SEO professionals know the value of investing in the right tools. While free SEO tools have their place, some paid options offer more features and deeper insights. This article examines 16 paid-for SEO tools that we think you may find are worth the investment, depending on your needs. We’ll highlight key features, discuss use cases, […]
Born between 1997 and 2012, Generation Z (Gen Z) is the first generation to have grown up with the internet, social media, and smartphones as part of their everyday lives. More than just very demure and very mindful, they’re a complex demographic myriad businesses and industries are vying to target – with their own unique […]
Website traffic comes from various channels, including search, direct, paid, referral, and social. Search traffic is arguably the most crucial form of traffic since it connects the right audience—with the right search intent at the right funnel stage—to your site via SERPs and helps you answer the questions your customers are asking. It’s also the […]
Understanding how to use the robots.txt file is crucial for any website’s SEO strategy. Mistakes in this file can impact how your website is crawled and your pages’ search appearance. Getting it right, on the other hand, can improve crawling efficiency and mitigate crawling issues. Google recently reminded website owners about the importance of using […]
Google has announced that Prabhakar Raghavan, the executive overseeing the company’s search engine and advertising products, will be stepping down from his current role. The news came on Thursday in a memo from CEO Sundar Pichai to staff. Nick Fox To Lead Search & Ads Taking over Raghavan’s responsibilities will be Nick Fox, a longtime […]
In a recent discussion on Reddit’s r/SEO forum, Google’s Search Advocate, John Mueller, cautioned against relying too heavily on third-party SEO metrics. His comments came in response to a person’s concerns about dramatic changes in tool measurements and their perceived impact on search performance. The conversation was sparked by a website owner who reported the […]
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Dear Readers, SEO Pros, and Digital Marketers, Hello, I’m Jenise. I’ve been at the SEJ helm for 15 years, with Loren Baker and Brent Csutoras at my side as majority owners and operating partners. Yesterday, I woke up to a monumental piece of news: SEO news publisher Search Engine Land was purchased by marketing tool […]
This week’s Ask an SEO column comes from an anonymous asker: “What should a backlink profile look like, and how do you build good backlinks?” Great question! Backlinks are a part of SEO as a way to build trust and authority for your domain, but they’re not as important as link builders claim. You can […]
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