Sorry, Press Releases Do Not Help Your SEO Anymore [Even if Your Press Release Distribution Vendor Says They Do…They Still Don’t]
The links included in press releases sent out over a wire service have no SEO value anymore; there are still many good reasons for sending out a press release, but SEO isn’t one of them. Lately, I’ve noticed several opinion...Read More
The Longstanding Value of a Backlink for Digitally Savvy PR
A long time ago, Google was the first search engine to truly recognize the value of links. A backlink was essentially one site suggesting another is worth visiting. It would prove to be an input for a better way of...Read More
Ahrefs: An SEO Tool PR Pros Can Use to Outsmart the Competition [Product Review]
It’s hard to pin down a precise anniversary date, but PR and SEO have been together for the better of 20 years. The intersection these two marketing functions is powerful: when both are on the same page – literally and...Read More
Predictions, PR and Pressing Questions on SEO [UML]
I made three marketing predictions for 2017 but if I could go back in time, I might add a fourth: The decline in traffic from organic social media will renew interest in SEO and organic search. Social networks are deluged with...Read More
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How PR can Put the Search Back in SEO [UML]
It seems to me that no single on-page SEO technique matters in isolation. In other words, one web page or blog post that isn’t perfectly optimized isn’t going to make a difference one way or another. So a PR pro shouldn’t...Read More
Qualify Hard; Close Easy: Leads in Unscripted Marketing Links
Foolish enough to take a phone call on the Big Creek Greenway, a bike and running path that weaves through suburban Atlanta, perhaps I deserved the crack on the screen of my smartphone. Having safely finished the conversation, I moved to...Read More
Google Beats a War Path for Guest Posts; PR Needs to Listen
by Frank Strong Google is on a war path, it’s personal, and the company is seeking to make public examples in an effort to dissuade the behavior it’s campaigning against. Algorithmic changes like Penguin and Panda may have extended beyond...Read More
Reading: Understand the Google War on SEO
For the weekly share this week, I offer solid reads on SEO, LinkedIn the WaPo acquisition and a sharing guide for social media. 1) The Google War on SEO Some SEOs say Google’s on the wrong war path, and point...Read More
Google to Clamp Down on Press Release Anchor Text
It’s been time-honored advice for the better part of a decade, and maybe a little longer. A staple of press releases in the modern media age is to hyperlink keywords in the body of the release, otherwise known as optimized...Read More
Why We Can’t Just be PR Pros Anymore
Have you heard of Moz, the company formerly known as SEOMoz? It’s a marketing vendor that is pretty unique in several respects. The company is rare among vendors in that it’s genuinely interested in solving marketers’ problems. Moz has great...Read More
