Despite being the Angry SEOer and priding myself on my SEO tactics, I realized recently that I didn’t have a dedicated SEO checklist for blog posts. I do most of the things you should do if you want your content to rank, but there were occasionally some things which I missed. With that in mind, …
I recently did a rundown of how does Google rank pages and narrowed it down to 7 main factors, one of which is user engagement. User engagement in Google Analytics refers to just that: how users engage with your website. If installed on your site (see how to add a website to Google Analytics), you …
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There are many things which we can do on our sites to appease the core web vitals May 2021 update. With much of that update relating to site speed, an easy way to speed up our sites is to keep file sizes down. We can get rid of bloated code or minify existing code to …
You may have done a search in Google and found more than the traditional three pieces of content associated with organic listings. Typically, a Google search result shows a page’s URL, title, and meta description. I’ve talked about how to improve CTR in Google search by optimizing your title and description in particular. But there …
Canonical URL issues can create problems for your website, mostly for search engines but also occasionally your visitors. Let’s simplify this concept by first offering up a canonical URL definition and give an example. Then we’ll cover how to see if you have any canonical URL errors on your site and how to fix them. …
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An SSL (or secure sockets layer) certificate proves to users, browsers, and search engines that your website encrypts data transfers. It’s a layer of protection which all websites should have, whether they feature data transfers between the users and the site. Let’s talk about SSL certificates and how to get one (for free). What Does …
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As I recently discussed in my complete overview on How Does Google Rank Pages, your CTR or click-through rate in Google search is one of the most important factors in ranking better. If you’re reading this, you already know the importance, you may already even know how to check your Google CTR, so let’s talk …
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Your Google CTR (click-through rate) refers to the number of clicks you get to your page versus the number of times it gets shown in Google search. So if a page is shown in Google 1000 times (impressions), and it earns 50 clicks, that’s a CTR of 5%. As I referenced in my overview of …
Google subheadings in search results, also known as sitelinks, are those navigational links which appear alongside a page’s title, description, and URL. Webmasters want subheadings to appear in Google for their site because it allows people to go straight to important pages on their sites. It also gives that webmaster more real estate/visibility in Google …
If you’re new to SEO, you’ve likely been looking for the answer to the golden question: how does Google rank pages? After all, discovering the solution to this question could mean early retirement for you, leveraging the flood of traffic which comes with dominating Google for the most searched keywords. While Google’s algorithm is kept …
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