Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of optimizing a website for greater visibility in search engine result pages (SERPs). It involves improvements in a website’s technical aspects, HTML elements, content library, backlink profile and localization signals. When successful, SEO can help a website attract large amounts of targeted traffic that can have transformative effects on a business.
GDI is always testing and implementing new SEO strategies to help its clients get a leg up on the competition. Read our latest posts and find out how you can apply effective techniques to your very own campaigns.
This one will be a quickie just because my schedule in this US trip has been insane. I’ll be writing a more elaborate post next week or the one after the next. SMX West 2015 was everything I imagined it to be and more. The sessions, the socials and the experience of being at the
“Thin content” is one of the most misinterpreted on-site optimization buzzwords bar none. These are supposedly pages that have word counts of 250 or lower. Having too many of these, they say, could get you dinged with Panda or manual action penalties from Google. The popular recourse is to find all low word count pages
Contrary to what some may believe, potential SEO clients don’t automatically choose the service provider whom they find first on Google. Business people looking for search marketing services typically look at several agencies and contact them to see who can make the most compelling service offer. In a scenario like this, search ranking advantages take
If you’ve ever wanted to learn from the best SEO minds in the Philippines but you’ve been deterred by distance and expensive registration fees, this announcement is for you. After months of planning, GDI has put together the most accessible, most value-packed and most intellectually stimulating search marketing conference we could come up with.
In a lot of ways, 2014 was a landmark year for Google SEO. Hummingbird’s effects finally became tangible as it completed its global rollout. Panda 4.0 and Penguin 3.0 kept the pressure up on spammers, while Google’s human reviewers continued to dish out manual actions to suspicious-looking sites. These, combined with smaller updates, paved the
There’s a lot more to closing a deal with prospective SEO clients than just generating leads, crafting effective proposals and delivering eloquent presentations. Putting everything you agreed on with the client into writing is a crucial component to having a fruitful working relationship. To make everything formal and to keep both parties true to their
Influence is rapidly becoming the most important commodity in SEO and content marketing. As Google gets better at interpreting brand, authority and popularity signals, we’ll see sites that represent influential people and organizations dominate the SERPs more and more. Influence also helps our content assets get consumed at a higher rate, paving the way for
What is a SEO Silo? A SEO silo refers to a type of information architecture that groups pages in websites according to topical relevance. It’s an advanced on-page optimization technique that seeks to improve search visibility as well as overall user experience. Creating quality content is an integral part of SEO in Google’s Hummingbird era.
A couple of weeks ago, SearchMetrics released its annual Ranking Factors Study. Like past iterations, the 2014 study used the top 30 ranking pages for 10,000 keyword queries on Google to test the correlation between ranking factors and the position of pages within the SERPs. After processing the data from about 300,000 URLs, SearchMetrics produced
One of the most asked questions in the SEO scene pertains to the subject of pricing. How much should we charge as agencies and freelancers to our clients?
