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Written by Matt G. Southern - TikTok creators have more ways to optimize their content for users’ searches, thanks to a significant increase in the length of video descriptions. According [...]

Written by Roger Montti - Google’s John Mueller recently answered a question of whether there’s a percentage threshold of content duplication that Google uses to identify and filter out duplicate [...]

Written by Matt G. Southern - Google Search Advocate John Mueller explains whether the use of meta robots tags can affect webpage rankings in search results. This topic is addressed [...]

Written by Benj Arriola - Keyword difficulty is a metric used by SEO pros to help quantify how easy or hard it is to break into the search engine results. [...]

Written by Greg Shuey - TikTok has taken the world by storm with its popular social media platform, and there are plenty of opportunities for savvy marketers. TikTok has over [...]

Written by Matt G. Southern - Google is rolling out an update to its mobile app that allows people to request the removal of personal information from search results. This [...]

Written by News and Editorial SEO Summit - This post was sponsored by News & Editorial SEO Summit (NESS). The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. Search [...]

Written by Adam Riemer - Today’s Ask An SEO comes from Dan in California, who asks: “I have several products that are “specialty” products due to their size, all titled [...]

Written by Brent Csutoras - LinkedIn is a great place to grow your business. In the last 12 months, 93% of B2B marketers have used the platform the most to [...]

Written by Matt G. Southern - Google announces it’s shutting down market research product Google Surveys. The service will be unavailable after November 1, and users will have another month [...]

Written by Bea Canuel - Despite the unstoppable rise of the online marketplace model, it remains challenging to build ecommerce marketplaces. There are so many vendors, third-party apps, devices, and [...]

Written by Ryan Jones - Today’s Ask An SEO question comes from Shannon in Vancouver, who asks: “I have a problem and need to know if it is a huge [...]

Written by Matt G. Southern - Wix is announcing an integration with Semrush, allowing Wix users to access Semrush’s SEO keyword data directly through the dashboard. Data provided by Semrush [...]

Written by Roger Montti - Google’s Office Hours Hangout featured a question about algorithm updates and whether the rankings of a negatively affected site is suppressed by a “soft penalty.” [...]

Written by Loren Baker - Are you Team SEO or Team SEM? What if we told you that by combining these two forces, you could boost both SEO & SEM [...]

Written by Matt G. Southern - YouTube announces Shorts will soon be eligible for monetization, and creators will keep 45% of the revenue generated from viewership. This is a significant [...]

Written by Matt G. Southern - Google is rolling out several updates designed to streamline the process of creating ads with multiple extensions. Ad extensions such as sitelinks and lead [...]

Written by Roger Montti - Yoast SEO WordPress plugin version 19.7 was discovered to contain a conflict with other plugins which resulted in websites experiencing fatal errors. This marks the [...]

Written by Ron Lieback - With the right techniques, Help a Reporter Out (HARO) can help you build links and brand awareness for PR efforts, regardless of your industry. The [...]

Written by Matt G. Southern - Google confirms the September 2022 product review update, the fifth in a series of updates targeting low-quality reviews, is now rolling out. The update [...]

Written by Heather Campbell - If I asked you, “Are your marketing campaigns effective?” would you be able to answer that confidently? And if you can’t, do you know how [...]

Written by Matt G. Southern - Are you planning to close your website for a day or longer? According to advice from Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller, here are five [...]

Written by Jason Hennessey - Google Maps is a tool we easily take for granted. Looking for a tasty new restaurant? Google Maps pulls up the hottest spots near you. [...]

Written by Kristopher Jones - The best SEOs know they couldn’t do their jobs half as well if they didn’t have access to the right tools. And since keywords are [...]