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SEO Basics: Anchor Text Best Practices

What is anchor text? Anchor text is the word (or words) that you use to link to another webpage. Typically, it’s underlined and highlighted in a different color than the rest of the text within your content. For example, here’s a link to my post about how to write better title tags. Anchor text is … Read More

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How to Write SEO Content

In reality, you can write SEO content any way you like. From listicles and microblogs to how-to guides and definitions, the possibilities are endless. But if you really want to make it shine for SEO, there are a few extra steps you need to take outside of just writing whatever you want and hitting publish.  … Read More

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External Links

When it comes to links, there are three main types relevant to your SEO strategy: internal links, follow/no follow links, and external links. External links (also called outbound links) are similar to internal links, but they’re used differently. Still, they’re essential to a good content marketing plan and play a role in how successful your … Read More

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SEO Style Guides

But style guides aren’t just about outlining writing rules like when to use serial commas (always). They can also be used to specify your SEO preferences, like how you want to handle outbound links or secondary keywords. That’s why having an SEO style guide for your writers to follow is essential to your SEO strategy. … Read More

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How to Write International SEO Content

Although search engine optimization (SEO) best practices are generally the same no matter where you are, there are ways that you can tailor your international SEO content for your readers to improve their experience on your site. Plus, different countries may use different terms or phrases that aren’t used in your own. For example, spellings … Read More

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Follow and No Follow Links

Links are an important part of SEO. But not all links are the same, and there’s a good reason for it. High-quality backlinks are great for SEO and help to build relationships and rank. The goal with these links is for Google bots to find them and follow them back to their source. Low-quality, bad, … Read More

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Substantive Editing, Copy Editing, and Proofreading

You may be surprised to learn that editing is a very important part of search engine optimization (SEO). High-quality content should always be reviewed for correctness, consistency, and clarity before being published. The most successful SEO content is written by those who understand that editing is made up of a lot more than just proofreading, … Read More

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What is Internal Linking?

There are two main types of linking in search engine optimization (SEO): internal and external. External links are the kinds you use to link to other websites from your own. But internal links are the pages you link to that are part of your own website. Seems pretty simple, right? Well. Just like anything SEO-related, … Read More

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8 Creative Ways to Get Backlinks

Link building is a very important — but very time-consuming — SEO. Getting high-quality backlinks isn’t easy, but it’s worth the boost in rank and authority that you can get from them. A backlink or external link from one site to another is similar to a word-of-mouth referral. It means that another website considers yours … Read More

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What Is Link Building?

Search engine optimization (SEO) isn’t just about learning how to get your content to show in search results, it’s also about building strong organic relationships with other high-quality content publishers within your industry. That’s where link building comes in. It’s a strategy that involves having links to your content published on other trustworthy and authoritative … Read More