SEO is a particularly dynamic field, and those of us working in these trenches like to share our thoughts about this ever-changing environment. I’ve taken the opportunity to interview a dozen well-regarded experts in the industry, and ask the two biggest SEO questions on marketers’ minds for 2014. What big changes to the SEO industry do you predict will take place this year? How are your own SEO priorities changing? My SEO priorities never change. Non-SEO Focus. MORE

What’s more, it seems like more SEO and SEM consultants are recommending that their clients completely remove all their meta tags from all the pages of the their sites. These tools will also check your site for things that are presumably very important to Google organic Search (yes, Bing , too, but what’s good for Google is good for Bing). In the past, the combined authority of each page of each site would be its Google PageRank. MORE

Where can you find the best SEO tools and resources (I mean, other than here)? What are some of the best tools and techniques for competitive SEO research? What information should you include in a killer SEO proposal—and what language should you avoid? Find all of this and more here in another group of the best articles and blog posts from the last year on the practice of SEO. Tags: SEO Practice MORE

Which factors are really most important in search engine rankings? How do search engines treat different forms of keywords? Find the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best SEO blog posts from this year. sites including "kayaks" or "kayaking" will show up on a search for "kayak"). On that last point though, keep in mind that for popular search phrases, even a single character can make a big difference. MORE

Website redesigns often require reconstructing at least part of a site from scratch, which can send search engine marketers back to square one. Given this, if you’re a search engine marketer in charge of a site that’s going to be redesigned, you need a plan for surviving the website redesign. Even if your sole responsibility is SEM, you’ll quickly be overwhelmed with all that there is to do and coordinate. Search engine optimization specialist. MORE

Your search engine optimization (SEO) company, maybe despite claiming that their tactics are above board ( white hat tactics), tricked the system with black hat tactics that go against search engine guidelines. Maybe you didn’t know that you should ask the question, “What kind of tactics are you using to optimize my web site for search engines?” ” We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know About SEO. Tweet. MORE

Prioritizing investment in SEO vs PPC is far from a new challenge for marketers today. If you want to start improving your SEM strategy overall, here’s everything you need to know about prioritizing SEO vs PPC in 2018. Advantages of SEO. PPC has its strengths and so does SEO, but very few businesses are prepared to invest 100% in both from day one. Here are a few reasons why your business might want to prioritize SEO first: Reach. MORE

To start off, here is a list of the best tools for analyzing and optimizing SEO efforts. Free SEO Tools Search Engine Spider Simulator from the Webconfs SEO Toolset Spiders and people don't see things the same way. For example, Flash content, Javascript and images are invisible to search engines. See your site through the eyes of a (search engine) spider with this free tool. MORE

SEO is a blend of art and science. The “science” side can be made more effective and more efficient by using tools like the ones highlighted here—enabling SEO practitioners to focus more on the art part. Evaluate the impact of social media activities on search results? Create XML sitemaps for multiple search engines? You’ll find tools to aid with all of those tasks and more in this collection of useful and cool SEO tools. MORE

Which factors are really most important in search engine rankings? How do search engines treat different forms of keywords? Find the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best SEO blog posts from this year. Guide to Search Engine Ranking Factors by HuoMah SEO Blog. Q&A: A Few Things You Need to Know About Keyword Usage by Search Engine Guide. For more on this topic, see Just Say No to Bad SEO on SEOmoz. MORE

Over time, the top source of traffic for most blogs is search. The two keys to search success are great content and links. The list excludes sites that were, ahem, inappropriate for most blogs, had non-operational submission forms, appeared inactive, required a fee, or had a Google Pagerank of zero. Blog-search. Assuming you’ve already got great content, there are many places to get links (e.g. MORE

Home Members Only News Features Columns SEM SEO PPC Social Media How To Google & Search First Time Here? MEMBER LOGIN > | BECOME A MEMBER > Column: Strictly Business Why B2B Blogs Aren’t Achieving SEO Success May 26, 2010 at 9:22am ET by Galen DeYoung Earlier this month, I led the Hot Seat Lab on Better Blogging for Business at MarketingProfs’ B2B Forum in Boston. Specify a keyword-rich title tag to help with search. blog search tool results). MORE

How can you effectively explain SEO (and avoid unrealistic expectations) to prospective clients? For new websites, how can you incorporate SEO best practices into the design from the beginning? What tactics are most effective at driving increased search traffic? What emerging topics and techniques should SEO specialists investigate? How can PR and SEO work together more productively? Tags: SEO Practice MORE

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A bedtime story about search engines. A Bedtime Story (or The Future of Search) by Alt Search Engines The delightful story of a grandfather and his amazingly-tuned-in-to-search grandson talking about the "future" of search engines, when they will be able to show a virtually unlimited number of results on a single page ( NoFoodHere ), display search results as two-dimensional maps ( KartOO ), search within a tag cloud ( Quintura ), and do other cool things. MORE

Prioritizing investment in SEO vs PPC is far from a new challenge for marketers today. If you want to start improving your SEM strategy overall, here’s everything you need to know about prioritizing SEO vs PPC in 2018. Advantages of SEO. PPC has its strengths and so does SEO, but very few businesses are prepared to invest 100% in both from day one. Here are a few reasons why your business might want to prioritize SEO first: Reach. MORE