Advancing technology and increasing web literacy are turning a “linear” customer journey into an increasingly fragmented one. Here are four steps to creating an engagement-based conversion funnel to overcome this growing marketing challenge. The web is changing fast creating new challenges to online businesses. Until recently, marketers were able to clearly map out the customer’s […]
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Want to reduce your bounce rate, but what does that actually mean? Search Engine Watch
How many times have you quoted a metric plucked from Google Analytics without really knowing what it means? Fear not, you’re not alone. For far too long now, marketers have had misconceptions over how to define one particular metric – bounce rate, either confusing it for exit rate or adding non-existent criteria. So, we’ve put […]
The evolution of Google’s rel “no follow”
Google updated the no-follow attribute on Tuesday 10th September 2019 regarding which they say it aims to help fight comment spam. The Nofollow attribute has remained unchanged for 15 years, but Google has had to make this change as the web evolves. Google also announced two new link attributes to help website owners and webmasters […]
Five factors that determine the overall page quality
Google always ranks a web page after determining its overall quality. Page quality is a measure of the importance of a web page in the eyes of Google. In order to determine the overall quality of a web page, Google hires real humans who are known as “Search Quality Raters“. Page Quality rating or PQ […]
Creating SEO-friendly how-to content – Search Engine Watch Search Engine Watch
People are constantly craving useful information. Once you show them that you have a lot more to share through something like “how-to” content pages, you will be rewarded by sharing it with others and establish your company’s credibility. Creating SEO-friendly how-to content is a good way to catch your audience’s attention, fuel SEO, foster deeper […]
Interview with Marie Haynes: What you need to know about E-A-T
I had the great pleasure of being able to ask Dr. Marie Haynes a few questions about E-A-T. What it is and how you can improve it. Dr. Marie Haynes is a well-known SEO expert from Ottawa, Canada. She speaks a lot about Google penalties, algorithm changes such as Panda, Penguin, and also Google’s Quality Raters’ […]
LinkedIn retargeting strategies: B2B advertising for the win
We all know the importance of retargeting users who have visited your website but haven’t converted. If yours is a lead generation business that has a longer sales cycle, you know it is even more important to interact with prospects after you receive the initial lead. This can help you optimize to the bottom of […]
A visual guide for every Google Ads extension
Sitelinks, the first Google ad extension, was introduced in 2009. They enabled advertisers to expand the total size of their text ads while also providing additional links to the advertiser’s website. In the ten years that followed these original ad extensions, Google rolled out an additional ten manual and automated extensions and two automated-only extensions. […]
Why we need to think of entities and the future of SEO Search Engine Watch
It’s time to think of the future of SEO. What should we focus on? It’s time to find out more about entities and how they affect our SEO strategies. Brighton SEO is an exciting conference for everyone who wants to find out more about the latest trends and tactics in all things SEO. No matter […]
Data, discovery, consumer-first Search Engine Watch
Noël Reilly, Strategic Account Director at Microsoft, discusses her upcoming session at The Transformation of Search Summit, which will take place on October 25 here in New York. As a prelude to the event, we’re doing a series of Q&As with speakers and panelists. First up, we have Noël, who will be on the panel, “Embarking on […]
