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		<title>It Is Time to Say Goodbye to Google Analytics Universal</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrej Masaryk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2022 13:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Search marketers must get habituated to the fourth version of Google Analytics with the modification of the inertia. It has been already announced by the team Google that the company will deprecate Universal Analytics in 2023. From July 1st Universal Analytics is going to shut down. Also, Universal Analytics 360 will stop processing from the [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Search marketers must get habituated to the fourth version of Google Analytics with the modification of the inertia. It has been already announced by the team Google that the company will deprecate Universal Analytics in 2023. From July 1st Universal Analytics is going to shut down. Also, Universal Analytics 360 will stop processing from the 1st of October, 2023.</strong></p>
<p>Although the previous Universal Analytics processed data will be saved once the depreciation is done. It will be stored for six months after deprecation on the mentioned dates.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/analytics.png"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-15947 size-full" src="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/analytics.png" alt="google analytics" width="1520" height="648" srcset="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/analytics.png 1520w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/analytics-300x128.png 300w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/analytics-1024x437.png 1024w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/analytics-768x327.png 768w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/analytics-60x26.png 60w" sizes="(max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px" /></a>There are various reasons behind this switching procedure.  According to the product management director, Russell Ketchum, Universal Analytics is ideal for online measurement generation for being anchored to the desktop web. This is also related to observable cookies data and independent sessions. Mr. Ketchum has announced that this measurement procedure is going to be obsolete sooner.</p>
<h3>The new king is here</h3>
<p>The newest version which is named Google Analytics 4 or GA4 is absolutely different from the older versions. This new version works covering various platforms, and it is not dependent on cookies. Additionally, this version is designed with event-based data model measurement. There is space for storing IP addresses in Universal Analytics 4. That is why it helps brands with privacy regulation by staying on the right side.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/analyics2.png"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-15948 size-full" src="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/analyics2.png" alt="Google analytics overview" width="1551" height="681" srcset="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/analyics2.png 1551w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/analyics2-300x132.png 300w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/analyics2-1024x450.png 1024w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/analyics2-768x337.png 768w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/analyics2-1536x674.png 1536w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/analyics2-60x26.png 60w" sizes="(max-width: 1551px) 100vw, 1551px" /></a>Google Analytics 4 comes with brief detail. The release date of GA4 is October 2020. There are some commitments regarding Google Ads&#8217; intense integration, and insight prediction, alongside cross-device capability measurements. The following updates have been created by Google from 2020 for the upcoming analytics platform.</p>
<p>Google is careful. And that is why the newest version is coming for better systematical performance. Do not wet more for the up-gradation of GA4. During the year, it goes through examination, and it has shown well-results each time. Users can easily enable star tracking metrics, once configure Google Analytics 4. This will help users get the previously saved data quick for the reference utility.</p>
<p>This is like a wake-up call. Search marketers already love to adopt GA4 for better performance, and the number of such users is extreme already. The upcoming fifteen months will be vital, and GA 4 will be the only option for analytics performance and parameters. No option will be there in the upcoming days. So, it is better to get familiar with GA4 along with its capabilities and interface. This will help you in the future for better transition and brand handling</p>
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		<title>Top 10 Digital Marketing Tricks From Experts to Try</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrej Masaryk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Digital marketing isn’t going away anytime soon. The sooner you get on board the digital train, the better it will be for your business. According to Mailchimp.com, digital marketing, also interchangeably known as online marketing, is the promotion of brands to connect with potential customers using the internet and other forms of digital media. This [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Digital marketing isn’t going away anytime soon. The sooner you get on board the digital train, the better it will be for your business.</strong></p>
<p>According to <a href="https://mailchimp.com/marketing-glossary/digital-marketing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #4a6ee0;"><u>Mailchimp.com</u></span></a>, digital marketing, also interchangeably known as online marketing, is the promotion of brands to connect with potential customers using the internet and other forms of digital media. This includes not only <a href="https://respona.com/blog/email-deliverability-checklist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a>, social media, and web-based advertising, but also text and multimedia messages as marketing channels.</p>
