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We Analyzed the HTTPS Settings of 10,000 Domains and How It Affects Their SEO – Here’s What We Learned

We recently analyzed the top 10,000 domains to answer one question: “How well do they use HTTPS to improve their SERP rankings?” We looked at accessibility via HTTP ...

6 Exceptional Content Marketing Examples You Should Emulate In 2016

By Jacob McMillen | 9 Feb '16

Content marketing has become the name of the game in the world of online marketing, and the numbers back it up: Brands utilizing content marketing save an average of $14 per new...

3 Reasons Why I LOVE Using Ahrefs For Organic Traffic Research

By Tim Soulo | 3 Feb '16

“As u/djadstar says, Ahrefs is great for links, but not so much for rankings” This is a comment I saw on Reddit the other day. Followed by one from “djadstar” himself (when I as...

Find Your Competitor’s Recurring Backlink Sources with this Simple (yet little known) Hack

By David McSweeney | 27 Jan '16

I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you that analysing the link profiles of your competitors is one of the best ways to find backlink opportunities for your website. ...

How Even SEO Noobs Can Steal (Copy) Backlinks from Top Competitors

By Tommy McDonald | 21 Jan '16

Tommy McDonald explains how to get backlinks by ‘stealing’ them from top competitors in Google search. It’s no secret that links are the most important piece of the ...

Use this 19 Step Keyword Research Process to SKYROCKET your Organic Search Traffic

By Benjamin Brandall | 19 Jan '16

Every keyword is its own ‘game’. The front page of Google is the leaderboard, with each ranked page being one of the top 10 scores. A solid keyword research process ...

STUDY: The Correlation Of Exact Match Anchor Text Links With Rankings Across 16,000 Keywords

By Tim Soulo | 14 Jan '16

A few months ago we undertook a small study to investigate if the anchor text of incoming links still had an observable influence on the ability of a page to rank higher in Goog...

Why Selling Link Building Services on Black Hat Forums is a HIGHLY Profitable Business

By Karol K | 13 Jan '16

No refunds! No guarantees! And no reports when the work is done. You’re just going to have to believe me! Oh, what’s the job, you ask? I will skyrocket your SEO (duh...

I Just Deleted Your Outreach Email Without Reading. And NO, I Don’t Feel Sorry

By Tim Soulo | 8 Jan '16

The profession of an “online marketer” requires us to deal with lots of outreach. We reach out to let people know about our content, ask for a backlink or simply connect with so...

What to do when the Skyscraper Technique Fails (And still get a 470% Increase in Organic Traffic)

By Doug Cunnington | 5 Jan '16

Boom! I sent out dozens of emails to influencers. I felt really proud of myself after completing a legitimate, white hat link building campaign. You see, I just executed the pop...

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