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What Is Domain Authority and Why Is It Important?

Marketing Insider Group

If you’re familiar with SEO, you know that domain authority is key to ranking well on SERPs. In fact, research shows that over 70% of SEO experts check their website’s domain rating at least once a month. But what is domain authority? What Is Domain Authority? How Is Domain Authority Calculated?

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SERP Universal Listing Trends

Brightedge

The SERP landscape is also constantly changing and has evolved dramatically over time. Marketers must be quick to adjust strategies to accommodate both algorithm updates and changes to the SERPs. Because of this, BrightEdge started tracking some of the ways Google is evolving the SERPs. Universal Search methodology.

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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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Getting Smarter with SERPs - Whiteboard Friday

Moz

Modern SERPs require modern understanding. National SERPs are a myth — these days, everything is local. And when we're basing important decisions on SERPs and ranking, using the highest quality data is key. Russ Jones explores the problem with SERPs, data quality, and existing solutions in this edition of Whiteboard Friday.

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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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What a Two-Tiered SERP Means for Content Strategy - Whiteboard Friday

Moz

If you haven't heard the news, the Domain Authority metric discussed in this episode will be updated on March 5th, 2019 to better correlate with Google algorithm changes. Correlations and a hypothesis. This is the two-tiered SERP or what we mean by the two-tiered SERP. Video Transcription.

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How To Choose the Right Keywords for SEO in 5 Steps

Optinmonster

Here’s how I do it: Launch Semrush’s Keyword Gap tool, enter your domain, and watch as your competitors line up for a showdown. The tool will suggest some rival domains. If your site is just starting, skip adding your domain. So, a quick look at the SERPs can reveal a lot. How to conduct a SERP analysis?