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There Are Only Three Digital Growth Strategies and search engine optimization is about the first -- attracting new visitors. Search Engine Optimization For Editors Search Engines Love Great Writing Why Search Engine Optimization is Important How Search Engines Work What Actually … [Read more...] about SEO For Editors

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There Are Only Three Digital Growth Strategies

It may seem self-evident, but, by definition, there are only three paths to digital growth: More new visitors More visits per visitor More page views/engagement per visit That’s it. If you don't have focused strategies around each path, you can't sustain growth.   Examples … [Read more...] about There Are Only Three Digital Growth Strategies

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Why Search Engine Optimization is Important

I've worked with most of the major SEO firms and have attended many, many presentations, seminars, conferences and staff meetings about search engine optimization. I've heard from almost everyone that SEO is the 'secret sauce' of audience development. It is actionable, quantifiable, and other *able … [Read more...] about Why Search Engine Optimization is Important

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Search Engines Love Great Writing

Above all, the search engines love high-quality writing. The folks at Google explicitly state that their goal is to connect users with "useful, information-rich site(s)" containing pages that "clearly and accurately describe your content." And, in fact, most of the advancements in search over the … [Read more...] about Search Engines Love Great Writing

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How Search Engines Actually Work

Like high school, search is primarily a popularity contest. Google's inventors, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, built Google around a single insight -- that the search engine didn't have to determine what a website was about or if it was any good. People would do that for them. People would describe … [Read more...] about How Search Engines Actually Work

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What Actually Affects Search Results

What affects search results? It's an interesting question, because no one knows for sure. A site called Moz does a survey every year among the major SEO consultants in an attempt to create a snapshot of what matters right now in search. (It speaks to the squishiness of the field that the most … [Read more...] about What Actually Affects Search Results

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The Only Four Things You Need For Great SEO

Conversations about search engine optimization can be confusing, but all the expert knowledge boils down to four fundamental necessities: You need great content -- useful, clear writing on subjects that actually interest readers. You need to identify the words, phrases and questions that … [Read more...] about The Only Four Things You Need For Great SEO

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Building A Search-Friendly Site

The search engine's job is to match visitors with sites worth visiting. They prefer the same things that people like: compelling content from credible sources. From a SEO perspective (which, of course, is a limited view), all a site developer has to do is get out of the way of the content. Here … [Read more...] about Building A Search-Friendly Site

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