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Process-oriented, data-driven, and transparent: Our AEO approach is a natural extension of how our team has handled previous SEO shifts.
Spot the technical gaps that keep AI search platforms from citing your content with our easy-to-use checklist. Integrate this QA into your workflows to improve AI retrievability.
We built our own retrievability scoring system to help our clients boost visibility in AI-powered search. Here’s how it works—and how structure affects whether AI systems cite your content.
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Your website is visible in the search results and your marketing and advertising campaigns are in motion — but do you know how many visitors are coming to your site? Read on to learn how to measure website traffic, what...
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Feeling torn between SEO and GEO? Think you could be falling behind as others start to optimize for AI search engines? Keep reading before making changes to your SEO strategy.
You know you need an SEO content strategy, but you’re not sure where to start. I’ve been there! That’s why I’m sharing my blog post template to help you systematize content production and start ranking on the regular.
Technical SEO
Are technical SEO issues keeping your products from appearing in search results? Now is the time to tackle crawling, indexing, and schema issues so you can increase your organic traffic and make more sales.
Confused by the ongoing debate about the SEO benefits of using a subdomain vs. subdirectory site structure? Let’s clear away the smoke, put away the mirrors, and get to the heart of the matter.
Improve communication between your marketing team and your web developers. Learn how to talk about different technical SEO needs to get everyone on board with your strategy.
Reporting and Metrics
Knowing how to track SEO conversions is the first step in tying your SEO goals directly to revenue generation. Read on to learn how to use Google Analytics to track the value of your organic traffic.
Concerned about how quickly your web pages are loading? Not sure how to best measure page speed? Read on to learn more about two important page speed tools: Google PageSpeed Insights and Google Lighthouse. I’ll share how they gather data,...
Search engines aren’t penalizing AI content; they’re penalizing bad content, regardless of who (or what) wrote it. The brands that thrive will be the ones that connect the dots between AI efficiency, human creativity, and audience value.
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If you’ve found yourself wondering, “what is Googlebot,” get ready to learn about what web crawlers do, site optimizations to improve indexing, and how to analyze your site crawls.
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Houston Barnett-Gearhart
Still running an HTTP site and wondering whether HTTPS will help your search engine rankings? Here’s what you need to know about these two protocols and how to make the switch to HTTPS.
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Sean Maloney-Mattheisen
Whether you’re already blogging on Medium or you’re considering it as a way to repurpose content, you may be wondering how using this digital publishing model might impact your organic search rankings. Read on for the pros and cons of leveraging this platform in your distribution plan.
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Jill Maldonado
Ready to create content that will increase your brand visibility and help your site rank in the search results? Implement these tips to brainstorm, write, optimize, and publish an SEO blog that gets you noticed.
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Tania Brown
Earning links to your pages is an effective way to build authority and improve your page rank. But it’s easier said than done. When you engage in broken link building, you earn endorsements by helping other site owners and improving the user experience. Here’s how to do it…
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Houston Barnett-Gearhart
Dofollow, nofollow, sponsored, UGC…not all backlinks are created equal. Get the low down on what it all means and which links will help your SEO and boost your organic search rankings.
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Houston Barnett-Gearhart
Are you ready to invest in SEO, but you're not sure what it's like to work with an agency? Read on for answers to some frequently asked questions about what to expect from an agency partnership.
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Pete Tkachuk
The goal of good SEO isn’t to turn your site into a receptacle for web traffic. The goal of good SEO is to turn your website into a conversion machine. Combine CRO with conversion SEO practices to convert more customers and make a meaningful impact on your bottom line. Here’s how…
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Houston Barnett-Gearhart
Now and then, a customer will ask us to employ an SEO tactic or pursue a keyword theme that, in our experience, won’t be effective in supporting their business goals. Worse than just not working, it might rob them of great results by diverting valuable resources — time, energy, and money — from more impactful SEO activities.
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Houston Barnett-Gearhart
Adding phrases that are semantically related to the competitive keywords in your content will improve how it ranks in search results. How do you do it? Allow me to introduce you to the power of WDF*IDF analysis.
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By
Houston Barnett-Gearhart
