Feeling peaceful, fulfilled, and relaxed as a social media marketer? *spoiler alert* Not if Facebook has anything to do with it. Oh, and all the Lit and Yaas stickers on Instagram you thought were so magnetic and romancing. Flames. Fake news, full feeds, fast unfollows. It’s stressful, painful, and even sometimes dismal. Social media trust […]
In The Trenches is a weekly spotlight of tips, tricks, and news about the tools search engine marketing professionals use to give them a leg up on the competition. Today: News from the search engines, today’s in-depth look, Banners for (SEM) Dummies, and HTML That Every Online Marketer Should Know. News from the search engines
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Two weeks ago, a commenter asked me whether I had some SEO book recommendations for newbies. Sure I do, and I would like to start this list with a book you can find right here, at SitePoint: Online Marketing Inside Out by Brandon Eley & Shayne Tilley is a book that will lead you through
It’s essential to understand SEO before you spend thousands hiring consultants you may not even need. January 13, 2010 13 min read This story appears in the February 2010 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » Search engine optimization–the canny use of keywords and other techniques designed to shoot a website to the top of a search–is
Webmasters build links for two reasons: to drive traffic and to influence search engine placement. Neither option is as cut and dry as I’ve stated here but when it gets down to it, that’s why webmasters deliberately build links. If you’re building links to support ongoing SEO efforts, there are a handful of key tips to
Our beginner’s guide to Google Analytics teaches you how to set up an account that is linked to your site and recommends a few basic metrics to look at. Google Analytics is a free service that tracks and reports website traffic. Providing insight into the demographics of site visitors, the performance of a specific campaign, and how long people
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Companies across every industry are competing for top rankings on search engine results. And whether they turn to a marketing agency, SEO firm or consultant, there is an increasing demand for search engine optimization specialists. Marketing professionals looking to break into this relatively new niche can’t necessarily rely on prestigious certifications or a long background
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Mollie Vandor is a product manager at BetterWorks, and the former associate product manager at Cooking.com. Prior to that, she helped launch Ranker.com, where she served as the product manager, amongst many other roles. You can reach her @mollierosev, on her blog, or on her latest addiction – Words With Friends, where she plays under
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May 21, 2012 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When it comes to boosting traffic to your website, you have two basic options: pay-per-click (PPC) advertising or search engine optimization (SEO). You can pay for traffic using the PPC advertising programs provided by Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing and others.
What reports do you look at in Google Search Console? Is it the backlinks to your site? Or, your crawl errors to see if you need to implement any 301 redirects? Do you think of adjusting your URL parameters at all? You can use Google Search Console for pretty much everything. Known as Google Webmaster
