Google's search algorithm is welcoming a brand new signal to the bunch. Yep, that black box formula that evaluates any given domain against hundreds of signals and then, aligns you somewhere in search results for the 3.5+ billion search queries each day, will now "automatically identify content that seems to have little value, low-added value [...]
Over the course of my career, I've had the opportunity to work with many brands, some of the very biggest digital publishers in the world, down to those just getting started, and regardless of size, it has all been meaningful. In 2018, I had the opportunity to lead the organic search strategy for Bonnie Fuller [...]
Let's talk about one of the most widely used metrics by enterprise publishers to calculate ad revenue, RPM. Understanding the metrics that impact digital ad revenue will help your ad strategy, but also content plans, article formatting decisions, ad layout and audience development prioritizations. What is Revenue per Mille (RPM)? RPM is the ad revenue [...]
One of the most common questions asked by publishers after implementing Freestar’s traffic growth suggestions is when there will be evident reward for their efforts. Along with it comes THE most common SEO answer of all time: it depends. The full list of potential answers is a post for another day, but seeing hard work [...]
A large part of success in digital search marketing is keeping up with the trends and search engine requirements. There are tons of brands and businesses out there competing for the top spot in the SERPs, which is why optimizing your website for all the different potential Google traffic sources — i.e., Google News, Google [...]
The fastest-growing form of content across the web is video. This is largely due to the increased interest by users in this type of content. In April 2022, WordStream quoted that over the past two years, the time spent watching video content has increased by 52%. Full-service video production agency, LAI Video recently quoted that [...]
