This study is a comprehensive review of mobile versus desktop usage on the web. In this year’s study, we compare 2019 and 2020 traffic patterns in the U.S. and globally. We also include tablet usage stats. The data in this study was pulled from Google Analytics’ Benchmarking feature, which provides aggregated industry data from companies […]
SEO
The Power of User Intent Matters for SEO – Here’s Why #261
Eric Enge has been doing Here’s Why videos alone for two years now. Many people have been wondering what happened to Mark Traphagen. In this episode of the award-winning Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Mark Traphagen returns to discuss user intent and why it is critical to creating high-performing content for both SEO and site […]
The History Behind Google’s Page Experience Signal and Where It May Be Going Next
In May 2021, Google is rolling out the Page Experience ranking signal. It combines the existing mobile-friendly, safe-browsing, https, and intrusive interstitials signals with the new Core Web Vitals (CWV) signal that includes: Largest Contentful Paint. First Input Delay. Cumulative Layout Shift (a form page speed metric). The Page Experience signal is a milestone in […]
Why Studying the Past of Digital Marketing is Important – Here’s Why #260
Digital marketing has been part of marketing programs for decades. Perficient’s Eric Enge got started in the industry right at the beginning, roughly 30 years ago. In this episode of the award-winning Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Eric Enge gives some retrospective on the history of digital marketing and SEO and shares lessons that can […]
Why Exposing Targeted Search Results Pages Can Be SEO Gold – Here’s Why #259
Many SEOs strongly believe that you never want to expose your search pages to indexation. Is that a myth? In this episode of the award-winning Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Eric Enge and John Dietrich reveal that there are cases where exposing a targeted group of search pages for indexation makes a lot of sense […]
Study: Who Has the Largest Index of Links?
An essential part of any strong SEO program is having third parties link to your site. In addition to the SEO benefits, getting linked to by third parties is also a great way to build your brand and stay highly visible across the web. For this reason, using backlinking tools is important. Getting access to […]
Why Success of Your Search Program Depends on Adding the Most Value – Here’s Why #257
Google is a happiness engine. Websites that satisfy users and add the most value rank higher than their competition. In this episode of the award-winning Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Eric Enge reveals three tips that will help satisfy your website visitors and generate a successful search program for your business. Don’t miss a single […]
Why YouTube Is the Best Platform for Publishing Videos – Here’s Why #255
At Perficient, we just published a second update of our study on video rankings in Google and YouTube. The main objective is to find out the difference between YouTube’s and Google’s algorithms for ranking videos. In this episode of the award-winning Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Eric Enge reveals some of the study’s findings and explains […]
Why During a Site Migration Is the Perfect Time to Do CRO Work – Here’s Why #254
Most of the time, when performing a site migration, one of the goals is to not lose any website traffic. One thing many don’t realize is that during a site migration is actually the best time do conversion rate optimization to increase traffic. In this episode of the award-winning Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Alex […]
Opening Search Pages for Indexation & SEO – A Data-Driven Approach
If you’re running an e-commerce website, you probably have your customers searching for your products on your site. In most instances, you’ve likely closed those search pages to search engine indexation, since they may be duplicative of some category pages. However, you may not realize that search pages often fill a gap in your category […]
Why Website Experimentation Is the Key to Growing Your Marketing ROI – Here’s Why #253
After a lot of SEO efforts, it is frustrating when users come to our website but don’t convert. But why and what should we do? In this episode of the award-winning Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Alex Harris joins Eric Enge to discuss how website experimentation can help to increase conversion rate and marketing ROI. […]
Why It’s Important to Understand the Google Passages Update – Here’s Why #252
On Thursday October 14th, Google announced a new aspect of Google search, which the company refers to as passages. This update caused some confusion around whether it is a ranking or an indexing change. In this episode of the award-winning Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Eric Enge and Mats Tolander explain the announcements and what digital […]