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How to Become a Better Writer (Beginner’s Guide)
Written by Chris Haines - Becoming a better writer takes time. From pitching your idea to getting published—it’s a long process. But what are the best ways to become a [...]
How to Find Quality Backlinks for Your Website
Written by Jenny Abouobaia - We all know that link building is a crucial part of any SEO campaign. But to be successful, it is all about quality over quantity.This [...]
Finding a Good Blog Niche (The Easy Way)
Written by Chris Haines - If you want to create a blog but don’t know where to start, it’s worth putting in some time to find a good blog niche. [...]
Is It OK to Remove 301 Redirects After a Year? We Tested It
Written by Patrick Stox - In 2021, Google’s Gary Illyes said on Twitter that redirect signals consolidate permanently to the new location after one year.after 1 y all signals had time [...]
6 Web Analytics Tools to Level up Your Site
Written by Mateusz Makosiewicz - Web analytics tools allow you to collect, analyze, and report website data. If you’re a marketer or a business owner looking to improve your site, [...]
What Are SEO Benchmarks, & Which Ones Actually Matter?
Written by Jenny Abouobaia - To set goals and track and measure your performance in any campaign, you will need key performance indicators (KPIs) and benchmarks.But with so many KPIs, [...]
How to Gain SEO Experience & Improve Your Skills
Written by Jenny Abouobaia - With organic and paid search making up over 75% of all traffic in the B2B sector alone, it’s clear SEO is far from dead. If [...]
20+ Blogging Tools to Improve Your Workflow
Written by Bill Widmer - If you want to make the most of your time blogging, choose the right tools because they’ll save you a lot of money and effort.But [...]
Event Link Building: A Beginner’s Guide
Written by Jenny Abouobaia - When it comes to acquiring high-quality backlinks, SEOs are always looking for new and innovative ways to land killer links that their competitors can’t easily [...]
How to Play by the Rules
Written by Si Quan Ong - Do you want to rank for competitive terms without worrying about potential Google penalties? Then go white hat.In this post, you’ll learn what white hat [...]
13 Effective (And Low-Cost) Ways to Promote a Product
Written by Mateusz Makosiewicz - Promoting a product while low on cash—every company goes through this phase.But the good news is you don’t need to spend a ton of money to [...]
8 Reasons (And How to Get Started)
Written by Si Quan Ong - No matter your line of work, people are searching for your business online.Let’s look at a few reasons why search engine optimization (SEO) is [...]
Google Ranking Dropped Dramatically? (Here’s What to Check)
Written by Chris Haines - It can be alarming if your website’s Google rankings drop suddenly.But before you make any changes, it’s important to check certain things first.1. Check for [...]
How to Create an Affiliate Marketing Website That Converts
Written by Jenny Abouobaia - Would you love to replace your regular “9 to 5” and eventually generate passive income even when you sleep? A successful affiliate marketing website can [...]
Copywriting vs. Content Writing: Differences & Similarities
Written by Bill Widmer - Writing is the lifeblood of most online businesses. Whether that’s blog articles, landing page copy, or product descriptions, the written word is necessary to attract [...]
30+ Content Creation Tools to Streamline Your Workflow
Written by Bill Widmer - Content is still king for online businesses. Want to rank on Google? You need content. Want social media followers? More content.I’ve personally published thousands of [...]
7 Lessons to 1 Million Monthly Visits
Written by Bill Widmer - Examine.com was able to reach over 1 million monthly visitors from Google search results. The best part? It did so without any manual backlink outreach [...]
The Complete List (44 Advanced Operators)
Written by Joshua Hardwick - Google advanced search operators are special commands and characters that filter search results. They do this by making your searches more precise and focused.For example, [...]
Why Social Signals Matter for SEO (It’s Not a Ranking Factor)
Written by Michal Pecánek - Social signals are all the engagement metrics (e.g., the number of likes, shares, or comments) your content gets on social media. They generally reflect how [...]
How to Comply With ADA & WCAG
Written by Jenny Abouobaia - As the new Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) go live this month, a new light is being shined on website accessibility. But in honesty, this [...]
10 Things You Can Do in Ahrefs for Free
Written by Andrei Țiț - Ahrefs offers a wide range of free SEO tools for digital marketers on a tight budget.In this article, I’m going to walk you through each [...]
SEO Writing Tools (Do You Really Need Them?)
Written by Chris Haines - SEO writing tools help you improve your content. Here are the top reasons why you need them and the tools I use to improve my [...]
How to Make Big Commissions
Written by Bill Widmer - Affiliate marketing can be a lucrative career, with some high-ticket commissions in the hundreds or even thousands of dollars per sale.I’ve been in the affiliate space [...]
5 Types of Blogs That Make Money
Written by Mateusz Makosiewicz - Looking for the best type of blog to make money? Let’s look at some data first:About 15% of bloggers make a full-time income from blogging [...]