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 …

Mobilegeddon: The Impacts of the Google Mobile Update

Flash: The impacts of Mobilegeddon

Exactly a week ago, Google started rolling out the mobile-friendly algorithm. After one week we can already see some impacts of Mobilegeddon. Winners and Losers Even though the algorithm update is not fully rolled out yet, Searchmetrics published a first evaluation of the winners and losers on Friday. This data is …

SEO Check: Step by Step Guide

SEO Check

Have you ever done an SEO check of your website? If you have not, we urge you to read on. With a step by step guide, we will show you how to analyze your website for SEO and solve its problems. Important SEO Tools For the SEO check you will need …

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 Tutorial: Google Webmaster Tools

SEO Google Webmaster Tools

With Google Webmaster Tools Google offers lots of useful features for website owners for free. When used properly, it is a powerful tool for SEO. We have gathered 9 features you really should be using for your website. To gain access to Google Webmaster Tools, you need to add your website …

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 …

Study Confirms the Relevance of Mobile Search

Smartphone: Study confirms the relevance of a mobile website.

The IAB recently published a study confirming that search engines are the most important channel for smartphone users to find web content. In addition, the study reveals that people use websites equally as apps on their smartphones. For the following activities users even prefer websites on smartphones: Search Shopping News Local …

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 Knowledge Graph Update for Events and Social Media Profiles

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Google launched two Knowledge Graph updates: Extended information about events and integration of external social media profiles like Facebook and Twitter. To use these possibilities, structured data is needed. At the same time Google published several updates for the use of structured data. Events In the Knowledge Graph Now the following additional event …