Can SEO Keywords Be Phrases?

Can SEO Keywords Be Phrases?

Yes, in fact these days in a lot of cases the best “keywords” ARE phrases. To be clear, what I’m saying is that instead of trying to rank for a 1-2 word “keyword” it’s often much more useful to optimize for a question, like the...
4 FREE Keyword Research Tactics Without Tools

4 FREE Keyword Research Tactics Without Tools

Do a search for keyword research and you’ll find a thousand articles talking about Google’s Keyword planner or a variety of paid tools like Ahrefs and Moz. There are a couple unavoidable drawbacks to relying on these tools, though. In today’s post...
What “Long Tail” Keywords Really Mean

What “Long Tail” Keywords Really Mean

I saw a post shared by Rand Fishkin on Linkedin this morning about this and it struck me as something important to share here as well. After all, although Rand is a far bigger deal than me I can’t count on a reader being familiar with everything folks like him...