The importance of transparency and understanding risk in link building

Are you looking to hire a link-building company? Contributor Julie Joyce recommends reviewing search engine guidelines before talking to service providers so you know which questions to ask and when to walk away.

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Understanding campaign performance: Answers to common conversion tracking questions

Contributor Frederick Vallaeys suggests answering clients’ questions about AdWords quickly and authoritatively will make you shine like a PPC rockstar. The post Understanding campaign performance: Answers to common conversion tracking questions appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Micro-moments and beyond: Understanding and optimizing for consumer intent

Want to reach search engine users in their moments of need? Columnist Thomas Stern explains his process for mapping keywords and content to the customer’s path to purchase. The post Micro-moments and beyond: Understanding and optimizing for consumer intent appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Understanding Question/Query Answering In Search & How It Relates To Your Website

As Google delves further into semantic search, our focus must shift from targeting keywords to answering questions. Columnist Barbara Starr shows how you can use structured data to help search engines understand your content. The post Understanding Question/Query Answering In Search & How It…

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10 Tips To Understanding & Segmenting Your Organic Traffic

All too often when I take on new SEO clients, I find that most of them do not have Google Analytics set up correctly. Incorrect Google Analytics implementations (often) lead to incorrect data, which in turn can lead to incorrect assumptions about organic traffic, SEO strategy, and how organic…

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