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    As a modern SEO I deal a lot with increasing website engagement and thus decreasing bounce rates. It means: I aim to make people visiting websites stay, read longer and ideally click something important. Why is measuring the bounce rate…

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  • SEO Activism: Detox Campaign by Greenpeace

    For years I’ve been a proponent of using SEO for more than just making money. You can’t just do business as usual when the planet and humanity with it goes down the drain. Yet SEO for activism still rarely happens.…

  • Best Search Engine According to Google

    Google needs SEO to rank on Google! Why? Let me explain. When I first published this post in 2007 a hugely popular Google optimization parody exploded on the Web. Nowadays we would say it went viral. It was titled: “What…

  • Niche Communities for Bloggers, Business People + Entrepreneurs

    Niche and topical communities are one of the most important pillars of a social SEO approach to audience building. Only by contributing to communities you are able to deeply connect with your peers and “prove your E-E-A-T“. These “engagers” you…