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Social Media Today sur Twitter : ""The Most Expensive Keywords on Google [Infographic]" by @BrentCarnduff #SEO #Adwords. The Most Expensive Keywords on Google [Infographic] 11 Ways for Local Businesses to Get Links. The author's posts are entirely his or her own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz.

11 Ways for Local Businesses to Get Links

Let's face it: Local link building is hard. Even if you have the budget and resources needed to earn or build links it will take time. Having a strong link profile is essential to your website's success in search engines. If you're new to link building and want to develop a more in-depth understanding, check out this great resource from MOZ on link building here. In this guide we will look at 11 practical ways you can start earning links for your local business, which will make an impact on your bottom line today. Who should care about local link building?

When I talk about local link building I don't mean that these links are for local businesses exclusively. Since local business types vary from fast food restaurants, to ski rental shops, to law firms, and everything in-between, the tactics below are applicable across the spectrum. Headline Writing and Title Tag SEO in a Clickbait World. When writing headlines and title tags, we're often conflicted in what we're trying to say and (more to the point) how we're trying to say it.

Headline Writing and Title Tag SEO in a Clickbait World

Do we want it to help the page rank in SERPs? Do we want people to be intrigued enough to click through? Or are we trying to best satisfy the searcher's intent? We'd like all three, but a headline that achieves them all is incredibly difficult to write. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Rand illustrates just how small the intersection of those goals is, and offers a process you can use to find the best way forward. Howdy, Moz fans, and welcome to another edition of Whiteboard Friday. Let's look at a search query for Viking battles, in Google. KeyWord Room sur Twitter : "Let Google Help You with your website by using Google Webmaster Tools #SEO #Google. Let Google help you fall in love with your website by using Google Webmaster Tools - Keyword Room. GOOGLE WEBMASTER TOOLS is a set of free tools from Google that helps you communicate with the search engine.

Let Google help you fall in love with your website by using Google Webmaster Tools - Keyword Room

SEO is dead… The traditional means that is. SEO is dead… The traditional means that is I know I know we have seen posts like this everywhere.

SEO is dead… The traditional means that is

I have done one too its call SEO isn’t dead it’s evolved. But to be honest the traditional means of SEO is dead! I know it’s important but let’s break down a bit in the post. Why SEOs Need to Care About Correlation as Much (or More) than Causation. Today I'm going to make a crazy claim—that in modern SEO, there are times, situations, and types of analyses where correlation is actually MORE interesting and useful than causality.

Why SEOs Need to Care About Correlation as Much (or More) than Causation

I know that sounds insane, but stick with me until the end and at least give the argument a chance. And for those of you who like visuals, our friend AJ Ghergich and his intrepid team of designers created some nifty graphics to accompany the piece. Once upon a time, SEO professionals had a reasonable sense of many (or perhaps even most) of the inputs into the search engine's ranking systems. We leveraged our knowledge of how Google interpreted various modifications to keywords, links, content, and technical aspects to hammer on the signals that produced results. But today, there can be little argument—Google's ranking algorithm has become so incredibly complex, nuanced, powerful, and full-featured, that modern SEOs have all but given up on hammering away at individual signals.

Technical Site Audit Checklist: 2015 Edition. Back in 2011, I wrote a technical site audit checklist, and while it was thorough, there have been a lot of additions to what is encompassed in a site audit.

Technical Site Audit Checklist: 2015 Edition

I have gone through and updated that old checklist for 2015. Some of the biggest changes were the addition of sections for mobile, international, and site speed. This checklist should help you put together a thorough site audit and determine what is holding back the organic performance of your site. At the end of your audit, don't write a document that says what's wrong with the website.

Instead, create a document that says what needs to be done. PRO Tip: Don't forget to check the text-only version of the cached page. On-page optimization. Google: Penguin 3.0 Rollout Still Ongoing. Quality Content Essential for SEO Success [Study] The majority of online purchases begin with organic search, so to help determine how SEOs can capture as much search share as possible, Conductor's new research report includes objectives for 2015 as well as tactics that enterprise digital marketers are not all addressing, but should be.

