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Exploring the Fascinating History of SEO

Content Hacker

As a new generation of the internet unfolds thanks to the advent of AI, it’s time to look back at the history of SEO. And how did we get to the turning tide we’re witnessing now, with AIO writers replacing SEO writers? What Is SEO? First, let’s review the concept of SEO. How far have we come?

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Confessions of a Retired Black Hat SEO: 7 Crazy Tactics That Yielded Big Gains

Neil Patel

When I started my journey into the world of SEO strategy, I didn’t worry about the search engine rules … I just did whatever I wanted. If you fast forward to today, I don’t leverage or practice black hat SEO or other negative SEO techniques when it comes to internet marketing. So, what is black hat SEO, exactly?

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A Brief History of the $100 Billion SEO Industry

Fat Joe

Today, the SEO industry is worth an incredible $100 billion and it’s still growing. SEO lets companies grow their businesses online on their terms, without the restrictions of traditional advertising or the lack of attribution from other marketing methods. In those early days, SEO was simplistic. Just here for the TLDR?

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The Four Best Blogging Platforms in 2023

Shorthand Content Marketing

They all run on text-based searches and written content. It’s a way to increase the keywords your site ranks for, and to offer value to your potential customers. That’s because Blogger has been around since 1999, and was purchased by Google in 2003. The number one website in the world is Google.

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Topical SEO: 7 Advanced Concepts of Link Relevance & Google Rankings

Moz

Posted by Cyrus-Shepard Links matter for SEO. Anchor text. It talked about anchor text a lot: “Thus, even though the text of the document itself may not match the search terms, if the document is cited by documents whose titles or backlink anchor text match the search terms, the document will be considered a match.”.

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12 Most Insightful eCommerce Blogs To Follow for the New Year

ContentWriters

As blogging began to grow, WordPress came on the scene in 2003, and in 2004, Merriam-Webster named “blog” as the top word of the year, saying it was the most often looked-up word on its site during the previous twelve months. The Neil Patel Blog is an interesting mix of text posts, video posts, and podcasts.

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What Has Blog SEO Got to Do With How Your Readers Feel?

ProBlogger

Since 2003, when I first started blogging, the style and nature of my writing has changed to match trends, experience, and personal growth. In order to reach the largest possible audience of such prospects, you need to rely upon tactical approaches like blog SEO. Blog SEO can become yours. My blogging has evolved.