A balanced approach to data-driven SEO

We have nearly unlimited access to information and data. For search marketers, this can be a blessing or a curse. It’s very easy to get sucked into the never-ending pool of data — but this rarely, if ever, benefits our work. So how do we protect ourselves from information overload? Futurologist Alvin Toffler predicted in…

5 local search tactics your competitors probably aren’t using

Local SEO is competitive and fierce. With more and more local businesses vying for the Google local three-pack — and ads and online directories occupying a large percentage of the remaining SERP real estate — your local SEO strategy has to be aggressive. So, what can you do to outrank your local competitors down the…

Bing Ads Now Allows Advertisers to Import Call Conversions by @MattGSouthern

Bing Ads is now letting advertisers import call conversion data, which can help connect phone sales back to the ad campaign that prompted the call. Call conversion imports are facilitated through Bing Ads’ Offline Conversion Import tool, which was released this past September. Any call-tracking system can integrate with Bing Ads, and import call conversion…

SEO & Content: How to Build More Than Just Links by @lorenbaker

Are your SEO and content efforts not producing enough results? Are you heavily investing time and resources on link building yet you’re still getting minimal to zero returns? Then perhaps it’s time to take a step back and rethink your overall strategy. Last December 6, I joined SEJ ThinkTank to discuss how companies can gain…

Search Engine Land’s Community Corner: Dixon Jones retiring from Majestic, UK Search Awards winners & how to speak at SMX

This week’s roundup of news, announcements and events happening throughout the search marketing industry includes: Industry veteran and Majestic SEO CMO Dixon Jones announced he’ll be retiring from Majestic in November 2018, and will move into Global Brand Ambassador role at Majestic until that time. He’s been a key member of the search community since…

How the Google Pigeon Update Changed Local Search Results by @searchmastergen

Editor’s note: This post is part of an ongoing series looking back at the history of Google algorithm updates. Enjoy! One of Google’s biggest-impact algorithm updates was implemented for the sake of local search results, and local businesses typically saw the effects of the update in their website’s analytics data. Google users certainly saw the impact,…

SearchCap: Yahoo sues Mozilla, Google Lens review & celebs help Google

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Recent Headlines From Marketing Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing: Search News From Around The Web: Gain a deeper understanding of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on Google, Google Blog All…