<p>People today no longer have the time or patience to visit stores and businesses in person. Instead, they want a “one-click solution”. Businesses need to evolve otherwise your business will become irrelevant and forgotten. You must welcome new tips and tricks with open arms, if not some other brand will surely take advantage of it.</p>
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<h4><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Versatile Brand Logo </u></span></h4>
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<p>What do all big brands have in common? A unique logo that works in all types of media. A logo is a symbol that represents your company or brand. Your logo should be simple but unique, attractive, memorable, and distinct, and most importantly adaptable for both digital marketing and conventional marketing.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re a brand that is just starting out, then you can hire a graphic designer to get one that matches your business mission and vision. This will give you many options to pick your logo from and will help create a relationship with potential customers.</p>
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<h4><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Update Your Website </u></span></h4>
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<p>The first form of online interaction between customers and companies are websites. Creating a website is easy, the real art is in generating traffic towards it.</p>
<ul>
<li>To get people excited, figure out what it is that they really want and expect.</li>
<li>Do not use difficult language; instead keep words simple so that every type of reader can understand what you’re offering.</li>
<li>Create clear options, include search bars, add filters, use imagery wherever needed.</li>
<li>Make the website as easy to use as possible.</li>
</ul>
<p>The actual job starts after you create a website. And don’t forget to make it mobile friendly, which is a must for today’s mobile phone loving Millennials.</p>
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<h4><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Improve User Interaction </u></span></h4>
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<p>Your web design plays a key role in user interaction too. The use of polls and surveys can help build a relationship between users and the company. Online chat assistance is another great option to both learn about the users and make use of the information they provide.</p>
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<h4><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Video Marketing </u></span></h4>
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<p>People learn better and feel connected when they see things. Including videos on your website can help visitors establish a better relationship with your company.</p>
<p>As stated by <a href="https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/video-marketing" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><u>Hubspot.com</u></span></a>, video marketing is about “using videos to promote and market your product or service, increase engagement on your digital and social channels, educate your consumers and customers, and reach your audience with a new medium.”</p>
<p>So how do you make your videos engaging and interesting? Look at this website <span style="color: #0000ff;"><u><a href="https://www.cashforusedlaptop.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cash for Used Laptop</a></u></span>, how it boosts interaction through video feature.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15792" src="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sme.jpg" alt="" width="989" height="447" srcset="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sme.jpg 989w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sme-300x136.jpg 300w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sme-768x347.jpg 768w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sme-60x27.jpg 60w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sme-595xh.jpg 595w" sizes="(max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px" /></p>
<p>One of the tried and tested formulas is keep your videos at digestible length like 60 seconds videos so users are not bored and skip your video entirely.</p>
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<h4><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Search Engine Optimization </u></span></h4>
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<p><a href="https://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo/why-search-engine-marketing-is-necessary" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><u>Moz.com</u></span></a> defines SEO as,“The practice of increasing both the quality and quantity of website traffic, as well as exposure to your brand, through non-paid (also known as &#8220;organic&#8221;) search engine results.”</p>
<p>Keywords play a very important role when it comes to search engine optimization for digital marketing. A simple search for ‘books’ will bring up numerous results. If you want your company to stand out, then try using keywords that are specific and commonly searched by users, such as, ‘cheap fiction books’. Adding the price and category as keywords, narrows down the search result and increases the chances of your ad showing up first.</p>
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<h4><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Mobile Strategy</u></span></h4>
