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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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3 Tips To Help Small Businesses Get More Customers In A Post-Google Search World

YoungUpstarts

Because of the explosion of social media and mobile as the primary, go-to consumer device for local information, Google is increasingly losing search share to local directories, social media sites and maps apps. is one of the most critical local search ranking factors in Google and Maps. Want to know where you stand now?

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What is Structured Data & Schema for Websites & SEO?

Duct Tape Marketing

What is Structured Data & Schema for Websites & SEO? For business owners and even for many marketing consultants, search engine optimization can seem like a headache – especially when it comes to any level of technical SEO. Schema is a topic that many in SEO service providers find to be complicated and difficult.

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The Local SEO Playbook – Your Guide to Local Rankings

Duct Tape Marketing

The Local SEO Playbook – Your Guide to Local Rankings written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Look, if you’re a local business, meaning most or all of your business comes from customers living in your community, you must get very serious about local SEO. Optimize Google My Business. More on this in a bit.).

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Why Local SEO is an Important Lead Generation Channel

Duct Tape Marketing

Why Local SEO is an Important Lead Generation Channel written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. SEO tools and strategies are constantly changing. All the while, it’s never been more important that you get found online when people go out there searching – particularly if you’re a local business.

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CXL Live 2022 Recap: Main Takeaways From 6 World-Class Marketers

ConversionXL

Its effectiveness is measured by engagement and leading indicators, which are the usual metrics in this case (traffic, clicks, impressions, time on page, or branded search volume growth). And the content you create will differ depending on the channel: long-tail, pain-point content for SEO, or conversion-engineered landing pages for PPC.

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