Research is critical to securing the links your site needs. Research is necessary to work intelligently and strategically. A few months back, I published a post here on Search Engine Land that outlined the philosophies behind a sound link strategy. Today, I want to build on that post and show the execution …
Read More »A proven method for building a strong PPC account team
As director of services at an agency, one of my main responsibilities is creating account teams for new clients and making sure existing teams are properly resourced. At Hanapin Marketing, we staff account teams according to the philosophy of available capacity, and we believe that achieving the best possible fit is …
Read More »Selling the value of link building to management
There is a never-ending issue all SEOs must face: fighting for budget. I’ve found this to be especially true when it comes to link building. SEO, although technical in nature, can be explained in real-world measures to upper management. There’s data, traffic levels, technical configurations and on-site elements directly in …
Read More »Building your marketing technology team? Bring them to MarTech.
Collaborating is powerful. Harmonized teams produce superior outcomes for their organizations. That’s why you should bring your entire team to MarTech, May 9-11 in San Francisco, CA. You’ll get strategies, insights and be introduced to marketing technology solutions that accelerate your organization’s digital transformation and customers’ experiences. Attend for: Case …
Read More »NASA proposes building artificial magnetic field to restore Mars’ atmosphere
The Mars of today is a cold, dry husk with no life as far as we can tell. Even if there is still some hearty microorganism living on the Red Planet, it’s not suitable for human habitation without a great deal of protective equipment. A NASA talk given at the …
Read More »Organic traffic & link building for small businesses
When it comes down to it, the hardest part of SEO for most small businesses is building links and authority. Keyword research, on-page optimization, local SEO — it’s all doable, and to some degree mechanical. But raising your authority? Not so much. While the importance of links is clear, Google’s messaging …
Read More »Missed link-building opportunities: Reclaiming broken links
It’s inevitable. Despite your best efforts to prevent them, there will likely be some 404 errors showing up on your website for old pages that have been discontinued on your site. Or perhaps someone just inadvertently mistyped the URL they were linking to on your website. Certainly, 404 errors aren’t …
Read More »SearchCap: Google featured snippets and ask box, link building & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google featured snippets now often followed by the ‘people also ask’ boxFeb 14, 2017 by Barry Schwartz The “People also ask” gets more frequent and prominent …
Read More »Building a Lego Block Birthday Cake
For someone like me who loves the decorating aspect of baking cakes, I surprised myself at how much of a challenge it was to come up with a fun cake idea for my son’s 9th birthday. The older he gets, the less fun the party themes become. But I couldn’t …
Read More »PUREmodules Internet of Things Building Blocks Make Prototyping Easy (video)
Anyone who enjoys creating Internet of Things projects may be interested in a new range of building blocks which have been specifically created for IoT development and prototyping, designed by Pure Engineering. The new building blocks have been built to simplify the development of low power wireless IoT hardware and …
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