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<p>Laptops and desktops were once the only source to browse digital content but now mobile phones rule the digital world. They’re fast, reliable and you can use them on the go. Your website design and digital marketing campaigns should be compatible with mobile phones as well. Focus on creating mobile-friendly content and don’t neglect the limitations associated with mobiles such as clickable content, visuals just for mobile, less text, scrollable navigation, etc. Like this website <span style="color: #0000ff;"><u><a href="https://www.odoo.com/">Odoo</a></u></span> which keeps it’s website highly mobile friendly.</p>
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<h4><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Recognize Your Target Audience</u></span></h4>
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<p>What most companies fail to do is figure out which demographic their company should appeal to. According to <a href="https://www.marketingevolution.com/marketing-essentials/target-audience" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #4a6ee0;"><u>Marketingrevolution.com</u></span></a>, your target audience are groups of people who will most likely be interested in your products and services. This group can be segmented into interest, location, income, as well as age and gender.</p>
<p>If your company is part of the sportswear sector, then posting advertisements on cooking websites isn’t going to get you anywhere. You will get a better response if you post your ad somewhere like a sports blog. This trick will help you narrow down your audience and will increase your chances of addressing them.</p>
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<h4><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Make Use Of The AIDA approach</u></span></h4>
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<p>While making a purchase, several things pop up in a customer&#8217;s mind. The AIDA model represents these steps. <a href="https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/what-is-aida-model" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><u>Lucidchart.com</u></span></a> describes the AIDA stages as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Awareness: making customers aware of your products and your brand campaigns through advertising.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Interest: Develop customer interest by offering them information about your products and what benefits your products offer to them.</li>
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<li>Desire: Create a need by connecting the product with the customer’s interest.</li>
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<li>Action: Encourage the customer to take action by interacting with the product or service, and eventually buy it.</li>
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<p>You can use this step-by-step guide to manipulate online visitors into desiring what your company has to offer.</p>
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<h4><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Content Creation</u></span></h4>
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<p>Advertisements will only drive traffic to your website so much; content is what will make users stay. To keep visitors engaged, you need to create engaging and valuable content. You need to understand what exactly users are looking for and mold your content around their requirements.</p>
<p>Creating content every day is exhausting and so it’s a good idea to create a content calendar. One thing that can keep visitors looking forward to more is practical and diverse content. Distribute company content on various blogs and websites to keep users engaged.</p>
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<h4><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Advertisements </u></span></h4>
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<p>Once you recognize your target audience, the next step is to make them aware of your brand. The best way to gain recognition is through advertisements. Due to the limitless content available online, it becomes difficult to be seen or heard. There are multiple ways to advertise but my top two tips include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Social Media Advertisement &#8211; People of all ages are on social media and are constantly scrolling. This is the best way to get recognized by getting your brand involved personally and directly with your audience.</li>
<li>Pay Per Click Advertisement &#8211; This requires paying a set fee to search engines in exchange for a high-ranking among SERPs.</li>
</ul>
<p>An advertisement is the quickest way to influence a user&#8217;s opinion about your brand.</p>
<h3><span style="font-size: large;">Conclusion </span></h3>
<p>Digital marketing is a rewarding venture if pursued right. All it requires is thorough research, understanding your business requirements, good content and a plan that captures your target audience. Once you implement these tricks, success will be just a few clicks away.</p>
<p><b>About Hailey Anne</b></p>
<p><em>Embracing the work and travel paradigm wholeheartedly, <b>Hailey</b> likes to write while she’s exploring the world’s destinations. She ghost writes for her clients in the night and enjoy new cities by day. Connect with her for freelance writing projects.</em></p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrej Masaryk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2021 07:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A business brand cannot sit composed whenever Google releases the core update of the year. It is well-known to every trading house that during June and December, Core Update Google forecasts. That shows the ranking status of different websites in various Search Engines. Although the core updates release in June and December, the time also [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>A business brand cannot sit composed whenever Google releases the core update of the year. It is well-known to every trading house that during June and December, Core Update Google forecasts. That shows the ranking status of different websites in various Search Engines. Although the core updates release in June and December, the time also may vary and comes back and forth. That is might be the reason the June core update rolling out gets a slow procedure. According to experts, it is happening because Google&#8217;s newest rollout is started on the 2nd of June, which will be a lengthy process and take almost fourteen days.</strong></p>
