SEO audit tools reveal hidden issues and opportunities on your site. Backlinko uses these tools for in-depth SEO audits every year. And quarterly check-ins. This analytical approach has helped us maintain top rankings and grow organic traffic by 20.50% year …
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Keyword Mapping: A Step-by-Step Guide to Better SEO
If you have a website, keyword mapping should be a priority. Why? Because it can help you get more visitors, leads, and conversions. Noticeably more. At Backlinko, keyword mapping helps us reach 500k+ organic sessions every month. In this step-by-step …
15 Online Review Statistics
Online reviews have become an integral part of the buyer journey. From physical products to hotels and restaurants, customers increasingly rely on user-generated content to make informed decisions. In this blog post, you’ll find up-to-date online review statistics, where we’ll …
Bad Backlinks: A Complete Guide on Spotting and Avoiding Them
Bad (or toxic) backlinks are links from external websites that can harm your site’s ranking and online reputation. Search engines like Google see bad backlinks as a red flag, associating your site with low-quality or spammy content. This can lead …
8 Remarkable SEO Podcasts to Level Up Your Knowledge
With dozens of SEO podcasts vying for your attention, choosing the right one(s) can be overwhelming. That’s why we’ve curated a list of the best SEO podcasts. To help you navigate the world of SEO and stay on top of …
AI Overviews: What They Are and How to Optimize for Them
Google’s AI Overviews are a search feature that uses generative AI to provide quick answers directly in search results. Here’s what it looks like: We’ve spent many hours studying AI Overviews since they were announced on May 14, 2024. And …
11 Best Search Engines to Use Instead of Google
Google may be the king of search engines. But even kings have their flaws. Despite its immense popularity, Google isn’t perfect. Google’s dominance in the search engine market and data monopoly raises serious privacy concerns among users. And those frequent …
5 Ways to Search a Website for Keywords (+ Examples)
Have you ever wondered how to find keywords on a website? Or, why it’s so crucial for your online business success? This method is easy to overlook. But it’s a powerful way to find valuable insights about your competitors. …
How to Build an SEO Roadmap That Drives Performance
An SEO roadmap is where high-level objectives trickle down to project-level prioritization. Complete with all the context, tactics, and timelines to bring your strategy to life. Because having a solid SEO strategy is great. But without a plan to put …
Redirects 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Setup & Best Practices
Redirects send users and search engines from one URL to another automatically. For example, when you try to visit https://backlinko.com/hub/youtube/position (which has a redirect) it will take you to https://backlinko.com/hub/youtube/positioning instead. Redirects guide users and search engines from outdated URLs …
14 New Social Media Platforms
Social media is evolving fast, with platforms like Threads and Noplace leading the charge. Check out these 14 new social networks making waves in 2024. Let’s dive right in! 1. Noplace Website: https://www.thenoplace.com/ Released: July 2024 HQ: San Francisco, California…
10 Types of Keywords with Examples (+ How to Find Them)
In this post, you’ll learn the 10 most important types of keywords to improve your SEO. Keyword Type Examples 1. Seed keywords Books, cars, digital marketing 2. Informational keywords How to change a tire, what is SEO 3. Commercial keywords…
15 Best Quillbot Alternatives: The Ultimate Guide
Quillbot is a great tool for paraphrasing, summarizing, and translating content. It can also help you identify and fix grammatical mistakes, spot AI-generated content, and detect plagiarism. However, despite a lot of available features, Quillbot can fall short for some. …
29 Up-To-Date Blogging Statistics
Want to learn about the state of blogging in 2024? What are the benefits of blogging to businesses? What are the most popular blogging formats? Keep reading as we will cover answers to these questions and more with a curated …
How to Do SEO for Your New Website [10-Step Guide]
If done well, SEO (search engine optimization) can send thousands of targeted visitors to your website every month. This turns your site from an afterthought into an asset that generates leads and sales. Backlinko started as a simple personal blog …
5 Best Rank Tracking Tools for SEO Monitoring
Rank tracking tools let you monitor your SEO performance over time. By tracking which keywords you’re ranking for, where you’re gaining, and where you’re losing. Backlinko.com ranks for more than 114K keywords in the US. 16K of these rank in …
35 SEO Interview Questions (Top Answers from the Experts)
We have one goal for this article: to help you land an SEO job. This isn’t a generic piece on SEO interview questions. Yes, we’ve broken the questions down by career stages and SEO types to help you prepare. But …