This is an interesting time in the automotive industry. We have supply chain issues, chip shortages, sky-high gas prices, inflation at a 40-year high, and a push for electrification and mobility. All these things equate to fewer vehicles to sell. Automotive companies are pivoting more toward ecommerce and focusing on special ordering so that customers […]
Posts Tagged ‘search engine optimization’
Three Reasons Why Accessible Video Helps Businesses
Your users are diverse and so is the way they choose to consume media – video being one of the main ones. Video melds both sight and sound, but many users, especially those with disabilities, can have a difficult time understanding the content the video presents if options to assist them, such as transcripts or […]
The Powerful Link Between Accessibility, SEO, and Google
It’s long known that good accessibility is good for search engine optimization (SEO). However, most people think of this connection as being specific to implementing alt attributes on their images when the truth is far more involved and complex. In fact, a core measure of the quality of a website and its content is how […]
FAQ Schema Markup – Results May Vary
At the May 2019 Google I/O event, Google Search and Google Assistant officially announced support and a new Google Search Console enhancement report for FAQ structured data. The FAQ schema.org markup is meant for Frequently Asked Question pages that contain all questions and answers on a single page. Adding it can create a FAQ rich […]
SMX Advanced 2019: Importance of A Technical Foundation in SEO
Along with my Perficient Digital colleagues, I had the privilege of attending SMX Advanced in Seattle from June 3-5, 2019. I’m still applying everything I learned from the engaging talks by great speakers from all sorts of backgrounds. Rather than offer a full blow-by-blow of every presentation, I’ll focus my takeaways from three key areas […]
User Discovery Experience is Vital to SEO. Here’s Why.
If people aren’t searching for you, how do they find you? Today, Google is more than just a search engine, but rather an entity to help users discover sites they didn’t even know they were looking for. The question is: are you worth discovering? Check out our recent video from Eric Enge and Mark Traphagen, […]
Lessons from The Executive SEO Playbook – Part II
If you just finished part I of this blog post series and are ready for more, you’ve come to the right place! Keep reading for part II of my lessons learned from the second half of The Executive SEO Playbook: How to Integrate SEO Company-Wide for Increased Profitability, by Jessica Bowman. The Power of Buy-In […]
TechSEO Boost 2018 Conference: Recap and Commentary
Last week, I headed out to Boston to attend the second-ever TechSEO Boost, the only conference 100% dedicated to my favorite topic ever: technical SEO. This year’s theme focused on advanced and bleeding-edge topics including information retrieval and machine learning to service workers and computer programming basics. You can watch the full live stream and […]
Intro to SEO Operations: Lessons from The Executive SEO Playbook
I have a confession to make. I’ve been trying to force SEO operations and cross-channel integration across Perficient Digital and other agencies for nearly seven years. The truth is that I have failed (more than I care to admit). In all this time, I’ve put in so much effort to help others* understand what SEO […]
Deepening Our Content and SEO Skills with Stone Temple Consulting
Today, Perficient announced that it has acquired Stone Temple Consulting, Inc., a Boston-based $9 million annual revenue digital marketing agency. Stone Temple has an incredible reputation for delivering excellent search engine optimization and content marketing solutions. Perficient helps many of our clients with digital marketing, content marketing, search engine optimization (SEO) and content services. By acquiring […]
Pubcon South Florida 2018 SEO Track Recap
I had the privilege to speak on Forensic SEO Audits with Alan Bleiweiss at Pubcon Florida in April. Besides Alan’s and my session, there were three other outstanding SEO presentations that I was fortunate enough to attend. Check out the key takeaways and recaps on SEO Auditing, Google’s Mobile-First Indexing, Local SEO, and Entity Optimization […]
SEO Theory vs. Reality: Examining Popular SEO Axioms
Search engine optimization (SEO) started as a discipline of testing and iteration. Most of what was learned came from continuous cycles of trial and error. As the industry grew and matured, the recommendations and advice shared on message boards, forums and later blogs and conferences, congealed with public statements from Google and Bing’s webmaster ambassadors to […]