SEO Tutorial: Yandex Webmaster Tools

Yandex.Webmaster

The Russian search engine Yandex offers the tool Yandex.Webmaster, which is similar to the Google Search Console (formerly Webmaster Tools) and Bing Webmaster Tools. If Russia is an important target country for your business and you are optimizing your website for Yandex, you should use Yandex.Webmaster. It gives you control …

SEO Ranking Factors 2015

Searchmetrics SEO-Ranking-Faktoren google.de 2015

Searchmetrics recently released its study of SEO ranking factors 2015 for google.de. Searchmetrics analyzed the top 30 search results for 10,000 keywords to find the correlations between ranking factors and the ranking position of the resulting pages. What distinguishes the top-ranked webpages in google.de in 2015? The study reveals some …

SEO Tutorial: How to Create a Google My Business Account

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For every company with a physical office it is advisable to have a Google My Business account. With Google My Business you manage your presence in Google+, in Google Maps and in Google Search. In this step-by-step tutorial we will show you how to get started with Google My Business. Manage …

Universal Search Study 2015

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In 2007, Google started enriching organic search results by showing boxes with additional media, like videos, images, maps, shopping results or news. These elements on the search engine results pages are commonly called “Universal Search” (sometimes also known as “Enhanced Search” or “Blended Search”). Depending on the audience and the goals …

WebExpresso on SEO Performance Measurement

Evelyn Thar speaking about "SEO Performance Measurement"at the WebExpresso

Amazee Metrics’ CEO Evelyn Thar spoke about “SEO Performance Measurement” at today’s WebExpresso at Amazee Labs. She gave an overview of key SEO metrics, presented the tools to measure them and showed how to structure an understandable SEO report. We would like to share the presentation with you. You are welcome …

Google Update: New Ranking Factor “Trustworthiness”

New Google Ranking Factor: Trustworthiness

Trustworthiness may soon become a new Google ranking factor – a research team is currently working on it. Until now Google defines the quality of web content mainly based on popularity signals such as external links (backlinks) and the browsing history. The new factor trustworthiness, on the contrary, is based on …

SEO Performance Measurement

SEO Performance Measurement

Last Friday it was time for the yearly Suchmaschinenkonferenz in Zurich. I had the opportunity to talk about SEO Performance Measurement in my presentation. I presented relevant SEO metrics, necessary tools and a suggestion of an SEO report containing the most important and well understandable KPIs. Read the presentation here if …

SEO Guide 2015

Success ahead with the SEO Guide 2015

The factors for search engine optimization are constantly changing. Our infographic 6 Steps of SEO is still a valid foundation. We show you for each step what you should pay particular attention to in 2015.  Step 1: Off-Site SEO Analysis Keywords: A thorough keyword analysis is still the foundation of search engine …

SEO for WordPress Websites

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We have highlighted how you can improve – independent of which CMS you use – the ranking for your website in an earlier blog post. Now, we would like to specifically show you how to optimize your WordPress website for search engines. WordPress SEO Plugins In the Top 10 of …

Google Update Optimizes Local Search Results

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In July 2014 Google updated its algorithm for local search. This has led to more specific and accurate local search results. The impacts of this algorithm update (which is also known as “Pigeon”) are now known and cover the following points: This update affects search results both in Google Web …

SEO Tips for 2015

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You probably have already set your goals for the new year. If these do not already contain SEO for your website, we have gathered some tips for you that will crank up your website. Technical Review It is likely that one of the first steps of your SEO program was …

SEO for Parallax Websites

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Parallax scrolling – also known as parallax – is one of the latest trends in web design. However, many parallax websites are not well optimized for search engines. We would like to show how you can get your parallax page up to speed in terms of SEO. What Is Parallax? …