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Somewhere on the Most Frequently Asked Questions By Publishers list is the question of blocked keywords. What keywords or phrases should be avoided in the content they publish so that CPMs aren’t lower than average? The list they’re asking for is usually customized to the brand, but even if I really searched and eventually found my [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Whenever I’m talking to people about AMP I generally get two clear responses, either they love it or hate it. As a brit I would normally refer to AMP as very much like Marmite, but I understand this doesn’t always translate globally. If you don’t know what Marmite is then give it a try and you will learn exactly [...]

Last year Facebook announced it would stop running Atlas, purchased by the company just 3 years prior, as an ad server. This decision signaled a move away from trying to build a product to directly compete with Google DoubleClick. Instead, they'd hone in on the strongest piece of their Atlas offering: their audience data. Fast [...]

In an average day, 80% of us will use a smartphone to perform a search, send a text, or check social media. According to a recent study by Google, in that same group of people, a whopping "40% of people search only on a smartphone in an average day as they look to meet immediate [...]