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Good search engine optimization starts with proper site architecture. That means organizing your menu and content around key topic areas. Here is a comprehensive article on how to create topic clusters on your site. samuelschmitt.com Go to Link
Google is planning a major update in May 2021. Here is a guide from Neil Patel on how to get ahead of those changes. Neil explains Core Web Vitals like website’s page loading speed, responsiveness, and visual stability and how they could impact your rankings. Go to Link
Interesting Twitter thread on running SEO experiments to improve rankings by Lenny Rachitsky, formerly of Airbnb. Go to Link
“Google Lighthouse is a free tool that provides powerful insights to help improve your website. By generating a Lighthouse report, you can assess any web page’s page experience and access valuable tips to improve its performance.” Great guide from Neil Patel on help your website rank higher in search. neilpatel.com Go to Link
Pat Flynn of SmartPassiveIncome.com has a good video on how to research competitors to grow your audience. The video is long so watch at double speed. He shows how to use Google Alerts to monitor mentions of a keyword. UberSuggest to see popular pages on any site, what their backlinks are, and what keywords the site is ranking for. SimilarWeb to find competing …
Getting your content in Google’s featured snippets, the short content at the very top of search results, can increase your clicks 5 or 10 times. In this short video, Brian Dean of Backlinko has the best instructions on how to get in the featured snippets that I’ve seen so far. By the way, Backlinko is a great …
If you want to be found online, you need to do effective keyword research before you create your content. While services like Ahrefs are incredibly powerful they are also expensive. This article has 5 free keyword research tools you can get started with. I’ve installed the free version RankTracker suite and find it very powerful for all types of …
SEMrush has a great article on the 21 basic SEO factors you need to master to rank in search engines. Quality content is not enough. If your content is not crafted to rank in internet searches, you are not going to build an audience. It is that simple. This article is a great refresher, even …
Here is a good guide from Ahrefs on how to outsource projects to less expensive virtual assistants. It is focused on SEO, but can be applied to all your outsourcing. It provides example SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and shows how to incorporate Trello into your workflow. It’s important to systematize your work processes if you …
By now we all know that having quality backlinks is critical to ranking well in search engines. Ahrefs shows a process for writing posts that are likely to attract backlinks in this 3-part series. The first short video shows exactly how SEO tools like Ahrefs can be used to help you create content that is more likely …
If you are interested in learning a lot more about search engine optimization, Brian Dean has just updated his SEO library. It covers everything including keyword research, backlinks, technical SEO, SEO tools, and more. This is a good place to refer to for all your SEO questions. Go to Link
Inspiring Mixergy interview with entrepreneur extraordinaire Travis Jamison. Travis goes into the details of selling his supplements business for more than $100k, selling an Amazon SEO business for $10.6m, his successful SEO agency, the problems of Amazon FBA, the value of the TropicalMBA community, investing in startups, and more. He offers a great business idea as well; a productized service …