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Should I Opt-Out of Google Analytics 4? Or Should I Let Google Configure GA4 for Me?

Google is sunsetting its Universal Analytics reporting platform on July 1, 2023 and shifting to a new platform, Google Analytics 4. If you’re using Universal Analytics then you’ve been receiving the following push notifications in your analytics property: On July 1, 2023, this property will stop processing data. Starting in March 2023, for continued website […]

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SEO Questionnaire: 13 Questions You Must Ask When Onboarding New SEO Clients (with PDF)

When working with new SEO clients, it’s important to get as much information from them as possible to help guide your SEO efforts. The perfect way to gather this information is by having you client fill out an SEO questionnaire. Your client is a wealth of institutional knowledge about their business and likely their current […]

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Free SEO Audit: Sign Up to Get Yours Today

An SEO audit is the ideal way to unlock the hidden potential of your website, boost your online visibility and generate more business leads. And for a limited time (and for a select few websites each month), we’re offering a FREE SEO audit. This SEO audit isn’t an automated, cookie-cutter report that you can get […]

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Which Goals are Available in Google Analytics?

Google Analytics is one of the most valuable tools a digital marketer or site owner can use to understand (and improve) the performance of their website. Within Google Analytics, there are a range of reports to help you understand how users behave when they’re on your website. One of those reports is the “Goals” report, […]

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Long Tail Keywords: Digging Through the Mud to Find Buried Gems

If Niche Site Twitter is any indication, new niche sites are all the rage: While we’re fast approaching (have reached?) the cynicism stage of Niche Site Twitter, building and optimizing websites and consulting with businesses has been great for me personally (and my family), so I love this trend. (I also love the general enthusiasm […]

Internal linking for SEO: 3 key best practices

Internal Linking for SEO (Strategy, Structure, Tools, & Tips)

There are not a lot of internal linking enthusiasts in the world. Even some of the nerdiest, most hard core SEOs absolutely hate internal linking. In general it really is a chore. It’s time-consuming, it can be confusing, and most people find it boring. The good news is that all of that can be a […]

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Deep SERP Diving: How to Conduct SERP Analysis for SEO

As I mentioned in a recent post, it can be hard to determine how difficult a search result is from keyword difficulty scores alone. As a result, a crucial part of your keyword research process has to be SERP analysis – the process of diving into the SERPs (search engine results pages) to get a […]

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Always On Time: Last Updated & Published Time Stamps & SEO

“This specification describes how a system can adjust a score for a search result that identifies a resource and was obtained in response to a search query to reflect both how “fresh seeking” the query is and how “fresh” the resource is. In general, the system boosts the score for a “fresh” search result if […]

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Are Your Blog Images Ready for Evolving Google SERPs?

Hand up: I’m not a super “visually creative” person and I haven’t always put a ton of time into thinking through images for blog posts I’m creating or reviewing. (If I’m being honest, there will probably be issues with images in this post). If you’re creating an infographic or doing a post that’s very visual, […]

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The Difficulty with Keyword Difficulty Scores

I know it makes me sound like kind of a psycho nerd, but I LOVE keyword research. I’m starting to HATE keyword difficulty metrics, though. Even SEO tool providers will tell you to take any metrics or grades with a grain of salt. “Directionally indicative” is a phrase I use a lot when it comes […]