Brian Harnish
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20 Essential Technical SEO Tools For Agencies
SEO tools for agencies run the gamut of crawling tools, web scraping tools, and much more. Here are 20 tools to boost your technical SEO. → Read More
Are Javascript Redirects SEO Friendly?
Learn about the basics of JavaScript redirects and their implications for SEO, along with how to implement them and common mistakes to avoid. → Read More
8 Best Programming Languages To Learn (For SEO)
When it comes to learning programming languages, there is no shortage of them. Here's why it's critical to learn a programming language for SEO → Read More
How To Create Awesome Meta Descriptions
Here's how to write and optimize meta descriptions according to best practices as recommended by Google and official HTML specifications. → Read More
Analyzing Your Local Organic Search Competition
Know what you’re up against in search results with a local organic competition analysis. It's an essential early step in your SEO strategy. → Read More
Local SEO For Beginners: Getting Started
Do you really need local SEO for your business? Find out who benefits and why local search is an integral part of your marketing strategy. → Read More
How To Identify And Reduce Render-Blocking Resources
Are render-blocking resources slowing your page speed and impacting user experience? Learn how to identify and troubleshoot these issues. → Read More
Google Webmaster Guidelines: Everything You Need to Know
SEO professionals use Google's Webmaster Guidelines to choose tactics and strategies that align with Google's expectations. Here's what you need to know. → Read More
Google Webmaster Guidelines: Everything You Need to Know
SEO professionals use Google's Webmaster Guidelines to choose tactics and strategies that align with Google's expectations. Here's what you need to know. → Read More
10 On-Site Technical SEO Factors to Assess in an SEO Audit
Your SEO audit must uncover any common technical SEO issues preventing your site from ranking. Here's what to check for and how. → Read More
Link Profile Audit: 28 Things to Check
Here's how to maintain a healthy link profile and ensure bad backlinks don’t get bad enough to bite you with periodic link profile audits. → Read More
Ongoing Website Updates: 9 Major Issues to Monitor in an SEO Audit
Regularly monitor website updates to ensure site mismanagement doesn’t cause issues later. Here's how to identify issues that can occur in the process. → Read More
10 Website Content Factors You Must Check During an SEO Audit
Your website content plays a big role in your SEO success. Here are 10 areas you must check when auditing your website's content. → Read More
10 Website Content Factors You Must Check During an SEO Audit
Your website content plays a big role in your SEO success. Here are 10 areas you must check when auditing your website's content. → Read More
How to Check for Duplicate Content During an SEO Audit
Identifying duplicate content issues is a crucial part of your SEO audit. Here's what you need to check for and how to do it. → Read More
How to Evaluate Content Length in an SEO Audit
Thin content and how content is organized sitewide are some of the factors that can impact rankings. Learn more about content-related audit items here. → Read More
9 Page-Level Factors to Assess as Part of Your SEO Audit
When conducting an SEO audit, you also have to look at some page-level elements of your website. Here are a few things to check and how to evaluate them. → Read More
SEO Audit Checklist: 11 Domain Factors You Must Evaluate
Your domain name can indirectly impact your SEO performance. Learn the top domain-related factors you should be auditing and how to do it right. → Read More
When, Why & How to Use the Noarchive Tag
Wondering when to use meta robots tags such as the noarchive tag? Read this post and learn when, why, and how to use the noarchive tag correctly. → Read More
What Is a Competition Analysis?
Learn all the elements of a successful competition analysis, and how you can use it to assess any website in any industry. → Read More