<p>What is the reason for being so long? This time, updating has been going longer, as worldwide websites are on the bucket list. Various sites are included in different categories, and sorting is going on through the latest criteria. That is why Google is rolling out, taking a bit of time than the December rollout last year. So, if your company website is on this list, then have patients, and watch till the end. Why is it saying to wait if you have already got the update? This time, bulk data has been updating, and frequently the position has been changing for many websites. So, before having the winning smile, you have to wait a bit more.</p>
<p>This June 2021 rollout has started with global websites with all regions, languages, and business ranking, no matter how big or small it is. Ranking fluctuation has been noticed, same as the other diverse month updates. But this time, volatility belongs to extreme-wide global data collection. <a href="https://www.semrush.com/sensor/?category=&amp;db=US" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The ranking fluctuation is normal</a>, yet no significant up-down has been viewed up to June 5th and 6th.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/google-june-core-update-2021.png"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-15754 size-full" src="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/google-june-core-update-2021.png" alt="Google june core update 2021" width="957" height="558" srcset="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/google-june-core-update-2021.png 957w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/google-june-core-update-2021-300x175.png 300w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/google-june-core-update-2021-768x448.png 768w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/google-june-core-update-2021-60x35.png 60w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/google-june-core-update-2021-595xh.png 595w" sizes="(max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px" /></a>S<em><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ource: semrush</span></em></p>
<h3>Know other upcoming Google core update information</h3>
<p>Have not your business website got any core update information from Google yet? Then it may come in next month.<strong> In July, the core update process will be continued, as <a href="https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/1400220291922481152" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google officially announced</a></strong>. Many websites are unable to send the planned improvement updates. They will get some time to make it ready by the next month. So, the core updating would not be completed by this month, as July rolling out will be started. It is better to keep an eye on core updates information. Because the time of July 2021 core update is not announced yet. You may get the status ranking and update details by next month.</p>
<p>A company should not celebrate if the website update has already come. Because the July update is pending, and the report shows volatile positions for almost all the categorically divided websites. If it is scoring as expected now, it can touch the bottom line later. So, before celebrating success, every company must check out the Google core updates regularly. The top-listed data providers like Semrush, Searchmetrics, RankRanger, Sistrix suggest.</p>
<p>However, a website may get a lower ranking despite well-performance. If such a thing happens, take suggestions from recovery updates and increase the position with the higher ranking.</p>
<p><em>Source: <a href="https://searchengineland.com/googles-june-2021-core-update-was-slow-to-roll-out-here-is-what-the-data-providers-saw-349349">https://searchengineland.com/</a></em></p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrej Masaryk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Google&#8217;s latest algorithm update has been recording impact since its release on the 3rd of December. Multiple sites recorded the most significant effect of the global core update starting the 4th of December, 2020. The core update released just a few days before the holiday was considered an early Christmas gift to some and harmed [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;" align="justify"><strong>Google&#8217;s latest algorithm update has been recording impact since its release on the 3rd of December. Multiple sites recorded the most significant effect of the global core update starting the 4th of December, 2020. The core update released just a few days before the holiday was considered an early Christmas gift to some and harmed others, particularly those who would typically record sales boost towards the holiday.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="justify">Google started rolling out its latest core global update about seven months after the last one. According to early results from different search data companies, this newest update is a massive one, bigger than the May 2020 update, which was considered grand.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Later today, we are releasing a broad core algorithm update, as we do several times per year. It is called the December 2020 Core Update. Our guidance about such updates remains as we’ve covered before. Please see this blog post for more about that:<a href="https://t.co/e5ZQUAlt0G">https://t.co/e5ZQUAlt0G</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) <a href="https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/1334521448074006530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="text-align: left;" align="justify">The update is regarded as a classic global core update in that it lacks specificity to a particular region, language, or website category. Early results from multiple search data companies have indicated the gigantic nature of the update and platforms that have won and lost from the changes compared to the May 2020 update.