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Technical SEO Isn’t Dead, It’s More Like Walking Dead

Technical SEO Isn’t Dead, It’s More Like Walking Dead

And what I mean by that is Google has figured out how to automate a lot of the technical SEO things we used to take for granted as the domain of the technical SEO practitioner. That metaphor makes sense right? Zombies are kind of like automated fixes to technical SEO problems? Let’s just pretend it […]

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April 2021 Google SERP Features: Advertisers Pulling Back?

April 2021 Google SERP Features: Advertisers Pulling Back?

For all you Local Pack-o-Meter watchers, you may recall that last month we saw an increase in the presence of both Ads and Shopping Boxes and chalked that up to business optimism about the economy. I don’t want to say that April showers are raining on the parade, but we did see a slight pull-back

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Seven first-party data capturing opportunities your business is missing out on

Seven first-party data capturing opportunities your business is missing out on

30-second summary: Third-party data is being phased out by big tech, making first-party data indispensable First-party data is willingly provided by users, helping you build a consumer profile Internet users are cautious about providing their data but will do if rewarded Tracking pixels, CRM platforms, surveys, and encouraging interaction and registrations are all effective ways

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Largest Contentful Paint & Diagnosing Googlebot’s Render Budget

Largest Contentful Paint & Diagnosing Googlebot’s Render Budget

It was just over a year ago that Dan Leibson open sourced aggregate Lighthouse performance testing in Google Data Studio (yet another resource in the SEO industry inspired by Hamlet Batista). I’d like to share with you some observations I’ve made over the past year of running Lighthouse testing on our clients’ sites and how

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Google Delays Core Web Vitals [Page Experience]  Rollout.

Google Delays Core Web Vitals [Page Experience] Rollout.

The Core Web vitals update is delayed to June with a full rollout in August. With 87% of eCommerce Website, FAILING Googles Core Web Vitals now is the time to set this as a top priority for your development team or your current SEO Company. Passing Page Experience with good scores is challenging. Our Technical

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The search dilemma: looking beyond Google’s third-party cookie death

The search dilemma: looking beyond Google’s third-party cookie death

30-second summary: In 2020, majority of the 181.7 billion U.S. dollar revenues came from advertising through Google Sites or its network sites Even though they will be removing the third-party cookie from 2022, the search giant still has a wealth of first-party data from its 270+ products, services, and platforms The Trade Desk’s 20 percent

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UX: an important SEO ranking factor

UX: an important SEO ranking factor

30-second summary: The story of SEO and UX began almost 20 years ago with both making a foray into the market in the 1990s After years of analyzing data, I found that UX is a critical ranking factor for SEO If you’ve exhausted all your SEO techniques but still don’t see a considerable movement on

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March 2021 Google SERP Feature Changes Signal Recovery?

March 2021 Google SERP Feature Changes Signal Recovery?

This is the first in a monthly series of updated Local Pack-O-Meter data. Each month we will report on the changes we see in Google SERP features across ~60M U.S. search queries (graciously provided by Traject Data). Without further ado, here is the March 2021 report: As in February, most of the action in March

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Mobile-first and Core Web Vitals: connecting the dots for page experience success

Mobile-first and Core Web Vitals: connecting the dots for page experience success

30-second summary: The Mobile Experience is critical for all categories when looking at Core Web Vitals (CWV) Image compression seems to be a leading challenge for leading brands Pages doing well for CWV tend to be informational in nature Retail, in particular, could see significant disruption if second-tier retailers receive a boost Across all sectors,

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Cross-channel marketing: why you shouldn’t put all your eggs in the Google basket

Cross-channel marketing: why you shouldn’t put all your eggs in the Google basket

30-second summary: Very few SMBs use multiple channels for their online advertising Facebook is the most effective channel based on the cost for CPM and CPC It’s important to remember that every business is unique when it comes to deciding on budget allocation For any business in the software as a service (SaaS) space, data

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What five news-SEO experts make of Google’s new, “Full Coverage” feature in mobile search results

What five news-SEO experts make of Google’s new, “Full Coverage” feature in mobile search results

30-second summary: Google recently rolled out the “Full Coverage” feature for mobile SERPs Will this impact SEO traffic for news sites, SEO best practices, and content strategies? Here’s what in-house SEOs from The LA Times, New York Times, Conde Nast, and prominent agency-side SEOs foresee Google’s “Full Coverage” update rolled out earlier this month –

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Four ways to use your website data to discover missed sales opportunities

Four ways to use your website data to discover missed sales opportunities

30-second summary: Analyzing and understanding website data helps enhance potential sales and conversions Google Analytics records the exit rate of specific website pages, helping you pinpoint exactly where users abandon your sales filter Google Tag Manager can help identify if users are leaving forms uncompleted, leaving you tantalizingly close to conversion without sticking the landing

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