Recent discussions on social media indicates there is considerable disagreement in how to use Heading (H1, H2) elements. Despite guidance from Google about the use of headings the SEO industry still can’t agree about how to use headings. An informal poll on Twitter with nearly 2,000 votes shows over half of SEOs don’t know what…
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Can You Rank High on Google With a Small Website?
Today’s Ask an SEO question comes from Bryan in Ohio. Bryan asks: “I have a six-page website. Is it possible to rank very high on Google?” Hi Bryan, it’s a great question. Yes, you can rank a small website (even a website with only a few pages) high in Google. The largest obstacle with smaller…
Google Page Experience Algorithm Update Launching in Mid-June
Google is pushing back the launch of its Page Experience algorithm update, which will see the Core Web Vitals become ranking signals, to mid-June. Originally scheduled to launch in May, Google’s updated timeframe for the Page Experience update gives site owners at least another month to prepare. Google says in a blog post that the…
Hey Google, Do You Have To Optimize Your Whole Website For One Page To Rank Well?
John Mueller of Google was asked another interesting question in this Friday’s SEO hangout. The question was, do you need to optimize your whole website if you only care to have one URL, one page, on that whole website to rank well? The answer was not necessarily but it does help the one page to…
Social Signals Impact Rankings & 4 Other SEO Misconceptions
It’s 2021 and we can successfully launch a rocket into space, but we can’t stop the spread of misinformation on the internet. Even in marketing, there are things we’ve heard (and maybe even repeated) that qualify as misinformation — nuggets we took as gold to guide our SEO strategies at the time because everyone thought the same…