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I’ve audited many publishing sites over the years – well over 50 at last count – and suffice to say I’ve seen certain patterns emerge. Many publishing sites tend to suffer from the same types of SEO issues. A while ago I tweeted a short thread where I listed these common issues. The thread took […]
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Building links to English content has been covered a million times. But what do we know about link building in non-English markets? A lot of that knowledge is often kept locally. There could be significant differences from what you’re used to. Success in one market doesn’t guarantee the same in another. Moreover, you’ll often run
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WordPress is the world’s largest content management system (CMS)—around 810 million websites are built on it. It’s free to use and includes all the features any website owner could need. And if it doesn’t have a feature you want or need, you can have a developer create it for you because it’s built on open-source software.
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Posted on December 6, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer I recently asked a bunch of SEOs about SEO (search engine optimization). I wanted to know what doing SEO is better than, and asked them to finish the sentence. Doing SEO is better than —– (fill in the blank). Here is what they said. Doing SEO
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What Is Performance Max? Performance Max is a type of Google Ads campaign that utilizes Google’s machine learning to optimize ad placement and bidding strategies. Performance Max is a goal-based campaign type and is the replacement for Smart Shopping campaigns. If you were previously using Smart Shopping campaigns, you’ll know that Google automatically upgraded these
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In November 2022, we surveyed members of the SEO industry to find out how much they charge for SEO services. Here are the top 10 takeaways: 78.2% of SEOs charge monthly retainers for some or all of their services. 54.5% of SEOs only offer one pricing model (i.e., hourly, retainer, or per-project). $501–$1,000 is the
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SEO isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme—it often takes years of hard work to make a living from it. The great thing, though, is its versatility. There are many ways to monetize SEO skills, which all suit different people. Want to know some of the best ways to monetize your SEO skills? Let me show you how. 1.
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Posted on December 7, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer Starting today, I noticed that on my personal Facebook account, when logged in, I am no longer able to make a Facebook post. Instead, there is an options for Article, Live Video, or Photo/video. Clicking on the Article option, it takes me to a new page,
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A Googler shared screenshots of the output from the Google internal menu system where it told her that one day she avoids salades and then she must have had some salads to correct that and the next day it say she enjoys salad. I am just amazed Google tracks the food Googlers eat and offers
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CNBC reported the other day that Google is working on its own AI chatbot named Apprentice Bard. Apprentice Bard is reportedly built on Google’s AI LaMDA language model stack and while Google is being more cautious with this rollout, Google is working on testing an AI bot in search. CNBC wrote, “As a result of
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