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Google&#8217;s Core Updates</h3>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="justify">Google periodically <a href="https://www.digitalpylon.com/tag/google-update" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">releases updates in algorithms</a>, which often impacts the visibility of websites and the SEO community. These updates are usually followed by guidelines that help websites improve their ranking, particularly those who lost from the release of a core update.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="justify">Before now, Google would release its core updates every three months, the last three being in September 2019, January 2020, and <a href="https://www.digitalpylon.com/what-is-new-in-google-may-2020-core-update" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">May 2020</a>. This most recent update has to be the one that has taken the longest time so far before its release. The wait was sure worth it, considering the impressions the update has had since its release, of which many data companies still expect more reactions in the next few weeks.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Data Reports on Google&#8217;s Update From Different Companies</h2>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15473" src="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/google-update-december-2020.jpg" alt="google-update-december-2020" width="800" height="282" srcset="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/google-update-december-2020.jpg 800w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/google-update-december-2020-300x106.jpg 300w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/google-update-december-2020-768x271.jpg 768w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/google-update-december-2020-60x21.jpg 60w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/google-update-december-2020-600xh.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></h3>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">RankRanger</h3>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="justify">According to <a href="https://www.rankranger.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rankranger,</a> the December update showed an increment in changes compared to the May update, and these changes were evident in the top three and ten results. RankRanger tracked Google&#8217;s top twenty positions and recorded larger fluctuations compared to older updates. The values more than doubled when set side-by-side with its May counterpart.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">SEMRush</h3>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="justify">Results from <a href="https://www.semrush.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SEMRush</a> showed that sites felt the update&#8217;s impact majorly a day after its release, but Google has said that rollout completion might take a couple of weeks. Early results from data showed that the changes were recorded in different sectors when comparing desktop and mobile search results.</p>
<figure id="attachment_15479" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-15479" style="width: 1021px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/google-december-update-semrush.png"><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-15479" src="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/google-december-update-semrush.png" alt="Google december 2020 Update Semrush" width="1021" height="493" srcset="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/google-december-update-semrush.png 1021w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/google-december-update-semrush-300x145.png 300w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/google-december-update-semrush-768x371.png 768w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/google-december-update-semrush-60x29.png 60w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/google-december-update-semrush-600xh.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-15479" class="wp-caption-text">Google december 2020 Update Semrush</figcaption></figure>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Sistrix</h3>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="justify">Data from Sistrix <a href="https://www.sistrix.com/blog/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported</a> dictionaries and encyclopaedias to have suffered the most significant losses, which was not surprising due to the new guidelines for their rating introduced at the last update. We also got a list of winners and losers from Sistrix&#8217;s published report.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Searchmetrics</h3>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="justify">Early results from SearchMetrics also emphasized the apparent changes recorded in sectors like music, health, news, e-commerce, and finance. The CEO of Searchmetrics, Marcus Tober, believes Google could be releasing the update in multiple folds to test results. They also detected that some <a href="https://blog.searchmetrics.com/us/google-core-update-dec-2020-analysis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">winners and losers</a> recorded changes in visibility compared to the May update. There are various sites like Spotify and Twitch that still haven&#8217;t recovered from the last update with this new one. The report made wasn&#8217;t without recourse to the possibility of visible changes in the coming weeks.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Comparing Reports on Google&#8217;s Update From Different Sources</h2>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="justify">The reports given by different data companies had several intersections. One would, however, notice independent results from each reporting company. This differing result is mostly due to differences in metric systems. Most companies investigated different websites, keywords, and metrics in general, hence the inability to get precisely similar reports from all companies&#8217; data.