SEO ranking factors: What’s important, what’s not

This week, Google celebrated its 19th birthday. A lot has changed in nearly two decades. Rather than relying primarily on PageRank to evaluate the quality of web pages, Google now uses a whole array of techniques to suggest a wide range of content in response to queries, from simple direct answers to multimedia audio and…

SearchCap: Bing Ads tracking, Google Home screen & Google Fred

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google’s ‘Manhattan project’: Home device with a screen to compete with Echo ShowSep 29, 2017 by Greg SterlingCan Google Home emerge from Amazon Echo’s shadow? Targeting featured snippet and ‘People also…

Make a giant career change into digital marketing for just $20

Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission. The good news: social media and digital marketing can unlock massive conversion and revenue, taking your business to the next level of success. The not-so-good news: managing your own personal website and social media account won’t exactly prepare…

YouTube Remarketing: How to Retarget People on YouTube

Want your YouTube ads to convert? Looking for effective ways to build remarketing audiences for your ads? To explore tactics for remarketing with YouTube, I interview Brett Curry. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on-demand talk radio show from Social Media Examiner. It’s designed to help busy marketers, business owners,…

The Unusual Branding Strategy That Made This SEO Company a Success

Podcast: Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | In a sea of vendors, providers, and agencies that all provide the same services, it can be challenging for a company to stand out. Even more difficult is when you’re involved in an industry as competitive as SEO. Because of this, only a few manage to survive…