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What do real customers search for?It seems like a straightforward question, right?But once you start digging into research and data, things become muddled.A word or phrase might be searched for often, yet that fact alone doesn’t mean those…

Google published a short video that answers if a website theme affects SEO. John Mueller, the video host, answered that yes, a website theme will affect SEO and noted how this can happen.Mueller said:“It’s easy to consider website themes as…

Thanks to Google’s Core Web Vitals update, page load speed has become an important factor with SEO. One of the ways you can improve your web pages’ page load speed is through the rapid loading of images and other content.A content delivery…

Ever find yourself lost on a website? Or have no idea how to get back to a page you were on that had some helpful insights?This is the beauty of breadcrumb navigation or “breadcrumbs” for short. What is Breadcrumb Navigation?Typically,…

Google says its algorithm takes more than 200 signals into consideration when ranking webpages.But Google doesn’t list all of those 200+ ranking factors. Not anywhere.And most of those who claim to know all 200 Google ranking factors are…

The buzz around big data is nothing new. Most marketers and business owners know how to gather, process, and utilize internal company data to improve business outcomes. But when it comes to competitors, data sources can be harder to come…

Shopify powers over 1.7 million businesses worldwide, generating more than $200 billion in sales for those using the platform. This all-in-one ecommerce platform makes it easy to start, grow and run your online business.Building a store…

Google's John Mueller said that if your page passes the live mobile usability test - that means you can ignore the Search Console notices of "new mobile usability issues detected for site." So as long as you pass the live mobile…

Google is testing a larger sitelinks layout block design again. Google tested tons and tons of sitelinks formats over the years including this one. It began testing this look again a few months ago but the tests seem to be…

Struggling to keep up with your growing SEO strategies?Is the rapid change in customer needs, churn rates, and product portfolios challenging your marketing team?Join our next Search Engine Journal webinar on Wednesday, September 15 at 2…