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By Mark Traphagen

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How to Use Domain Authority for SEO - Whiteboard Friday
moz.com - Cyrus Shepard
Domain Authority is an incredibly well-known metric throughout the SEO industry, but what exactly is the right way to use it? In this week's edition …
Chrome will Soon Let You Share Link to Specific Word or Sentence on a Page
chromestory.com - Dinsan Francis
This post is from Chrome Story - Chrome OS Made Simple!Update: This is now available Chrome’s Canary version. Read How to Link to Any Word on Any …
Query Syntax
blindfiveyearold.com - AJ Kohn
SEO Understanding query syntax may be the most important part of a successful search strategy. What words do people use when searching? What type of …
140 of Today’s Top SEO Experts to Follow by @MrDannyGoodwin
searchenginejournal.com - Danny Goodwin
Want to learn more about search engine optimization? Then you should learn from these top 140 SEO experts.The post 140 Top SEO Experts You Should Be …
Do Links Still Matter for SEO in 2017?
stonetemple.com - Eric Enge
In today’s post, I’ll share the results from the fourth of our “Links as a Ranking Factor” studies. We conducted the first of these studies in May …
Reranking Content Based on Content from an Original Author
gofishdigital.com
A Poll I Ran on Twitter About Rankings of Content I ran a poll on Twitter, asking if an original author posted a blog post to their own site, and then …
Over the years, a myth has developed that Google Search personalizes so much that for the same query, different people might
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Data Modeling
Rich Results expands for Question & Answer pages
googleblog.com - Google Webmaster Central
People come to Google seeking information about all kinds of questions. Frequently, the information they're looking for is on sites where users ask …
Google
Google Showing Fewer Videos In Their Search Results
seroundtable.com - Barry Schwartz
According to STAT Search Analytics and RankRanger, Google is showing significantly fewer video boxes or carousels in the search results then it did …
Google: Quality Raters Guidelines Are Not One-To-One With The Ranking Algorithm
seroundtable.com - Barry Schwartz
I feel like Google has to spend more time telling SEOs to stop obsessing about specific details then helping with technical SEO issues and I called …
Google
Solving complex SEO problems require a new 'discovery' approach
searchengineland.com - Eric Enge
The SMX presentation with Hannah Thorpe and Arsen Rabinovitch reviewed Google's latest updates along with diagnostics and tools to get your site back …
Does Author Authority Matter for Your SEO?
stonetemple.com - Mark Traphagen
The concept of author authority (or “author rank”) in Google Search has a long and somewhat muddy history.To many of us, it makes sense that Google …
Semantic Search: What It Is & Why It Matters for SEO Today by @ab80
searchenginejournal.com - Aleh Barysevich
Learn what semantic search is, why it’s important for SEO, and how to optimize your content for semantic search.The post Semantic Search: What It Is …
How to Submit Your Website to Search Engines (Hint: You Don’t Always Need To)
ahrefs.com - Joshua Hardwick
But here’s the thing: it takes time for search engines to discover (and index) new websites. That means if you search for your two-day-old website in …
Search Engines
Google Correlate: The Best SEO Research Tool You Aren’t Using by @MyNameIsTylor
searchenginejournal.com - Tylor Hermanson
Find out everything you need to know about Google Correlate, a hidden keyword research gem.The post Google Correlate: The Best SEO Research Tool You …
Add structured data to your web pages
google.com
Each structured data type supports a list of required and recommended properties that give Google more information about the thing being described. …
How well do you understand Google? - The Content Myth - SISTRIX
sistrix.com - Juan Gonzalez
We can’t get a degree in SEO. Anyone can call themselves an SEO and anyone can tell the stories they want which can lead to problems with …
The SEO versus Social Battle Has a New Winner
convinceandconvert.com - Jay Baer
Social media’s reign as a top source of referred, inbound traffic to websites may be over, according to new research from Shareaholic.The most recent …
Google Data Studio: How to create an actionable Search Console Report
aleydasolis.com
The Performance report of the new Google Search Console offers a much friendlier way to visualize and browse through the top organic search …
Google Search Mobile Device Simulator
valentin.app
how to use Select your devices • Select the region & language you would like to use (e.g. Canada - English) • Search for the location you want to be with …
Search Engines
Google launches new expandable featured snippets with more information
searchengineland.com - Barry Schwartz
en_US article The new featured snippets provide aggregated access to additional sources about a search …
Why Author Reputation Matters More Than Ever for Search by @marktraphagen
searchenginejournal.com - Mark Traphagen
Here's why publishers should value of using authoritative, high-reputation authors for their site.The post Why Author Reputation Matters More Than …
Machine Learning & AI: A Conversation with Chris Penn
stonetemple.com - Eric Enge
When I saw Chris Penn speak at our 2018 Next10x event, I knew I wanted to get together with him for a video session to discuss machine learning and …
Your Complete Technical Guide to Google AMP
stonetemple.com
October 9, 2017 By Eric Enge Last updated August 1, 2018 — This page was updated to include demos and source code examples for AMP-Bind, AMP-List and …
Navigating Today’s Voice Search / Voice Interaction Landscape
stonetemple.com - Eric Enge
The voice revolution is coming. But how soon, and how much is happening now? What are the opportunities for businesses? This guide to voice answers …
New Google Core Search Algo Update: What We Know
thesempost.com
Google has confirmed a major algo update in their search results that was released this week. Danny Sullivan from Google confirmed this via twitter …
How Google Uses Machine Learning in Search
stonetemple.com - Eric Enge
Eric has created a new machine learning app to help Mark improve his driving. Can anything perform such a miracle?In this episode of our popular …
New Research Shows Which Digital Assistants Actually Know Stuff
convinceandconvert.com - Jay Baer
According to a report from Edison Research, more than 51 million Americans now own a “smart speaker” like the Amazon Echo or Google Home. The …
Google Has Removed The Quality Raters Guidelines PDF
seroundtable.com - Barry Schwartz
Sometime this morning, Google has abruptly removed the Search Quality Raters Guidelines PDF for the internet. It is supposed to be at this location …