Last month, I said that SEO is the top skill for digital marketers. This might seem outrageous to one who has not read that post. Even to those who have…
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SEO is the top skill for digital marketers
In case you didn’t know, I am IBM’s representative to the Google Tech Council, a consortium of B2B tech search engine marketing (SEM) leaders. We meet quarterly at Google’s offices…
Read MoreWhy you should consider centralizing your search keyword lists
Last month, I wrote about 2 challenges to keyword collaboration. Among other things, I argued for the importance of developing a corporate keyword database for digital marketers. Without keyword collaboration,…
Read More2 challenges to keyword collaboration
I used to think our book, Audience, Relevance and Search was the only book that emphasized basing your whole marketing and communications enterprise upon keyword data. That was until I…
Read MoreThree types of relevant internal links to boost SEO
Last month, I provided three ways to build links in the age of Google Penguin–Google’s algorithm change which severely limits effective link building. One of the link-building methods I promoted…
Read MoreThree ways to build links in the age of Google Penguin
Last month, I talked about The Seven C’s of Content Quality, as a way of helping you develop higher quality content. Why is this important? Because the Google Panda algorithm rewards…
Read MoreThe seven C’s of content quality
Last month I talked about optimizing your site architecture for Panda. This is of course important, but it is only one component in optimizing for Panda. As everyone who read…
Read MoreOptimizing your site information architecture (IA) for Panda
Last time I wrote about cleaning house and freeing up Google’s index for your best content. That’s a great antidote to Panda’s negative ranking factors that punish cluttered websites. But…
Read MoreHow to clean up a cluttered website? Content analytics is the answer
Post Panda (Google’s one-year-old revolutionary search ranking algorithm that has upended old-style SEO), optimizing individual pages is more difficult and less effective than it was before Panda. Google now pays…
Read MoreThe rise of content strategy–what to do about Google killing SEO
I was sitting in a hotel lobby preparing to present as part of a panel at OMMA Global in San Francisco when a co-panelist said something that shocked me. “People ask…
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