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Using a New Correlation Model to Predict Future Rankings with Page Authority

Moz

Correlation studies have been a staple of the search engine optimization community for many years. Each time a new study is released, a chorus of naysayers seem to come magically out of the woodwork to remind us of the one thing they remember from high school statistics — that "correlation doesn't mean causation." Posted by rjonesx.

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What Can Social Media Do for SEO?

Oktopost

Making sure your social media pages appear in the SERP for branded search queries doesn’t take much work and serves an important function. Experts claim that visitors who stay on your website can still improve its SEO , even if they don’t come from the SERP. ↑ There’s evidence that these things slightly correlate with ranking.

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Top 200 Google Ranking Factors: 2022 Complete List

seo.co

And, while link building has always been the bell of the ball when it comes to ranking, it is NOT the most correlated factor for ranking in Google. No, the most correlated ranking factor is that you have diversity among all the other top correlated factors. Correlation vs causation. Spearman correlations.

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3 Marketing Activities to Increase Your Google SERP CTR

Directive Agency

SERPs are personalized to each individual. The trick is to focus on increasing your SERP click-through rate instead of swapping rank positions. AJ Kohn first reported his informal findings on how SERP click-through rate can influence ranking signals. However, it does show that there is a direct correlation.

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The Theory Behind Ranking Factors — Whiteboard Friday

Moz

Since day one of SEO, marketers have tried to determine what factors Google takes into account when ranking results on the SERPs. A perfect example of this would be promoting an article on Facebook, which later gets picked up by some online publication and then links back to your site. Correlation. Posted by rjonesx.

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When You Should and Shouldn’t Use AI for Content

ClearVoice

AI systems examine large amounts of data for patterns or correlations. If Google catches your AI-generated content, they’ll penalize your content, which lowers your SERP rankings. Let’s say you want to generate widget content for Facebook or Twitter. Then these systems make tasks based on those analytics.

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Lead Generation in Digital Marketing

Valasys

This could be from a contact form on the web, a reaction to a Facebook ad, or an email join request through a business bulletin. Before even entering the business sale cycle, clients can look into the audits of your business, item history and can establish a correlation between you and your rivals. Using the Right Tools is important.