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The Search Engine Watch Top 5!

Gripping reads from 2022 that informed, amazed, and helped SEOs and search marketers tackle Google’s googlies and global dynamics

By Kamaljeet Kalsi · 27 Dec 2022

Digital Marketing

Wrapping up 2021 with our top 10!

Our best reads on SEO, search, Google updates, the controversial cookie, ranking factors, digital marketing, and more

By Kamaljeet Kalsi · 30 Dec 2021

Industry

Everything you need to know about the Google MUM update

As new search experience dimensions open up for users this also cranks up competition between businesses and advertisers for search visibility -…

By Joe Dawson · 02 Sep 2021

Digital Marketing

SEO in 2021: What your organization’s executives and senior leaders must know

Merkle Inc.'s VP Head of SEO, Eryck Dzotsi discusses six key focus areas that senior leaders across organizations must understand about the…

By Eryck Dzotsi · 25 Feb 2021

SEO

Making the argument for nofollow links in SEO

Making the case as to why your SEO team should pursue or at least respond to opportunities even though the result will…

By Rob Delory · 12 Jan 2021

Industry

Google Page Experience update is all set to launch in May 2021 – Webmasters, hang in there!

Here’s how Google’s new algorithm changes can affect your page rankings, as well as the practical steps you can take to stay…

By Aayush Gupta · 04 Jan 2021

Industry

How NLP and AI are revolutionizing SEO-friendly content [Five tools to help you]

It’s exciting to see how SEO, NLP and AI will evolve together. Writer.com's Co-founder and CEO, May Habib discusses in-depth about SEO…

By May Habib · 29 Dec 2020

SEO

Maximizing local SEO: Five tactics to enhance visibility without breaking the bank

Toby Nwazor examines how your small business can still win the local SEO war in spite of all the recent Google algorithm…

By Toby Nwazor · 19 May 2020

SEO

Debunked: Nine link building myths you should ignore in 2019

The link building industry is flooded with many myths that'll never get you results but can get you into a lot of…

By Segun Onibalusi · 28 Mar 2019

SEO

A quick guide to SEO in 2019

This year, SEOs will need to double-down in understanding four key areas: mobile, structured data, relevance, and accessibility.

By Brendan Hufford · 07 Mar 2019

SEO

Ten reasons your SEO campaign isn’t working

If your SEO strategy is working well, you can expect to see results in about three months. Here are ten reasons why…

By Lucy Barret · 25 Feb 2019

Industry

What were Google’s biggest search algorithm updates of 2018?

A visual representation of Google's biggest search algorithm updates 2018. This infographic highlights each major update, its date, and its implications.

By Kimberly Collins · 08 Jan 2019

Analytics

An updated look at Alpha-Beta in a world of close variants

Google updated their exact match close variants to include implied words, paraphrase words and same-intent keywords. How does this affect Alpha-Beta?

By Lauren Crain · 19 Nov 2018

SEO

A cheat sheet to Google algorithm updates from 2011 to 2018

Google makes changes to its ranking algorithm almost every day. Some of them remain unnoticed, others turn the SERPs upside down. This…

By Aleh Barysevich · 10 Oct 2018

Industry

Google’s core algorithm update: Who benefited, who lost out, and what can we learn?

There's been much talk recently about Google implementing a broad core algorithm update. Google has suggested that this update has nothing to…

By Jon Earnshaw · 27 Mar 2018

Content

Ranker: How to make a Google algorithm-proof website

Any SEO or webmaster who has ever had a website affected by a Google algorithm change – or feared being affected by…

By Rebecca Sentance · 06 Mar 2018

Industry

Pump the brakes: SEO and its sweeping statements

Search Engine Optimization is an imperfect science, and the sheer amount of sometimes contradictory information available about Google updates and SEO best…

By Simon Ensor · 25 Jul 2017

Industry

What we learned from SEO: The Movie

SEO: The Movie is a new documentary which explores the origin story of search and SEO, as told by several of its…

By Rebecca Sentance · 06 Jul 2017

Industry

Should Google be more transparent with its updates?

Most of Google's algorithm updates nowadays are unconfirmed and unannounced, leaving website owners and SEOs guessing as to what caused a change…

By Rebecca Sentance · 02 May 2017

Industry

What’s been going on with Google’s mobile indexing?

Back in October, Google announced the impending rollout of a mobile-first search index which has had SEOs scrambling to prepare their businesses.…

By Rebecca Sentance · 09 Feb 2017

Industry

What were Google’s biggest search algorithm updates of 2016?

While we’re still piecing together lessons from last year's wins and losses, here is a visual and entertaining summary of Google’s moves…

By Rohan Ayyar · 08 Feb 2017

Industry

What can we learn from the winners and losers of organic search in 2016?

Who were the winners and losers of organic search in 2016?

By Rebecca Sentance · 02 Feb 2017

Development

Which Google algorithm changes impacted marketers most in 2016 – and what can we expect from 2017?

Between the long-awaited rollout of Penguin 4.0, a strengthening of Google's mobile-friendly ranking signal and the 'Possum' algorithm update impacting local search,…

By Rebecca Sentance · 09 Jan 2017