SEO

SMX speaker, Frédéric Dubut of Bing, explains why 2020 is the year SEOs need to evaluate their intent research practices to keep up with the latest developments in deep learning and natural language processing. Below is the video transcript: Hi everyone. This is Frédéric Dubut from Bing, here to talk …

Contributor and SMX speaker, Christi Olson, explains how the consumer decision journey is going to drive paid search while organic search’s data push directly to search engines is going to make a bigger impact this year. Below is the video transcript: Hi, I’m Christi Olson, the head of evangelism for …

To kick off a new year, Microsoft Advertising has launched an incentive sweepstakes for advertisers. How to enter. To enter the Microsoft Advertising Sweepstakes, you’ll need to complete the Microsoft Advertising Certified Professional (MACP) certification, add a new Microsoft Advertising account, or enroll in the Micorosft Advertising Partner Program. After …

Contributor and SMX speaker, Fili Wiese, explains why it’s important to audit your website in 2020 to help search engine algorithms better understand your content. Below is the video transcript: Hello, my name is Fili. I used to work for Google and now I am at searchbrothers.com. One of the …

In a recent post on the SparkToro blog, Moz founder and search guru Rand Fishkin predicted that 2020 will be the year Google is transformed “from everyone’s search engine to everyone’s competitor.” Fishkin cites Google’s monopoly on web search and the trend toward zero-click searches, then outlines a dizzying range …

Contributor and SMX speaker, Adam Dorfman, thinks the customer feedback ecosystem is going to play an even more important role in the coming year for businesses looking to improve operations and the customer experience. Below is the video transcript: Hi everybody, my name’s Adam Dorfman. I’m a director of product …

Walmart made another move in building out its e-commerce advertising offering Friday with the launch of Walmart Advertising Partners. The company named four initial ads API partners: Flywheel Digital, Kenshoo, Pacvue and Teikametrics. Why we care This signals a significant next step for Walmart Media Groups’ efforts to attract large …

Microsoft has introduced Bing Rebates, the successor to its now-defunct Cashback shopping program. The new program, which was originally reported by WinBuzzer, makes rebates available to select Microsoft Rewards members when they make purchases through participating retailers on Bing. Why we care In the wake of numerous developments in the …

For businesses that operate in the physical world, Google My Business (GMB) has become the center of the digital universe. Google is relying increasingly on content in GMB for ranking and less on third party citations and off-page signals than in the past. A lot happened with GMB this year, …

This is part of our series on in-house SEO in which we dig into the operational challenges and opportunities that managing search engine optimization in-house presents. A shock to most non-SEO teams at large corporations is that they are the ones impacting SEO every day. They are even more surprised …