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Conclusion</h2>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="justify"><strong>Like all previous updates, the impact felt has not been equal across all platforms. The SEO community also had its fair share of effects, with common sites recording a reduction in traffic up to 40% and others with about 150% increase in traffic. Every site severely hit, especially those with consecutive losses would naturally want to correct such patterns. While there might not be so much to do to change results, Google has offered <a href="https://searchengineland.com/google-advice-on-improving-your-sites-ranking-for-future-core-ranking-update-320184" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recommendations</a> on how to improve your sites and position correctly for a win with the release of core updates.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="justify">However, these core updates may indicate the need for you to take an overall look at your website for complete improvement. If the update has hit you negatively, it is probably time to restructure or re-optimize your site.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrej Masaryk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 19:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>When you have a website with a well-designed structure, the next step for you will be to increase its visibility and ranking on search engines. You can do this by marketing your site&#8217;s content, employing different advertising strategies, or using Search Engine Optimization (SEO). To get the desired results from your SEO, which is to [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>When you have a website with a well-designed structure, the next step for you will be to increase its visibility and ranking on search engines. You can do this by marketing your site&#8217;s content, employing different advertising strategies, or using Search Engine Optimization (SEO).</strong></p>
<p>To get the desired results from your SEO, which is to increase organic traffic, you have to follow through on the processes involved. Here we have listed tips that will guide you into successfully optimizing search engines for your website.</p>
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<h4>Personalize your content for the target audience</h4>
<p>Optimizing your site goes beyond tailoring your content to suit the trend on a search engine. You need to understand that you have a niche with a target audience. Not every trend out there will be suitable for you. You will connect better with your viewers and potential customers and earn their loyalty when you customize your content to fit their persona. This way, you are optimizing for your consumers beyond the search engine.</li>
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<h4>Use relevant and quality content</h4>
<p>The quality of your content dramatically determines the level of traffic you get. It is also crucial that you consistently publish quality and relevant content to maintain and steadily increase traffic. It would help if you stayed updated on content marketing trends to know the kinds of content viewers consume more. Infographics and educational contents are currently leading the chart. Make sure you include them regularly when creating content for your site.</li>
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<h4>Create a blog</h4>
<p>Creating a blog within your website or one linked to your website is an effective means to increase organic traffic. Blogging does not only help you get more viewers, but you also get them engaged, more than you can ever achieve on a website. However, you should maintain the integrity of your blog by ensuring constant maintenance and creating quality content.</li>
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<h4>Social media</h4>
<p>Social media is a great tool when you know how to use it. It presents you with one of the most massive audiences you can ever get. If you can properly position yourself on social media, you will increase your website&#8217;s visibility, hence the traffic. Build a substantial presence for your website on all available social media platforms. Engage people on content relating to your site to get more people talking about it. You will increase your ranking, and more people will get involved with your website.</li>
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<h4>Have a user-friendly site</h4>
<p>One way to increase repeated visits to your site is to design it to be user-friendly. No one wants to use a website that will require a guide to navigate. Make it easy for people to get around your website. In designing your site, you should do it from the standpoint of a regular internet user. First, you have to note that most people use their mobile phones to surf the net; hence your site must be mobile-friendly.</p>
<p>You also want to design in-line with the general preference of your target audience. For example, if you are creating a kiddie&#8217;s store, you want to make your site as colorful and attractive as possible.</li>
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<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>Getting quality traffic will require that you improve the quality of your website holistically. From the point of web-designing to public relations, you cannot afford to leave any stone unturned.</p>
