Category: SEO
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You Ask, I Answer: How To Check Mobile Friendly Website?
Sasha asks, “How do you check if your website is mobile-friendly?” There are four different, easy ways to check: The Mobile Friendly Test for a single URL Search Console for site-wide checks using the mobile usability tests Search Console for site-wide mobile Core Web Vitals Google Chrome Developer Tools to check the UX Watch the…
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You Ask, I Answer: Difference Between Digital PR and Traditional PR?
Elizabeth asks, “What’s the difference between digital PR and traditional PR?” This is in reference to a set of techniques promoted by search engine companies to focus PR outcomes on SEO. In reality, there isn’t and shouldn’t be a difference. If you’re doing public relations well, the outcomes are the same. There shouldn’t be a…
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You Ask, I Answer: SEO Accessible to Small Businesses?
Thomas asks, “Is SEO still accessible to small businesses?” SEO is a high knowledge discipline. That knowledge is largely free, though some of the tools are not. However, it’s not something that’s both high knowledge and high cost, like search engine marketing (SEM) is. SEO requires three kinds of knowledge: domain expertise, audience knowledge, and…
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You Ask, I Answer: Which Comes First, SEO or Content?
Maciej asks, “In your opinion, is it a viable strategy to start creating content and invest in SEO later?” All content inherently has some kind of search value. The question is, is SEO the primary intended goal of the content? If not, then you can always optimize it later. If yes, then optimize as you…
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You Ask, I Answer: Branded Search for Niche Industries?
Nancy asks, “If you’re selling something highly technical e.g., carbon fiber to replace traditional aluminum for fabricating airplane seats, would branded search be helpful e.g., assuming there are brand name aluminum makers who target the aerospace?” It depends on the behavior of your buyers. One of the most important, easiest things to do is configure…
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You Ask, I Answer: Keeping Old Links in Content Recycling?
Marya asks, “Would I ever need that old link to have “permanence” online and history? By changing this to an updated “new” link, do I lose any ‘clout’ or historical SEO points if I take them ‘away from the past’ and ‘borrow them for the future?’” As long as links are redirected properly, you shouldn’t…
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You Ask, I Answer: Speeding Up a Website for Mobile SEO?
Charles asks, “What can an SEO company can do to speed up my mobile website?” The short answer is: very little. The longer answer is they can advise you on what you need to change in your hosting infrastructure and code, but probably not do a whole lot of it, especially if you’re a larger…
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You Ask, I Answer: Dealing With Duplicate Content and SEO?
Simone asks, “Does Google Search ding us for duplicated content or should I just throw this out the window and let my editorial team publish the same content across multiple sites?” Google’s search algorithms attempt to find the most authoritative version of any given piece of content. Sometimes that’s your site. Sometimes it’s not –…