SEO

Can Direct-to-Consumer Brands Succeed in Google SERPs?

Everyone wants to have a #1 keyword ranking on Google and everyone also knows that 99% of organic clicks happen on the first Google search results page (SERP). But can a direct-to-consumer (D2C) brand compete in today’s world, where Google gives prominent rankings to Amazon, integrates its own products, and favors informational review sites even more after the BERT algorithm update? After doing a few consumer product searches on Google, I was surprised to see…

E-commerce Product Videos for SEO & Beyond

Product videos are one of the best ways to engage potential and current customers, as well as share the benefits of a given product. Customers are much more likely to purchase when they can see a product in action and get a more detailed description of its features. Becoming increasingly popular with consumers, leveraging video is a worthwhile investment for an e-commerce website, both in time and resources. To get the most traction from your…

Shopify SEO: SEO Tips & Strategies for Brands Using Shopify

The platform you use for your e-commerce brand matters. Not only can using the right platform make your work easier, but it can also help you boost your presence online and in search results. Shopify is becoming one of the most popular e-commerce platforms, and for good reason. It offers easy management, integration, and customization (many features do not require coding!), while also making it easy to optimize your site for better search results, maximum…

How to Rank Your Product Pages Higher in Google SERPs

For many e-commerce brands that sell their own product, showing up within the first few listings on Google can be a challenge — even if your product is a Best Seller on Amazon. If you want to improve how consumers find your products and possibly increase Direct to Consumer sales on your own e-commerce site, you’ll need to understand the layout of Google’s search engine result pages (SERPs). You’ll also need to learn how to…

Google’s Mobile First Index: Everything You Need to Know

  On March 26, 2018, Google made the official announcement surrounding the rollout of the often-discussed, long-anticipated mobile-first index. Countless SEOs and many digital marketers have stayed laser-focused on this development since it was first announced in 2016. All things considered, this should come as no surprise, as mobile searches account for over half of online traffic. We know an excellent mobile UX is important. We know Google is prioritizing this experience for users. But…

How to Make the Most of Google’s PageSpeed Insights Tool

You know users and search engines both prefer fast sites, but you may be wondering how you know if your website is performing compared to site speed standards. You’re in luck — Google has a great free tool called PageSpeed Insights that allows you test pages on your site for speed. This tool reports on the performance of your pages for both mobile and desktop devices then provides you with recommendations on how to improve…

Featured Snippets in Search: An Overview

By now you’ve likely encountered what’s called a “featured snippet” in Google. The featured snippet is when a portion of a page that appears in results is pulled out onto the search engine results page itself. It looks like this: A featured snippet is aimed at answering a searcher’s query, without having to click through to a different webpage. Google tries to make the user experience easier by pulling content to directly answer the searcher’s…

What Is Google Tag Manager, and How Do You Use It?

If you manage a website, you’re likely familiar with Google’s suite of tools that are designed to optimize your website, both for you and for your users. However, the number of tools and the breadth of their capabilities can overwhelm the best of us. Google Tag Manager is one of the newer tools to Google’s Analytics suite and can be extremely powerful when used properly. Below, we dive into what Google Tag Manager is, and…

The Top 5 Alternative Search Engines to Google

With a market share of over 80% on a global scale, Google seems to be the undisputed and undefeated champion of search engines. It has at least 30 billion queries per month, and it’s powered by one of the most successful companies in history. Despite Google’s dominance of the search engine industry, it still has some competitors with unique benefits you may not find when you use Google. We’ve put together a list of some alternative…

What is a Nofollow Link, and When Should I Use it?

The world of SEO is constantly evolving, with new terminology and features coming and going as quickly as the next Google update. Most people with exposure to SEO will have heard about nofollow links, but to the uninitiated, it’s another one of those obscure terms you may have heard but never understood. We’re going to clear things up by defining nofollow links and explaining when they should be used. But first, a bit of context….