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Search Engine Algorithm Basics
Content Marketing

Search Engine Algorithm Basics

A good search engine does not attempt to return the pages that best match the input query. A good search engine tries to answer the underlying question. If you become aware of this you'll understand why Google (and other search engines), use a complex algorithm to determine what results they should return.
SEO Basics
SEO Basics

Proving Trust on the Web

For those of us who've been deep in the trenches of online marketing for years, the question of who to trust may seem inane. We've all gravitated to sources of one variety or another, and probably built up a few favorites based on past experience. I've shared some of my selected sources in the ...
Navigating YouTube Analytics: A Case Study in Music (Part I)
SEO Analytics

Navigating YouTube Analytics: A Case Study in Music (Part I)

A few weeks ago, some friends of mine set out on their band’s first US tour. I had the chance to see them here in Atlanta, and as we were catching up after the show, started talking about YouTube’s potential as a vehicle for promotion, especially in the music industry. However, the ability to analyze data from YouTube was seriously lacking. Well, that was a few weeks ago; earlier this week, YouTube granted that wish by launching YouTube Analytics!
Using CRO to Make Great Content
Whiteboard Friday

Using CRO to Make Great Content

This week we are joined by Carlos del Rio from Agillian, who is based here in Seattle, WA. Carlos will discusses a method that will help you make great content by following 3 easy steps. After watching the video dive into the comments and discuss what your thoughts are on using CRO to make great content.
Marketing Inldustry
Digital PR

A Letter to Google from Inbound Marketers

Hi Google. It’s been great between us, hasn’t it? You’ve always provided great research and measurement tools to support a great search engine, and in return, I’ve done my best to create quality material on the web. Inbound marketers and Google working together, we’ve been improving the Internet one quality web page after another for a while now.
Using Multiple Regression to Predict Organic Traffic
SEO Analytics

Using Multiple Regression to Predict Organic Traffic

As we wade through endless rows and columns of ranks, rates, and revenue, it is important to never lose sight of the metrics that drive our most actionable findings. If conversion is king, visits are vassals, the substantive backbone upon which a website’s success depends. Given that the maximization of traffic is key to our success as SEOs, it is vital to identify and control the factors that determine this metric.
SEO and Emotion
Content Marketing

SEO and Emotion

Emotions are a strong motivator of human behavior. This is even true on the web. The more that ranking signals continue to evolve, the more significant the role that emotion-motivated actions play in search engine optimization. After all, one of our primary focuses as SEOs is to develop content that makes everyone who sees it want to share it and say wow.
Technical SEO
Technical SEO

Just How Smart Are Search Robots?

Matt Cutts announced at Pubcon that Googlebot is "getting smarter." He also announced that Googlebot can crawl AJAX to retrieve Facebook comments coincidentally only hours after I unveiled Joshua Giardino's research that suggested Googlebot is actually a headless browser based off the Chromium codebase at SearchLove New York. I'm going to challenge Matt Cutts's statements, Googlebot hasn't just recently gotten smarter, it actually hasn’t been a text-based crawler for some time now; nor has BingBot or Slurp for that matter. There is evidence that Search Robots are headless web browsers and the Search Engines have had this capability since 2004.

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