Don’t know much about SEO: Survey finds business owners lack basic knowledge

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Google launched in 1998, more than 20 years ago. Yet the importance and value of search optimization is still not fully understood by many business owners. That’s an eye-opening finding from a recent survey by digital agency Fractl. Business owners and consumers surveyed. Fractl surveyed 977 people in total about their Google and SEO knowledge, […]

5 SEO Realities SEO Professionals Struggle with Most

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Remember that old phrase: “The more things change, the more they stay the same”? In the SEO world it’s more like, “The more things change, the more they change.” At least that seemed to be the overriding consensus when SEO professionals on Twitter were asked, “What are some realities about SEO that too many SEOs […]

Ubersuggest 7.0: The Ultimate Keyword Research Tool

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Believe it or not, I’ve been working on Ubersuggest for almost 3 years now. I bought it on February 13, 2017, for $120,000 dollars as a test to see if I could get more traffic from a tool than traditional content marketing or SEO. Since then the tool has come a long way, in which […]

6 Easy But Stupid SEO Tactics You Must Avoid

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We all should know by now the top common black hat tactics to avoid. Most SEO professionals like to think of themselves as white hat, or at least gray hat. However, did you know that there are several white hat strategies that can seriously hurt your long-term SEO performance? The reason most of these white […]

How to Master the Facebook Pixel Like a Pro (in 2020 and beyond)

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Out of all of the incredible tools Facebook has created for marketers, perhaps the most useful is Facebook Pixel. The pixel allows you to monitor how successful your Facebook Ads actually were—giving you more accurate conversion stats—and create custom audiences based on site traffic. These are huge, exceptionally valuable benefits. Anyone running Facebook Ads should […]

10 Important 2020 SEO Trends You Need to Know

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It’s time to take our annual look at what’s ahead for SEO professionals in 2020. What SEO strategies and tactics will work and help you dominate in the SERPs and earn more revenue in 2020? This is the question we ask every year here at Search Engine Journal. This year, I asked 58 of today’s […]

How to Get More Organic Traffic Without Doing Any SEO (Seriously)

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You all know SEO is a long-term game… at least when it comes to Google. And yes, who doesn’t want to be at the top of Google for some of the most competitive terms? But the reality is, we don’t all have the budget or time. So then, what should you do? Well, what if […]

Higgins highlights ‘welcoming of strangers’ at Áras tree-lighting event

A gathering including entertainers Hozier and the Dublin Youth Choir helped to switch on the festive lights at a ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin on Saturday evening. The annual “tree-lighting ceremony” sees President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina invite people from around the country to mark the beginning of the Christmas season. In […]