Quality Content Essential for SEO Success [Study]

What tops that list as the most effective SEO strategy? Creating quality content. All of the individuals surveyed work for companies with more than 1,000 employees. There is a combination of B2B and B2C organizations included in this study. Nearly 70% of the respondents are from North America and 54% of them are in Marketing or Sales Management.

Top SEO Objectives for 2015. Google's Matt Cutts: Don't Duplicate Your Meta Descriptions. Google’s Matt Cutts, the head of search spam, released a video today providing an SEO tip on meta descriptions.

Google's Matt Cutts: Don't Duplicate Your Meta Descriptions

Matt said, do not have duplicate meta descriptions on your site. Matt said it is better to have unique meta descriptions and even no meta descriptions at all, then to show duplicate meta descriptions across pages. Now Updated: The Periodic Table Of SEO Success Factors. Two years ago, we released ”The Periodic Table Of SEO Ranking Factors.”

Now Updated: The Periodic Table Of SEO Success Factors

Now we’re back with an update. We’ve introduced some new elements, adjusted a few rankings and given the table a more encompassing name, The Periodic Table Of SEO Success Factors. Clicking on the image above will take you to the permanent home of the table, where you can see a larger copy. You can also view a “condensed” version without the descriptions on either side of table. SEO Failure? Where to Point the Fingers. Many companies as well as clients have a difficult time accepting that they may have been the reason for an SEO failure.

SEO Failure? Where to Point the Fingers

In most situations, the blame goes immediately to the SEO company, department, or expert, and rightfully so. These are the people in charge of making sure SEO succeeds, so these are the people that will most likely take the blame (and be happy to do it). However, it’s important to realize that just because they are forced (in a sense) to take the blame doesn’t mean they are actually to blame. The Client vs.

The Expert vs. Share photos and videos on Twitter. Photo by seo_nut. Photo by seo_nut. New Ways To Track Keyword Rank (for Free) Tracking keyword rank is as old as the SEO industry itself. Keyword Research – Developing an Effective SEO Strategy. Launching a site is just like preparing for war. Getting traffic and moving ahead on search engine rankings is the real battle. Whereas to earning passive income from your website is achieving victory. But who do you think should be rewarded with a medal of honor after dominating the search engines?

If you ask me, I would definitely be bias, but surely, and everyone knows it that it’s because of an efficient SEO strategy laid out before the battle has even started. Sheer luck doesn’t exist when it comes to internet industry. Competitors will always keep up, seeing as money – and lots of it – awaits them on the top, especially if you are in possession of a spot for a very profitable keyword, and it will always be a recurring cycle. Most effective SEO Strategies should always seek for possibilities for the business’ long term plans and objectives. This is the foundation of your campaign. Fun with SEO / What I think I do #SEO. SEO is Mostly About Quality Copywriting And Keyword Research. If you would like to have the competitive edge over your competition, it might be a good idea to know why they are so successful and which tools they are using that is getting them there. Key words are everywhere for everyone to see on the web, therefore using the keywords that your competitors are successfully making use of are no secret, and “borrowing” them is not dishonest or sneaky but a really clever way of strategically making use of something your competitors have paid an untold fortune for, helping them to rank way up on the Google ladder and keeping them ahead of the game, and even ranking number one!

Excel and Google Docs: Tools for the Ultimate SEO Dashboard. I love SEO tools. I’m sort of a pack-rat when it comes to Google Docs tools and Excel add-ins. I went absolutely nuts when Tom Critchlow posted his Google Docs SEO tutorial on distilled. Since then, I’ve rolled a few tools of my own and collected pretty much anything to do with SEO and spreadsheets since then. I’m a firm believer in bootstrapping. As an SEO consultant, the less I have to spend on tools, the more I can reinvest in my company and grow the business.

Before we get started, be sure you have an SEOmoz/Linkscape API key. First off, I want to show you a tool I concocted after reading Tom’s tutorial. Long Tail Keyword Prospecting Long Tail Keyword Prospecting - Make a Copy Long Tail Keyword Prospecting - Instructions (right here!) The basic idea behind this tool is to quickly explode your keyword list with long-tail goodness. How to Stop Over Optimizing and Start Creating for SEO - Whiteboard Friday. Is your website hurting because of over optimization? Content Curation Guide for SEO - What, How, Why. The author's posts are entirely his or her own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz.