Started in 2008, the Local Search Ranking Factor survey, seeks to break down the factors impacting ranking for local searches (aka searches with local intent). The study takes the feedback from the most prominent SEO experts in the space to unpack Google’s search...
A fast loading website does more than just offer a great user experience. In fact, page speed is a major factor that can impact your search engine optimization (SEO). Google’s mission is to highlight the most relevant and user-friendly websites when someone conducts a...
Search engine optimization (SEO) is a complex undertaking. It starts with understand what factors influence search results. While Google and other search engines don’t outline how their search engines behave and what factors drive the results, marketers and SEO...
When it comes to search engine optimization (SEO), it is critical to try and think like Google. While Google’s search algorithm is the company’s secret sauce, they do offer some general insight into how search engine algorithms work. According to Google: With the...
A new study analyzing data from 45,000 Google My Business (GMB) profiles has found that the majority of people researching a purchase will search on Google using a category, service or product keyword searches vs. a specific business name. The split, according to the...
While you may not have noticed, Google has been evolving the search engine results page (SERP) for years. What use to show up as a selection of the most relevant "organic" blue links has now become a page diverse with images, maps, ads and answers to your questions....
Last month we presented a MarketingBitz webinar exploring the state of the search engine results page (SERP) on Google, how its changed, and offered 9 search engine optimization (SEO) tips to utilize in 2019 to improve your business's organic rank and your rank in the...
There are many factors that influence how high a business ranks on a search engine result page (SERP) for a particular keyword. Each year Moz seeks to put an actual figure to the influence of over 100 of these factors. Surveying over 30 prominent search engine...