One of the most important things a Web Analytics tool can tell you is the keywords people are typing to find your website on the search engines. Lately, however, Google has been blocking significant portions of that data, ostensibly for privacy reasons. To see what we mean, here’s an example of keywords as a traffic […]
Keyword Data “Not Provided” Or “Not Set” By Google Read More
Over the past couple of years, there’s been a sharp increase in complaints about poor quality websites showing up at the top of Google’s search results. In response, Google issued a software update, known as Panda, on February 23, 2011. The fundamental goal of the Panda Update was to downgrade the rank of websites that
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Last week, someone emailed me a link to a YouTube video that was recorded at a TED conference. In it, Eli Pariser makes a presentation about “Filter Bubbles” in which he demonstrates how our online behavior causes information providers to “filter” what we’re shown, with the result that we tend to see and hear only
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten a call that went something like this: “Hi, we just had our website completely redesigned and now that it’s live, we’d like the site to get more traffic from the search engines. Can you help?” Of course we can help. But frankly, the correct answer is,
Our previous article How Canonical URL Redirects (301 Redirects) Can Affect Your Search Rankings provided a brief overview of the effects a lack of canonical (301) redirects can have on your search rankings. Today we would like to tell you how to correct this issue on the major platforms. A couple of notes to mention
Have you noticed that when you type certain URLs, they are automatically redirected? For instance, whether you type marketvantage.com, marketvantage.com/index.php, www.marketvantage.com/index.php or www.marketvantage.com they all resolve to the same URL https://marketvantage.com. This is called a “Canonical URL Redirect” or a “301 Redirect”. Now unfortunately, a lot of websites don’t have this redirect which can negatively
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Today’s topic is about people who don’t follow the “rules” of SEO. Perhaps you yourself have violated Google’s Webmaster Guidelines and are wondering if and when you’ll pay a price. Maybe you’ve done something that the search engines consider unethical but aren’t even aware of it. It can be infuriating to carefully follow Google’s Webmaster
Recently, several members of our team attended a SEMNE meeting about “Responsible Search Marketing.” The presenter was Jill Whalen, a well-respected veteran of responsible SEO. Most of the 40 or so people in the room were SEO professionals of one kind or another, either self-employed, working in an agency, or in-house. Virtually all of us
