SearchCap: Local ranking factors, keyword bidding & more

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Local ranking factors study finds reviews, organic SEO best practices boost local visibilityNov 10, 2017 by Greg Sterling This is the second year of the LocalSEOGuide ranking factors study, performed in…

Searching for the Perfect Attribution Model by @Wrodarczyk

How does one measure the efficiency of multi-channel advertising campaigns? How should one manage the budgets of overlapping marketing channels in order to increase profits but not to risk spoiling the existing mechanism? If these questions are appearing more often in your business, then it may well be time to address attribution modeling. ADVERTISEMENT Take…

How to Boost Your Success When Promoting an Infographic by @infobrandz

Incorporating visual content in your marketing strategy is a great way to cut through the content noise. While marketers on a modest budget can make room for videos, interactive data visualizations, and full-fledged online courses, cash-strapped bloggers and startups turn to infographics to have a fighting chance. Not only are infographics affordable, they can also be…

Thinking of Dumping Your PPC Program? Think Again by @GrpTwentySeven

Relationships are hard. And your company’s relationship with PPC is no different. You and your marketing team may give PPC your best shot — but still not get the results you expect. Ultimately, you become frustrated with paid search and decide to break off your on-again, off-again relationship. ADVERTISEMENT But, as with personal relationships, sometimes…

SEO Audits That Build Leads & Sales

A site audit should suggest why a site isn’t ranking well, then suggest what can be done to fix it. Fixing technical SEO issues like title tags, speeding up a site, improving poor inbound links are important issues to resolve. But adding appropriate keywords to title tags and other technical SEO fixes are largely an…

Which Video Hosting Website Is Best for SEO? by @jennyhalasz

Editor’s note: “Ask an SEO” is a weekly column by technical SEO expert Jenny Halasz. Come up with your hardest SEO question and fill out our form. You might see your answer in the next #AskanSEO post! One of my clients asked me this week whether they should host their videos on YouTube or on…