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Peek Inside Our Monthly Issues

Apr '20 Featured Articles

SE Bytes: Member Q&A

  • Your April 2020 Search Engine Bytes Digest
  • Read on as our FastAnswer Experts support members with clear-cut advice on why Google Analytics data and Google Search Console data never matches up, strategies for image optimization for multilingual websites, the most Google-friendly way to clean up a site's duplicate content - to 404 or not, and do you HAVE to put important pages in the main site structure or can they go into the blog and still perform well?

Search & Social Media Updates Digest

Mar '20 Featured Articles

  • Hashtag URLs & Named Anchors: What They Are and Why You Should Care

  • A long used user experience tool that's FAR too often overlooked especially considering how often Google uses these URLs within their search results. Read on to get the specifics and see if it's a feature that makes sense for your site.

  • Your 2020 Advanced Guide to Page Speed Optimization - Part 1
  • Learn how to make your website load faster than greased lightening! This first installment of our series shows you how to properly test your site speed, identify exactly what is slowing it down and goes on to give you a 4 step plan to dramatically improve your page load time.

SE Bytes: Member Q&A

  • Your March 2020 Search Engine Bytes Digest
  • Read on as our FastAnswer Experts support members with clear-cut advice on the best image optimization plugin and why, when you have to choose which is better a first page listing or a Featured Snippet, how to pick a domain for a new project that gives you the best chance for success and not make the same mistake we did, how to troubleshoot why Google isn't picking your images to go along with your position zero result.

Search & Social Media Updates Digest

Feb '20 Featured Articles

  • How to Write FAQ Content For Featured Snippets
  • This article focuses on exactly how we approach writing FAQ content for our own websites. It includes our Featured Answer content formula, how to organize your page for the best user experience, advice on Q&A Structured Data markup and code examples, as well as local content research tips.
  • Video: How to Protect Your Site Against Chrome's Looming Security Updates
  • In this video Sitebulb's Co-founder, Patrick Hathaway, as he explained Google Chrome's upcoming updates that promise to have large repercussions for websites that Google perceives to have 'security issues'. This training laid out a clear timeline for what is happening and when, why they're doing it, and the impact it could have on your website. And if you aren't using Sitebulb to impress your clients and make auditing websites easier then Start! It's worth its weight in GOLD and access is automatically included in our SEN membership!

SE Bytes: Member Q&A

  • Your February 2020 Search Engine Bytes Digest
  • Read on as our FastAnswer Experts support members with clear-cut advice on how to get Google to believe your legitimate business location is real and verifiable, what to do when your Google Ad campaign requires certification when you're outside of the US, what exactly a hashbang URL is and how Google treats them and then finally how to know if it's worth putting together a disavow file to get rid of spammy links after a site takes a traffic drop.

Search & Social Media Updates Digest

Jan '20 Featured Articles

  • Training Video: State of Local Search 2020 & Beyond!
  • Watch as World Renown Local Search Expert, Mary Bowling, gives you a complete outline of how Local Search has grown and where it stands today. Then she finishes off with a focus on positioning yourself for success so that you can clearly understand the direction Google Local is moving, so you can head that way, too. Plus!... A special invitation to join SEN's New Local Coaching Program.
  • The SEO Pro's *Complete* 2020 Website Audit Checklist: Part One
  • The only checklist you'll need! This two part checklist covers everything you need in order to perform a full manual website audit. This is a VERY comprehensive list of specific errors that can potentially cripple a site's performance and rather unique problems we've observed from over 23 years in the business. Leverage this checklist for ALL new projects or for an annual website maintenance audit.
  • The SEO Pro's *Complete* 2020 Website Audit Checklist: Part Two
  • Leverage the second installment of this comprehensive checklist to tackle things like HTTPS and server errors, image and video optimization, mobile compatibility concerns, AMP errors, local search issues and more. There is also a great way to get a VERY clear picture of your site's overall URL structure and organization, which is essential to troubleshoot indexing issues and finding those orphaned pages.

SE Bytes: Member Q&A

  • Your January 2020 Search Engine Bytes Digest
  • Read on as our FastAnswer Experts support members with clear-cut advice on what Google plans to do with non-secure (HTTP) websites, why it's VERY important to vet companies promising to give you more "traffic" instead of higher conversions, how to update your image alt tags in WordPress, tips on how to eliminate automatic internal linking to products on your Shopify site.

Search & Social Media Updates Digest