Over the past couple of weeks, Google has been spotted introducing some interesting changes to the look and layout of its search results pages. The first, as we reported in our round-up of key search marketing news on Friday, is that Google appears to have increased the length limit for title tags in the SERPs to around 69-70 characters
Search data is a mine of insights about customers’ needs that can translate into new revenue. Here’s an example from my own experience… Recently, my beloved Urban Decay Naked Basics eyeshadow palette went from looking like this: To something a bit more deteriorated: This isn’t uncommon or unexpected: I knew that the uneven ‘wear and tear’ was inevitable. And so, I did what any normal 21 st century consumer would do: I turned to Google.
Using micro-focused keyword strategies can be a simple, impactful approach to improving your SEO results. When analyzing websites that are already successful from an SEO perspective, it’s always surprising to see how many easy long-tail wins are possible but aren’t being optimized for. Long-tail keyword targeting is nothing new
Over the years, the usefulness of certain types of keywords has been debated, analyzed, celebrated, and even disparaged. Long-tail keywords – those specific phrases of low-volume but perhaps higher-quality queries from searchers who are closer to taking action on procuring the product or service they seek – have certainly received a heck of a lot of recognition for their value to marketers. However, I am here to declare the demise of these keywords that we held in such high regard only a few short years ago
What if I told you that you can increase your traffic without any marketing? That’s right… even if you don’t have a marketing bone in your body, you can generate more traffic and sales.
While writing our book ‘Optimizing your WordPress site’ I worked closely together with Joost de Valk to create a section on Search Engine Optimization. The first chapter — after the introduction in SEO — had to be keyword research
PPC advertisers are constantly looking for long tail keywords because they are more likely to generate quality clicks at a lower CPC than more general and extremely competitive keywords.
In previous articles, I’ve discussed why I believe that Quality Score is so critical to PPC success. To illustrate the point in a more concrete way, I want to present a detailed case study of a WordStream client that is absolutely crushing its AdWords Quality Score