While we spend time arguing about what we think the latest Google algorithm update was focused on, or how many words or links to include on a page, we are neglecting one of the most pressing issues in our industry today: The divide between SEOs and developers. SEO success depends on developers more than you Read more
Google has published a new developer document that goes over the basics of JavaScript SEO. The guide was written by Google’s Martin Splitt and Lizzi Harvey. Splitt has become an authority on JavaScript SEO, having recently produced a video series on the subject. The guide goes over much of what was covered in the video Read more
They say history repeats itself. In the case of the great 301 vs 302 vs rel=canonical debate, it repeats itself about every three months. And in the case of this Whiteboard Friday, it repeats once every two years as we revisit a still-relevant topic in SEO and re-release an episode that’s highly popular to this Read more
DuckDuckGo was recently profiled in the New York Times, where it was revealed the search engine is now handling around 40 million searches a day. At last count, in January 2019, DuckDuckGo was serving around 34 million searches a day. This continues the steady growth of the niche, privacy-focused search engine. Growth has tripled over Read more
Sharing is caring! “How Long is Harry Potter?” is asked in a diagram from a Google Patent. The answer is unlikely to do with a dimension related to the fictional character but may have something to do with one of the best selling books featuring Harry Potter as a main Character. When questions are asked Read more
If the last day of MozCon felt like it went too fast or if you forgot everything that happened today (we wouldn’t judge — there were so many insights), don’t fret. We captured all of day three’s takeaways so you could relive the magic of day three. Don’t forget to check out all the photos with Roger from the Read more
While SEOs have been doubling-down on content and quality signals for their websites, Google was building the foundation of a new reality for crawling — indexing and ranking. Though many believe deep in their hearts that “Content is King,” the reality is that Mobile-First Indexing enables a new kind of search result. This search result focuses Read more
The bright side of a new link building project is you don’t have to burden yourself with old-school SEO. Throw on a leather sportcoat, put on the business suit. Anything but the SEO tracksuit. Cultivating natural citations that are given without asking is outside of the link building mainstream. It doesn’t have to be that Read more