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The Perfect Posting Ratio For Social Media

Social media has been an increasingly important part of search engine optimization. Now there’s so much competition out there when it comes to promotional posts, it’s difficult to get your brand seen. Facebook has placed restrictions on how often business page posts are shown in fan feeds. LinkedIn is full of business-to-business advertising.

Jimit BagadiyaApr 22, 2015

General SEO

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Google’s Fetch and Render: Why It’s Important

Lots of folks think that SEO is about “gaming the system.” Well… that’s true of “black hat” SEO, but those of us who are trying to make pages easy for Google to crawl and evaluate are working towards what I like to think of as “natural” SEO.

Pat MarcelloApr 20, 2015

How To Identify and Fix a Google Penalty

General SEO

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How To Identify and Fix a Google Penalty

Experiencing a large drop in rankings can be confusing and frustrating. It could also mean a significant loss in leads or profits for your website. If you don’t have the know-how or the means to fix the issue quickly, the future of your company’s income could be in danger. The first step in recovering from a large drop in rankings is identifying what type of penalty you have.

John Leo WeberApr 07, 2015

How To Create a Strategic Dashboard in Excel Using Semrush Data

General Marketing

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How To Create a Strategic Dashboard in Excel Using Semrush Data [Excel Template Included]

Human brain processes images faster than text — 60,000 times faster. That makes dashboards much more effective communicators than spread sheets full of numbers. Still, pretty dashboards alone will be of little help, with no analysis, proposed actions, or a picture of a better future.

Lyena SolomonApr 02, 2015

How To Use the Semrush API in Google Sheets

General SEO

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How To Use the Semrush API in Google Sheets

Semrush is my favorite competitive research tool that I use for everything from organic and paid keyword research to understanding market share in a specific region. A few months ago, I was working on a large project where it made sense to look beyond the Semrush interface and pull data directly from their servers via the Semrush API.

Brian JensenMar 12, 2015

Keyword Research

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Keyword Opportunities: 4 Tools That Will Open Your Eyes

Finding keyword opportunities is becoming more and more difficult, with the markets we work in becoming even more competitive. I recently wrote a post that went through my five steps to spotting keyword opportunities using a piece of campaign management software, but there are lots of tools that can help you to spot keyword opportunities.

Daniel BianchiniMar 10, 2015

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How to Find YouTube Influencers

Need help finding influencers on YouTube for a partnership campaign? Follow these steps.

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Which Companies Spend the Most on Digital Advertising? [Study]

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Advertising Trends: The Most Popular Types of Digital Ads [Study]

By partnering with AdClarity, we’ve investigated ad types, ad channels and ad spend so you can plan and strategize with the kind of competitive edge that other players don’t have in your industry.

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