Category: SEO Talk

Comments are as much a part of a blog as the article itself. Your comment section engages readers and allows them to interact with other people …

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Anchor links is not a topic that is discussed a lot, but we’ve had excellent results with them! Today we’ll be diving into how to create …

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People form their first impression of you – and potentially your business – in less than one second. Scary. Thankfully, online articles have a little more …

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You want to add your site to Google Search Console. But before Google will start letting you control your site, view your analytics, or submit your …

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In 2016, mobile traffic historically surpassed desktop traffic for the first time. And if you’ve been keeping up with Google’s algorithm changes over the past few …

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Nobody ever wants to experience that dreaded feeling you get when you realize your site is no longer ranking or you’re suddenly seeing a dip in …

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Every WordPress site needs an SEO plugin. And when it comes to SEO plugins, Yoast SEO is far and away the most popular option. WordPress SEO …

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Changing domains can seem like quite a daunting task at first, but it doesn’t have to be. Typically this involves routing traffic to go from your …

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Content scraping, or what we like to refer to as “content stealing,” has been a problem since the internet began. For anyone publishing on a regular …

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Finding a great host for your WordPress site is sure to speed it up and boost your SEO rankings. However, there’s much more that goes into …

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The question of whether or not you need or should use a dedicated IP address or a shared IP address for WordPress hosting can be quite …

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Now that you’re all set up with Search Console and Analytics, let’s look at a couple of easy ways to improve your SEO and traffic using the information these tools provide.

Using the information provided in the Acquisition > Search Console tabs we’re going to look at how to find opportunities to improve the ranking of your pages, find more content to write about, make the most of the traffic you’re already getting and more. By looking at these reports, you can create a targeted approach based on real data.

You can find John on LinkedIn or Twitter. This is our recent interview with him, as part of our Kinsta Kingpin series. Q1: What is your background, & how …

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Google Search Console, formerly known as Webmaster Tools, is a must-have for your WordPress site. It is a free account which will give you a lot of useful information about the search health of your site. Additionally you’ll get valuable SEO data about keywords, click through rates etc, which you could not otherwise get in Google Analytics alone. There are other uses and features of Search Console, but in this and the next post, I’ll be focusing on the marketing uses of Search Console.

A website owner’s top priority should be ensuring that search engines are able to properly index their site’s content. In order to make that happen, the …

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If you’ve ever sat down and read an article on SEO, you’ve probably come across the terms sitemap and/or XML sitemap. But while sitemaps are a …

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Ever heard the term robots.txt and wondered how it applies to your website? Most websites have a robots.txt file, but that doesn’t mean most webmasters understand …

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Negative SEO is something no business wants to have to deal with. It’s not fun, it damages your site in search engines, and can be time-consuming …

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