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20 Jun 2021

36 Online Video Tools for Simple Video Creation, Editing, and YouTube Management

Posted by to Video

Eyeballs are getting harder and harder to grab, especially on Facebook, where the auto-play feature has completely changed the landscape of the platform, both on desktop and mobile. Right now, video is the most engaging Facebook format. Uploading 60-90 second, funny, evergreen videos with captions and short text introductions is one of the most successful tactics to slow down scrolling on the app, at least according to Buzzsumo. A good… [Read More…]

25 May 2021

Scholarship Link Building – Penalized !

Posted by to Link Building

I believed in scholarship link building back about 15 to 20 years ago. It was a novel concept that seemed legit. Offer a scholarship on your website, then write to every school and college and ask them to add a link to your scholarship page on their site. Problem is, is that between about 2008 and 2020, at every conference that has a link building panel, someone stands up and… [Read More…]

13 Apr 2021

How To Control Your Video Search Snippet

Posted by to Search Engine Optimization

We’ve talked about search and social snippets before. A rich snippet is what you see below your search listing enriched with rating stars, author information, a thumbnail, etc… scraped from the linked page. Google ranks videos inside so-called video carousels. Inside video carousels, Google often shows: The video thumbnail (which implies it’s a video) The date the video was published The author of the video Video’s moments (which are often… [Read More…]

09 Feb 2021

10 Tools to Visualize Numbers and Percentages

Posted by to Content

Visualization is key to properly conveying numbers and percentages online. Human beings are visual creatures. We do better seeing representations than we do hearing or reading stats. Therefore visualization is the marketing goldmine: Graphs and charts are much more sharable than many other types of images. More importantly, graphs seem to trigger more clicks because people are curious to see the details. Charts and graphs make great visual tweets, infographic… [Read More…]

03 Feb 2021

Try Not to Be Awkward: 5 Tips for Writing Seamlessly Optimized Content

Posted by to Content, Tips and Tricks

My first lesson in creating SEO content: Try not to be awkward. The inclusion of well-researched keyword phrases in your content is crucial. But it’s just as important to include these words and phrases in a way that flows, reads well, and doesn’t alert the reader to your attempts to sneak in these phrases.  I wrote the phrase “try not to be awkward” on a sticky note and attached it… [Read More…]

30 Jun 2020

Find and Fix Mixed Content Issues with This Free Tool

Posted by to Google, SEO Tools

Among newer SEO issues that have become a widespread problem is so-called “Mixed Content” issue. Let’s find out: What mixed content is How to spot and fix the mixed content issue What Is Mixed Content? Mixed Content issue occurs when a secure page serves non-secure content (images, videos, but also scripts, styles, etc.) Mixed content occurs when initial HTML is loaded over a secure HTTPS connection, but other resources (such… [Read More…]

26 May 2020

Free Mobile/Desktop Code Comparison Tool: Is Your Site Mobile-First-Index Friendly?

Posted by to SEO Tools

On March 5 Google announced what we all knew had been coming: The Mobile-First index is now the default for the whole web. Previously, you had to wait for a notification in your Search Console to be sure Google is using your site’s mobile version to index your pages. Now mobile-first indexing is the default for everyone. And while this has been coming for ages, the SEO community is still… [Read More…]

01 May 2020

The Free SEO Plugin You Have Been Waiting For

Posted by to SEO Tools

Google search results are getting richer and harder to deal with. You cannot copy URLs of search results until you click them. It is impossible to copy the list of URLs ranking on page 1. You cannot do much when trying to analyze search result pages. To make SERP analysis doable, we have come with a new Greasemonkey plugin helping you make sense of Google search engine result pages and… [Read More…]

22 Apr 2020

How to Adapt Your SEO Strategy to Survive the Crisis

Posted by to Search Engine Optimization

In these uncertain and unprecedented times, when every business is facing some sort of a struggle (whether it is a lack of demand or the shortage of supply or something else), all of us are trying to figure out how to keep our businesses afloat. Can SEO be part of the solution here? For the most part, it can! Here are a few important steps to adapting your SEO strategy… [Read More…]

18 Dec 2019

The Ultimate Guide to Proper Youtube Video Tagging [Updated]

Posted by to Rich Media

Youtube is one the biggest marketing channels out there, yet it is mostly under-utilized by brands. According to Statista, YouTube reached 1.9 billion users worldwide in 2019. In case you are preparing yourself for amplifying your video content through Youtube (which you probably should), here’s an extensive guide for you on Youtube tagging. According to YouTube, tagging is one of the most important ways to rank your video in YouTube… [Read More…]

17 Dec 2019

How to Grow Your Email List

Posted by to Marketing

Never underestimate the value of an email. Email marketing has proven itself again and again to be the one marketing avenue that consistently brings in the highest conversions for companies all over the world. There is a reason they are always pushing to get customer email addresses. No matter the size of your enterprise, you can benefit from building an email marketing list. The faster you do it, the sooner… [Read More…]

10 Dec 2019

Google’s rel=”sponsored”: Are You Going to Use It?

Posted by to Search Engine Optimization

A few weeks ago Google announced support for a new link attribute rel=”sponsored” (together with its sister attribute rel=”ugc”). In addition, they also mentioned that rel=”nofollow” attribute will become even fuzzier than it used to be as Google was going to start using it as a “hint” rel=”sponsored”: Use the sponsored attribute to identify links on your site that were created as part of advertisements, sponsorships or other compensation agreements. To… [Read More…]

03 Dec 2019

Keyword Research for Your Product Pages: The Ultimate Guide

Posted by to Search Engine Optimization

Search traffic remains one of the major sources of traffic and conversions to any website. Keep your organic search visibility in mind when working on your most important “money pages” (i.e. those that drive direct sales). In this article I’ll go you through both basic and advanced keyword research tactics for your product pages that will also positively impact conversions. Keyword research lies at the heart of any marketing campaign,… [Read More…]