a guest post by John Miller.
Working in the field of SEO definitely has a few attractive perks, one of the best being that you have the freedom to make your own schedule. However, with great freedom comes great responsibility as you could easily be threading into dangerous waters, particularly if you do not find a way to manage your time efficiently. The good news is that if you have an iPhone, you can use the SEO iPhone apps list below to make sure that you control and are aware of everything that is happening with your sites while you’re on the go.