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How Do You Choose an SEO Agency?

Knowing that you need to hire an SEO agency is the right first step toward building your online presence and growing your business. But before you rush to hire the first agency that rattles off an impressive client list or promises “immediate” growth (not possible!), you need to know how to choose an SEO agency […]

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What Most Businesses Get Wrong About Indexability and Crawlability

Everyone wants to improve SEO to rank high on search engine results pages (SERPs). But for some businesses, the more pressing issue is that they’re not appearing in search engines at all. If you’re in that boat, it’s because search engines can’t find, crawl, or index your website. Let’s explore what most businesses get wrong […]

Brand Building Through AI

The New Marketing Frontier: How to Build a Brand in the AI Era

Paid search, paid social, search engine optimization, and affiliate marketing. For the past 15 years, these four marketing tactics paired with sales outreach to dominate customer acquisition. How? They focused on making their target customer’s internet experience as convenient as possible. Each tactic drove results by integrating relevant, high-quality information or experiences with everyday Internet […]

SEO Statistics

61 Mind-Bottling SEO Stats for 2024

Yes, we did just say mind-bottling. While many believe that SEO is dead (enough that 250 people search for that exact phrase every month), the reality is that it’s still very much alive, and we have the statistics to prove it. Sure, Google has made it very difficult to cheat the system, but that’s forced […]

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How to Get More Backlinks on Connectively (Formerly HARO)

Help a Reporter Out (HARO) was recently rebranded as Connectively. Despite the name change, it’s still a powerful tool for building backlinks. Not just any backlinks, either — high-quality ones. Links from sites that can be very difficult to get links from otherwise. But Connectively is competitive. The Cision-owned platform has over one million users. […]

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Our Predictions for How SGE (AI Overviews) Will Impact Search

Google first announced the beta version of its Search Generative Experience (SGE) in May 2023. Many began to speculate that this, combined with ChatGPT, would be the nail in the coffin for SEO. “This will be the end of SEO” became common chatter across SEO communities. Will SGE change the way SEO works? Almost definitely. […]

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What Does a Content Strategist Actually Do?

As a content strategist, I help companies figure out what kinds of content they should publish online to connect with their target audience. That’s the simplest way to put it. There’s a lot more to the job, though. I’ll explain below. I hope it’s useful if you’re interested in working with or as a content […]

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What Industries Shouldn’t Invest in SEO Content?

One of the most effective ways to build a brand is by focusing on the intersection of SEO and content creation. We refer to this as “SEO content” or “SEO-centric content marketing”. Our team specializes in this intersection of SEO and content. We see it work wonders for growth-minded brands every day. But content-centric SEO […]

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The Best Ecommerce SEO Tools

High-quality SEO can drive a lot of sales for your ecommerce store. But SEO isn’t easy. Between content creation, link building, technical SEO, and staying up on the latest algorithm updates, reaping the benefits of ecommerce SEO takes a lot of work. Fortunately, there are a lot of tools that can help you. We put […]

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How to Assess Market Opportunity for SEO

SEO is the best long-term investment most businesses can make in acquiring customers, with very few exceptions. However, there are exceptions. SEO is a terrible investment for some industries. Finding your Total Addressable Market for Search (SEO TAM) is one way to determine if SEO is a good investment for you. Put another way, how […]