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Google added support for regional availability and pricing to Google Merchant Center / Google Shopping feeds in the United States. Regional availability and pricing let you provide product availability and variable pricing based on your business presence and the location of your customer base. Basically, you can now tell Google if your products are (a) […]

Google’s John Mueller was asked if Google looks at the number of blog posts on a blog as some sort of metric to figure out if the site should rank well or not. John Mueller said on Twitter “Google doesn’t count your blog posts.” John added that this is not about the quantity of your

Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that he thinks that many SEOs and sites think about links “much more than necessary.” He said Google does “use links to help discover new content.” He didn’t mention ranking but yes, Google does use links for rankings. The question he was answering was “is there any possibility that

Cyrus Shepard posted a poll on Twitter asking SEOs and marketers if they do any affiliate marketing in the course of their day. Only 45% of those who completed the poll said yes, they do affiliate marketing. I am a bit surprised, I would have thought more SEOs do affiliate marketing on the side, at

Microsoft Bing seems to have swapped out the magnifying glass button on the search bar in the search results landing page with the button that says “search.” It is a small but interesting change, below are before and after screen shots. Here is what the top search bar looked like in Microsoft Bing just a

GUESTS & RESOURCES Episode Overview: Join host Ben as he discusses SEO strategy for LinkedIn with Anatolii Ulitovskyi, CEO of SEO Tools TV and a LinkedIn influencer with over 50,000 followers.  While most marketers wouldn’t think of LinkedIn, or social media in general, as part of an SEO strategy, it can be quite impactful and with a

I am back in my real office after over a year of recording from home – it is weird but good to be back. After Google dropping featured snippets significantly in the Google Search results a few weeks ago, they returned this week, out of the blue and with no explanation from Google. Also, starting

GUESTS & RESOURCES Episode Overview Join host Ben as he talks again with Anatolii Ulitovskyi, CEO of SEO Tools TV and a LinkedIn influencer with over 50,000 followers. The conversation today focuses on SEO strategy for YouTube and how Anatolii built his successful SEO and marketing YouTube channel.  Despite having been around for over 15 years, YouTube still holds many opportunities as it’s

I am seeing some early signs of yet another Google Search ranking algorithm update – it is early but the chatter is kicking up and some of the tools are already picking up on the fluctuations and tremors in the search results. Yes, we had some quiet this week but it was super busy the

GUESTS & RESOURCES Episode Overview: Join host Ben as he speaks with Searchmetrics’ VP of Services Tyson Stockton discussing January 2021’s SEO winners and losers. Together they discuss who’s starting the year strong visibility-wise, who is making big waves, and how Trump getting kicked off of social media impacted rankings. Stepping into the new year