Webmaster Level: Intermediate to Advanced Including a rel=canonical link in your webpage is a strong hint to search engines your about preferred version to index among duplicate pages on the web. It’s supported by several search engines, including Yahoo!, Bing, and Google. The rel=canonical link consolidates indexing properties from the duplicates, like their inbound links, […]
International SEO Tool: Table of Language & Country Names Codes | Yandex International SEO Guidelines & Webmaster Tools | list of Euro Currency Conventions for EU countries By Maris Pozo International SEO 101: The fundamentals to reach global search audience and to achieve successful international outreach. International Digital Marketing (IDM) –also called International SEO. Today, […]
The core of marketing hasn’t changed throughout the years and despite the many techniques and approaches, there is one consequential truth, and that is, where there is a market in need, there is a product that can satisfy that need; I personally think that’s the key to successful marketing at its core: consumer satisfaction.” -Mary 🙂 […]
“The American Marketing Association (AMA) was established in 1937 by visionaries in marketing and academia. Today, the AMA has grown to be one of the largest marketing associations in the world, with over 30,000 members who work, teach and study in the field of marketing across the globe. As the leading organization for marketers, AMA […]
Structure Data Knowledge graph, Google highlighter, snippets, cards, structure data, schema and so on. Are all the new kids on the block that emerged after Google’s continues effort to create semantic artificial intelligence smart search. What Structure Data Markup does is to arrange data from your site in a relevant organized way. What is Schema? […]
Someone asked me this question on social media, so I decided to create a blog post about this topic. I had a client that was ranking really well on the sub-domain, which was the company’s blog and not so much on the root domain. The blog was ranking more than the actual root domain and […]
Rich cards are a new Search result format building on the success of rich snippets. Just like rich snippets, rich cards use schema.org structured markup to display content in an even more engaging and visual format, with a focus on providing a better mobile user experience. Evolution of search results for queries like [peanut butter […]
Explaining the psychological difference between repeat purchase and brand loyalty. When consumers become committed to a brand and make repeat purchases over time, they are brand Loyalty customers. This phenomenon is a result of consumer behavior and is affected by a person’s preferences. Loyal customers will consistently purchase products from their preferred brands, regardless of convenience […]
What would social media be if you couldn’t know what your friend had for breakfast? Specifically, a photograph of french toast and an English muffin, selectively filtered, carefully cropped and hashtagged “#riseandshine,” for your viewing pleasure. Aesthetically, your simple bowl of cereal on that same morning does not compare to the snapshot of a sophisticated […]
Even the best consultants will have to deal with challenging clients at some point in their careers, but you want to make sure that before you walk away from an SEO project or client that the source of the problem is not based on contextual factors. If the issues with your client are contextual, then there […]
So you have at least 500 to 5000 followers subscribed to your twitter account, but you want to know who your followers are, this way you can target certain campaigns or initiatives to your buyer persona. Having relevant followers who like, retweet, comment and believe in your brand or product is one of the most […]
By Mary BrainRank Machine learning. Google explains the machine like speech recognition (MI): a computer that analyzes large amounts of data to recognize patterns and “learn” from them. In a dynamic environment like Google’s data center, it can be difficult for humans to see how all of the variables—IT load, outside air temperature, and […]
Google new classical algorithm MI RankBrain. The AI (Artificial Intelligence) system operates by teaching itself. Google made another incredible announcement that sent shock waves through the Search Marketing industry by the end of last year. The new decision to utilize AI (Artificial Intelligence) system known as RankBrain to organize, monitor, upgrade page rank where necessary, […]
CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management. In the old days, traditional CRM was about the collection of consumer data on the company’s prospects to better target them, so then you can move them down the buyer funnel in order to control and organize data buyer stages. Traditional CRM controlling consumers through the buying funnel […]
By Mary – Understanding the user behavior in a multi-device world is one of the most recent mobile marketing priority for any manager and organization to focus on in order to provide consumer oriented products or services. Google addresses this audience segmentation on a granular level by calling it Moments.
This article uses social media as an example, but these tactics for establishing SMART goals can be applied to any marketing plan. When a social media marketer begins to design a strategic social marketing plan, there is often no clear direction on where to begin. A lot of time is lost in brainstorming and asking […]
What are the methods of performance evaluation? By Mary Performance evaluations are a collaborative endeavor coordinated between the various departments and HR. The evaluations are informed by the various managers in each department with the outcomes falling to each of the respective managers since they are ultimately responsible for the employee’s performance. There are several […]
By Mary, You’ve landed a small business or startup client, and began developing your SEO strategy. Despite the potential you see in the client’s site (product or service) to leverage a great SEO campaign, soon you realize nothing is getting done because your client has accidentally turned him or herself into the SEO project’s worse […]
By Mary Identifying Project Milestones A milestone is defined by the PMBOK Guide (5th Edition) as “a significant point or event in a project” (pg. 546). Typically, milestones signal the completion of a key deliverable but they may also signify an important decision point in a project. “A milestone should not be about doing something; it should […]
. . Understanding Intent & Concepts: Intent explained: The easiest way to explain Intent is by reading a quote from Google’s own Senior Vice President Amit Singhal (former–he left Google this week) who said, “people communicate with each other by conversation, not by typing keywords – and we’ve been hard at work to make Google […]