<p>source: <a href="https://www.digitalpylon.com/how-to-avoid-major-mistakes-in-site-structure" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.searchenginewatch.com/2020/07/06/how-to-increase-organic-traffic-14-practical-tips/</a>, <a href="https://moz.com/blog" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://moz.com/blog</a></p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrej Masaryk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2020 15:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In the world of the internet, votes of confidence play an essential role in getting traffic to your website. To increase your chance of gaining more traffic to your website, you might want to use backlinks. What Are Backlinks? Backlinks are reference or external links that refer users from a website to another website of [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>In the world of the internet, votes of confidence play an essential role in getting traffic to your website. To increase your chance of gaining more traffic to your website, you might want to use backlinks</strong>.</p>
<h3>What Are Backlinks?</h3>
<p>Backlinks are reference or external links that refer users from a website to another website of similar or different content. When considering other factors, backlinks might be your best bet for your SEOs because they serve as a vote of confidence from a site to another site.</p>
<p>Backlinks appear when a site links to another; hence a backlink to a website serves as a signal to users and search engines that other websites vouch for your web content.</p>
<h3>What is the Essence of a Backlink?</h3>
<p>Backlinks affect a site’s reputation and visibility. If you utilize a backlink fully, your site’s status, search visibility, and position will encounter a positive effect.</p>
<p>If different sites link to one website or <span style="color: #0000ff;"><u><a href="http://www.moz.com/learn/seo/backlinks" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">webpage</a></u></span>, it will tell that the content in the link is worthy of reference. It will make search engines give preference to the site, subsequently increasing its traffic.</p>
<h3>Strategies to Build Outstanding Backlinks</h3>
<p>To build an excellent backlink, you&#8217;ve got to have an effective strategy; building backlinks for better results requires a specific approach. Here are some strategies that will help you build <span style="color: #0000ff;"><u><a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/247984" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">backlinks</a></u></span> that will, in turn, bring traffic to your website.</p>
<h4><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15245" src="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/link-building-pen.jpg" alt="link building and pen" width="1000" height="667" srcset="https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/link-building-pen.jpg 1000w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/link-building-pen-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/link-building-pen-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/link-building-pen-60x40.jpg 60w, https://www.digitalpylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/link-building-pen-595xh.jpg 595w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></h4>
<h4>Utilize a Broken Link:</h4>
<p>This method is advantageous because it leverages on errors from links. This method entails contacting a webmaster to inform him/her about a broken link on his/her website.</p>
<p>When informing the webmaster about the broken link, you will recommend your website to replace the backlink. And since you did the webmaster a favor by reporting, replacing the broken relationship with a backlink to your site is very high.</p>
<p>All you have to do is to search for broken links in sites with related niches to your site and report the broken backlink with your website as a recommendation.</p>
<h4>Develop an Outstanding Internal Link:</h4>
<p>Having an excellent internal networking link can give your website visitors a pleasant experience. There should be connecting links from different pages to another on your website.</p>
<p>Making use of an internal link is a factor that helps you run a successful blog. Several tools can help you create an internal link. You can make use of WordPress to build an excellent internal backlink.</p>
<h4>Develop Your Content:</h4>
<p>Great content helps promote a webpage. You have to improve your content the right way to get your backlinks. One of the effective ways of doing this is getting a website with a similar niche. Contact the webmaster and give him a brief but explicit introduction to your web page. If your content turns out resourceful enough, they will link back to you.</p>
<h4>Infographic Backlink:</h4>
<p>Visual display creates more impact than other types of presentation. Making use of infographic backlinks will help build traffic to your website. To get the best graphics, you should do research and gather enough data that suits your content. If you make use of good graphics, the chance of earning traffic to your website is high.</p>
<h4>Guest Blogging:</h4>
<p>Guest blogging is one effective way of gaining an audience to your site. You will publish content on a popular website and insert your backlink. Aside from being a good strategy for a backlink, it also increases your online reputation.</p>
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p><strong> At times, getting quality backlinks can be difficult. If you have a good strategy, getting quality backlinks can be so natural. It would be best if you also worked on publishing great content and also increasing your online reputation. These factors work hand-in-hand with backlinks.</strong></p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrej Masaryk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 11:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Many websites will experience the effects of the May 2020 Core Update, positive and negative. First, this is a core update which is termed as a broad update affecting all Google search results across the globe and across all languages. Second, one of the top factors weighted in a core update is relevancy of content, [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Many websites will experience the effects of the May 2020 Core Update, positive and negative. First, this is a core update which is termed as a broad update affecting all Google search results across the globe and across all languages. Second, one of the top factors weighted in a core update is relevancy of content, specifically new content published since the last core update. One key factor here to be taken into account is this is the first update which took place during the COVID pandemic. </strong></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Google Search has never seen as many searches for a single topic continue over a sustained period as is happening now with COVID-19. Many searches are for news about what’s happening in local areas, such as sheltering updates or the latest on testing. Here’s how we’re helping….</p>
