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In May of 2021, Google will be launching a new update in which Core Web Vitals become a ranking signal in the Google search algorithm. What are Core Web Vitals and how to you find them on your webpages? Watch the video below:

Being able to write eye-catching headlines in Google Ads can greatly boost the performance of your Ads campaigns through improved click through rates, better Quality Scores, and more conversions. Google has continually expanded the real estate advertisers have to play with, going from the original single headline of 25 characters layout to now allowing up […]

Ecommerce store owners are always looking for ways to increase the sales for their online store. Whether you are running your store on Shopify, WooCommerce, or some other platform, reducing the rate of shopping cart abandonment is one of the easiest ways to improve your conversion rate and boost sales without having to find ways […]

It’s official. The legal paperwork is filed. The website and associated properties are changed over. The bank accounts are changed (almost). Other than the DBA I now own for collecting old payments as they come in, it’s both with a bit of sadness and excitement that I can say The SEO Pub is officially closed […]

You may have noticed something new pop up in your mobile searches in the past week. Google launched a new update to the appearance of their mobile search engine result pages that includes showing favicons along with the URL or URL breadcrumbs above each search listing. Here is how it looks: After scrolling past the […]

Most businesses that are serving a local area are focused on showing up in the Google local 3-pack search results for relevant search terms. Four to five years ago, focusing on just this was a pretty viable strategy. However, as they always do, things have changed. For starters, there used to 7 results listed in […]

There has been a lot of buzz about Yelp lately, most of it not very good. Such as their recent “Ghost” update where legitimate reviews seem to be disappearing rapidly for many businesses. I frequently receive calls from Yelp salespeople trying to get me to advertise on their platform. I have had a few customers […]

When you are trying to rank a webpage, you want to give search engines every little possible clue you can about what the page is about. One opportunity to do that, which many people fail to take advantage of, is utilizing proper URL structure as well as a sensible folder structure for HTML based sites. […]

And why you can no longer ignore it. You have to change to HTTPS and soon. Google has been steadily ramping up the pressure on website owners and administrators who are not utilizing HTTPS to make the change. They announced that HTTPS was being included as one of their 200+ ranking signals. Although no evidence […]

Just like anything else in SEO it seems, there are a lot of myths around citations for local SEO. If you are trying to rank a website locally, make sure you are not falling into any of these traps. The first myth especially can be a real headache for you if you buy into it. […]