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30 Lessons After 30 Million SEO Visitors

Kissmetrics

As you can see from the screenshot above, I’ve driven 30 million visitors to my website from SEO. I know that sounds contradictory because if you are an SEO, why wouldn’t you obsess about traffic, right? For example, during one quarter in 2017, my SEO traffic went up 39.52%, but my revenue from SEO went up only 4.29%.

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Twitter for SEO: How To Use Twitter to Boost Your Brand

Kissmetrics

Search engines actually use social signals from social media to rank your website. Likes, shares, and comments can have a massive impact on SEO. According to cognitive SEO , the higher the average number of shares, comments, and likes a brand has, the higher their website rank actually is. Exposure is key.

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How to Choose The Right SEO Agency

Kissmetrics

Today, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of SEO agencies out there. Thus, your question shouldn’t be, how do I find the right SEO agency, but how do I choose an SEO agency that’s right for me? First things first, why do you need an SEO agency? In SEO, where you’re going requires a different airplane (or agency).

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The Step-by-Step Guide to Improving Google Rankings Without Getting Penalized

Kissmetrics

I’m going back to basics with on-page SEO to help you understand the new SEO rules, learn how to optimize for both humans and search algorithm crawlers, and to master on-page and off-page SEO. I could jump right into some actionable SEO strategies to use on your site right now. I learned this the hard way.

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SEO 2018: Will This be the Year of the Story Brand?

Kissmetrics

Without getting into specifics about “hyper-local” and “geo-social” (hot new buzzwords for 2018), my research and discussions centered on common themes around the Story Brand: Create a story around your brand, and stay consistent with that. It has also shaped what SEO is today. Look at Houzz.com… Where did they come from?!?!

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How to Hack Google: The Ultimate Google Algorithm Cheat Sheet

Kissmetrics

This update, introduced in 2012, directly combated “black hat” SEO tactics such as link directories and spammy backlinks. However, it’s crucial you track core updates, so you can adapt your SEO strategy accordingly. In some ways, then, it’s easier to understand the Bing algorithm and tweak your SEO strategy to match.

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Why and How to use Baidu for Ecommerce Success in China

Retail TouchPoints

Reference Chinese social media sites to boost search rankings. 99% of websites that rank on page one of Baidu results have at least one reference or link to a Chinese social network (such as QQ, WeChat or Weibo). Marcus Pentzek is Chief SEO Consultant at Searchmetrics , the search and content optimization platform.

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