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Your website is visible in 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 insights...
Google Search Console is a helpful tool that not only shows you how often your pages appear in search and for what queries. It also allows you to monitor how Google views your site. The Pages index report covers issues...
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The use of subdomains and how Google treats them remains a hot topic in the SEO world. If you’re debating whether to use subdomains but aren’t sure whether Google will index and rank the content you publish on them, read...
Noindexing a page helps you reduce index bloat and maximize your crawl budget. But telling Google not to index a page sounds antithetical to getting your pages on page one of search results. Learn why these two ends aren’t at...
Want your website to have global visibility? Focus on international SEO elements like hreflang and x-default. Here’s what you need to know to help search engines surface the right web pages in the right countries.
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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,...
Comparing Google Analytics vs. Google Search Console? Learn which tool can help you better understand your website visitors and provide more insight into your digital marketing.
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.
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By Houston Barnett-Gearhart
Your website is visible in 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 insights you can gather from Google Analytics, and how measuring website traffic helps you track progress toward your SEO goals.
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By Houston Barnett-Gearhart
Toxic backlinks can impede your SEO progress and keep you from reaching your ranking and organic traffic goals. Keep an eye on your backlink profile and disavow toxic backlinks to protect your search visibility. Here’s how.
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By Houston Barnett-Gearhart
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, what you’ll learn from each, and which tool you should use to monitor your site’s page speed.
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By Houston Barnett-Gearhart
Google uses Business Profiles as part of its local ranking factors — and potential customers use them to get information about your business and assess your trustworthiness. If you don’t have a profile, or if it’s not optimized, you’re missing out on a great opportunity to build connections with more customers and boost your local rankings.
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By Houston Barnett-Gearhart
Many marketers wonder, “How does Google rank my website?” The journey to those coveted top spots in search results can feel like navigating a maze, especially with so much misinformation along the way. Keep reading to uncover the real factors that boost (or hurt) your visibility in search.
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By Houston Barnett-Gearhart
Think that if you target the same keyword on multiple pages, you'll increase your chances of ranking? Have multiple pages targeting similar keywords with the same search intent? Learn how keyword cannibalization can make it harder to rank well and what you can do to fix it.
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By Houston Barnett-Gearhart
The use of subdomains and how Google treats them remains a hot topic in the SEO world. If you’re debating whether to use subdomains but aren’t sure whether Google will index and rank the content you publish on them, read on.
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By Houston Barnett-Gearhart
Want your website to have global visibility? Focus on international SEO elements like hreflang and x-default. Here’s what you need to know to help search engines surface the right web pages in the right countries.
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By Sean Maloney-Mattheisen
Noindexing a page helps you reduce index bloat and maximize your crawl budget. But telling Google not to index a page sounds antithetical to getting your pages on page one of search results. Learn why these two ends aren’t at odds below!
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By Sean Maloney-Mattheisen