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Facebook ads impact on SEO

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Facebook Advertising and the Impact on Your SEO Results

People often misunderstand the relationship between their Facebook advertising strategy and SEO (search engine optimization). This likely stems from a broader misunderstanding of the relationship…

Google algorithm updates

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Has Your Website Been Affected By A Google Algorithm Update?

Do you hate those pesky restarts your computer serves you first thing in the morning? They’re inconvenient and a little disruptive to your day, but…

Affiliate links and SEO

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Affiliate Links, Affiliate Marketing, and SEO Let’s Go!

A Little Background on Affiliate Links First, let’s take a look back. Affiliate links – links from other sites to yours within an advertising network…

Link magnet content strategy

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Link Building Strategy: Developing Statistics Link Magnet Content

Link building is a tough, tedious process that no one wants to do. But, running a link building campaign using magnet pages is a great…

Safe link building strategies illustration showing inbound links filtered through a quality gate

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Safe Link Building Strategies That Still Make Sense

Another thing to keep in mind when link building is the risk-level of each technique. Thanks to Google’s algorithm updates, spammy, high-risk links are poorly…

Paying for Google SEO

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Do You Have To Pay Google for SEO?

Can I Pay Google For SEO Services? There is a quick, simple, easy answer to this one. Google does not offer SEO services. Remember, Google…

Progressive SEO strategy

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Progressive SEO

The more things change, the more things stay the same. This widely embraced saying rings never more true than in the SEO marketplace, where technical…

Automating SEO tasks with cloud tools

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How to Automate SEO Tasks Using Cloud Technology

In the digital and eCommerce market, we have seen many automation changes over the last decade: The automation of personalized emails based on browser and…

Magento SEO problems

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Magento SEO Issues: Common Problems and How to Fix Them

Magento SEO Issues Include: Slow Page Speed / Load Speed Query String URLs Product Page Configuration Poor Magento Template Coding Indexing of Duplicate Content Indexing…

Time to first byte optimization

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Time to First Byte (TTFB): What It Means and How to Improve It

Every basic SEO guide mentions site speed . You need to have a fast website, your users are impatient, your rankings will tumble, etc. While…

Importance of mobile optimization

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The Importance of Mobile Optimization

Over the past decade, the landscape of eCommerce has rapidly evolved, with mobile commerce taking center stage in 2024. The ubiquity of smartphones among U.S.

Choosing domain structure for international sales

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Choosing A Domain Structure To Sell Abroad

Challenges of International Trade Growing a business internationally can be expensive. It often requires a more secure checkout process, additional shipping options and offering support…