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Search Intent: How to Analyze and Optimize Your Site

ConversionXL

For sustainable, valuable search traffic, you’d better provide it. Satisfying search intent is Google’s fundamental goal. A page that’s well-matched for user intent can outperform those that optimize primarily for search engines—in search and after the click. How Google (and others) define search intent.

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Search: Not Provided: What Remains, Keyword Data Options, the Future

Occam's Razor

In late 2011, Google announced an effort to make search behavior more secure. This encrypted their search queries from any prying eyes, and kept from being passed on to websites the users visits after seeing search results. This led to the problem we, Marketers, SEOs, Analysts, fondly refer to as not provided.

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Crowdsourcing Your Product Name

Software By Rob

Product naming is hard. Too many factors come into play when looking for a name and it’s almost impossible to decide on the right name once you’ve stared at the same list for a week straight. The Approach A while back Patrick contacted a handful of Academy members and asked for opinions on potential product names.

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The unimportance of product names

37signals.com

Follow us on Twitter for more information on our products. The unimportance of product names. Don’t waste too much time on picking a perfect name for your product. And what about picking a name that’s available as a domain? Search is the way most people wind up finding us anyhow.

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Trademark Registration Process — Do it Yourself or Hire an Attorney?

Up and Running

Ideally, the trademark registration process should begin as soon as you’ve narrowed down a selection of possible marks, including business or product names, logos , and slogans. Everything from completing a comprehensive trademark search to selecting the correct international classes and responding to Office Actions.

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How Businesses Can Build, Monitor, and Repair Their Online Reputation

Up and Running

What will he or she do if he stumbles upon a discouraging article that appears at the top of the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs)? Of course, negative content that ranks prominently in search engines plays a major role. It’s no secret that social media is one of the most powerful digital marketing channels. Social media.

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How Hashtags Can Supercharge Small Business Marketing

YoungUpstarts

Here’s what you need to know to use hashtag marketing better as part of your overall small business marketing strategy. What is hashtag marketing? Hashtag marketing is the practice of using hashtags strategically to help your content reach your intended audience. Looking for ways to ease into hashtag marketing?