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Why Google Is Hungry for Comprehensive Content – Here’s Why #183

This poor waiter is never going to satisfy all of Mark’s demands. But marketers can never give up on trying to satisfy the comprehensive needs of searchers. In this episode of our popular Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Eric Enge reveals what comprehensive content is and why it is so key to SEO success […]

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Why Faceted Navigation Can Be Too Much of a Good Thing for SEO – Here’s Why #181

Faceted navigation is great for users on an eCommerce site, but it can cause thin content pages to multiply like rabbits. In this episode of our popular Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Eric Enge explains what can go wrong with faceted navigation and SEO and how to prevent those problems.  Don’t miss a […]

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7 Conversations with Chris Penn: An Introduction to Machine Learning and AI

When I saw Chris Penn speak at our 2018 Next10x event, I knew I wanted to get together with him for a video session to discuss machine learning and AI. We did that recently, and the videos below are the result. Each video is accompanied by a transcript if you prefer to read. We covered […]

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Why Google Uses Machine Learning in Search – Here’s Why #176

Eric has created a new machine learning app to help Mark improve his driving. Can anything perform such a miracle? In this episode of our popular Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Eric Enge explains what benefits Google tries to get from machine learning to improve the quality of search results.  Don’t miss a […]

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Featured Snippet Churn Documented: What it Means for Your SEO Strategy

If you’re in the search industry, you’ve likely noticed featured snippets where the site used as the source of the information changes over time. It’s clear that Google is going through some type of optimization process designed to improve the overall results. In our latest study, we examine the general stability of Google’s featured snippet […]

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Featured Snippet Churn Documented: What it Means for Your SEO Strategy

If you’re in the search industry, you’ve likely noticed featured snippets where the site used as the source of the information changes over time. It’s clear that Google is going through some type of optimization process designed to improve the overall results. In our latest study, we examine the general stability of Google’s featured snippet […]

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Why SEO Is So Much Better Now (But Can Still Improve) – Here’s Why #170

The villagers caught a black hat SEO and brought him to the wise knight for trial. Let’s be thankful that SEO methods have come a long way since the ancient times of search engines! In this episode of the popular Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Perficient Digital’s Eric Enge gives evidence that SEO has […]

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Page Speed—Why it Matters to Your Users (and Your SEO)

When a page loads quickly, your website visitors get a better experience. Research supports this: According to DoubleClick by Google: “53% of mobile site visits are abandoned if pages take longer than 3 seconds to load.” Consider this Think with Google article, where a deep neural network found with 90% accuracy that, “as page load […]

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Why Google’s View of Your Keyword Relevance Matters – Here’s Why #167

In some ways, getting ranked in Google search is like being a contestant in our imaginary “Who Is Most Relevant?” game show. It’s often not enough just to build a single great page with the “right answer.” You have to show Google that your site is relevant for the topic in which you want to […]

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Why You’re Not Ranking for That Keyword – Here’s Why #165

Matching up a keyword with what Google thinks users want to see for that keyword can seem like magic. But you don’t have to be a wizard to figure it out. In this episode of the popular Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Perficient Digital’s Eric Enge explains why understanding user intent is the first […]

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Rating the Smarts of the Digital Personal Assistants in 2018

This page contains the 2018 update to our Digital Personal Assistants accuracy study. In this new edition of the study, we tested 4,942 queries on five different devices: Alexa Cortana Invoke Google Assistant on Google Home Google Assistant on a Smartphone Siri In this study, we compare the accuracy of each of these personal assistants […]

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Why These 4 AMP Myths Need to Die – Here’s Why #163

Some major publishers and eCommerce sites gave up early on AMP because of its limitations at the time. In this episode of our popular Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Perficient Digital’s Eric Enge busts four persistent myths about AMP that shouldn’t keep you from taking advantage of its incredible speed for mobile page delivery. […]

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