Google recently announced the new Core Web Vitals will soon become official ranking signals. While the changes won’t take effect until 2021, the fact that Google is giving us a six-month lead suggests these performance metrics are a big deal for SEO. I sat down with SEO expert, Barry Schwartz to talk vitals and what…
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Google Images Creates New Opportunity for Traffic – Ignite Friday
This week: CCPA enforcement has arrived, TikTok rolls out its self-serve ad platform, and Google Images is creating new traffic opportunities for websites. Here’s what happened this week in digital marketing. Ad Fraud Prevention Company CHEQ Goes PPC Looking to prevent click fraud on your social and search PPC campaigns? If so, then check out…
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Cumulative Layout Shift: How to Solve CLS Issues
Come 2021, CLS will be an official ranking factor and Google will start docking URLs with poor scores, as shifty layouts indicate a poor user experience. You’ll want to learn how to monitor this metric and fix potential problems now to avoid losing your position and incoming traffic when there’s more at stake. Below, I’ll…
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Largest Contentful Paint: How to Solve LCP Issues
It’s long been a challenge for web developers and SEOs to measure how quickly the most important on-page elements become visible to users. Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) aims to address this by measuring load times for most important on-page elements. Below, I’ll explain what LCP is, how to track your performance and how to resolve…
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Google Will Shut Down Structured Data Testing Tool
Google is taking its Rich Results Test out of beta. As a result, the company will shut down the structured data testing tool. You can still use the old tool for a little while, but Google recommends you move to the new tool as soon as possible. Here’s what we know about the change. Benefits…
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