Keyboard part of a larger strategy to boost engagement with search on mobile devices. The post Google developing keyboard for iPhone in hopes of boosting search volumes [report] appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

I have a difficult task. In order to promote our upcoming two-day digital marketing event called Shift , taking place in London on 24 – 25 May, I have to define what it means to be a digital leader

Why building an email newsletter mailing list can go beyond growing revenue. The post 5 Reasons to Build a Newsletter Email List That Doesn’t Focus on Making Money by @wonderwall7 appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s John Mueller confirmed on Twitter that having space separated attributes in the nofollow attribute will still work as a nofollow. He said rel=’external nofollow’ is the same as rel=’nofollow’ for the purpose of ensuring Google doesn’t follow those links..

Let’s explore Facebook Instant Articles: how they work, what changes publishers have to make, and how those changes could affect SEO for their website. The post Will Facebook Instant Articles Affect #SEO

If you haven’t noticed by now, Google Shopping is taking center-stage for retailers as we move deeper into 2016 – with more traffic, more tests and more features. You certainly wouldn’t have missed  Google removing text ads on the right-hand rail of their search engine results pages, leaving the space wide-open for even more product listing ads (PLAs). With this update, it’s important to understand the changes taking place made to accommodate for an increased amount of advertisers spending on Google Shopping Campaigns.

Content marketing matters, that much is clear. What is less clear is how effective it is and how we, as marketers, can use our resources in a way that makes the most sense. Which is why reports like Content Marketing Institute’s comprehensive B2B Technology Content Marketing 2016: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America matter.

For #AskAnSEO, Jenny Halasz talks about canonicals and consistency, and how it can help search engines in saving time to crawl your website. The post #AskAnSEO: Canonicals and Consistency by @jennyhalasz appeared first on Search Engine Journal

[Note From Ashley: Kevin is an SEO Analyst on the team at TopRank Marketing and has done an exceptional job uncovering and fixing technical issues for our clients. This is Kevin’s first post on TopRankBlog.com and we look forward to him sharing his technical expertise on an ongoing basis with our readers.] Websites that don’t work and are hard to navigate can be an incredibly frustrating experience for any user. If they load slowly, have broken pages or duplicate content it can deter visitors from coming back and make it less likely that the content that you’ve worked so hard on shows up in search results