<p>— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) <a href="https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/1257368113676517376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Due to COVID, the way that people are searching the internet is rapidly and vastly changing. Search terms for COVID related topics represent the highest search term volume increase which Google has experienced since its inception. Google wants to ensure, now more than ever, that people can find pertinent and valuable information quickly especially in categories like news, medicine, politics, weather, food and health care. Other popular searches have dropped considerably in areas such as live entertainment, seasonal events, in-person services, real estate, cars, sports, luxury items, weddings, travel and tourism.</p>
<p>If you’ve noticed that your website’s top keyword search results have dropped considerably, now is the time to fine tune your SEO to regain the top spots that drive your business and profits. Hiring an SEO firm is highly recommended if you are unable to enact this technical and time-intensive optimization yourself.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Later today, we are releasing a broad core algorithm update, as we do several times per year. It is called the May 2020 Core Update. Our guidance about such updates remains as we’ve covered before. Please see this blog post for more about that:<a href="https://t.co/e5ZQUAlt0G">https://t.co/e5ZQUAlt0G</a></p>
<p>— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) <a href="https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/1257376879172038656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The May 2020 Core Update is also affecting how the pre-eminent algorithm looks at links in the on-page content, regardless of whether the links lead to other pages on your site or to external webpages or websites. Google emphasizes organic linking of value to users. The almighty search giant does not favor linking schemes created to increase or “game” a site’s SEO. Making links as natural as possible for the benefit of a user’s experience has become paramount. A skilled SEO expert can install these crucial links for the most optimal results to appeal to the criteria of this core update.</p>
<h3>No more Panda, Penguin or Pigeon</h3>
<p>If you’ve noticed that the more recent Google algorithm updates are listed by calendar date instead of being given a name like Penguin, Panda or Pigeon, you’ve definitely noticed the trend away from catchy update names to more sequential dated names. Boring? Yes. Utilitarian? Yes. Memorable? No. Therefore, most SEO experts are calling this update The Pandemic Update since it references the actual time of the update and the impact of the update itself.</p>
<p><strong>The update itself initiated on May 4th and Google estimated the update would take approximately two weeks to unfold. Now is the best time to review your website’s Search Engine Optimization and strategize for the future. Any updates you make or that your SEO adviser makes will take time to be reflected in Google search results. This is why it’s so important to take the necessary expert steps to ensure that your site will regain its preferred positioning in the SERPs.</strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2020 09:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Are you wondering what steps you can take for your online business right now, given everything that is happening due to the COVID-19 pandemic? There are absolutely quantifiable steps you can take to show your potential and existing customers that you are still in business and welcome their queries and orders. Here are 10 Steps [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Are you wondering what steps you can take for your online business right now, given everything that is happening due to the COVID-19 pandemic? There are absolutely quantifiable steps you can take to show your potential and existing customers that you are still in business and welcome their queries and orders. Here are 10 Steps to Take for your Online Business in the COVID-19 Crisis:</strong></p>
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<li><strong>Highlight a COVID-19 Statement</strong> on your website clickable to a webpage you set up for your COVID-19 FAQs</li>
<li><strong>Develop Coronavirus FAQs </strong>so that everyone is aware of the steps you are taking to safeguard your staff, customers, products and services</li>
<li><strong>Make statements via Social Media </strong>regarding anything important that your potential or existing customers need to know immediately such as your new business hours or policies</li>
<li><strong>Update Online Directory Listings </strong>such as your Google Business and Yelp listings or listings on Gig and Freelancer sites to reflect changes or updates related to the viral outbreak</li>
<li><strong>Be sure to use the Buzz Phrases </strong>(touchless delivery, contact-free, no contact, social distancing, self-isolation, quarantine) that are important for people to see about your online business especially if you deliver or ship physical items not just provide virtual products and services</li>
<li>If your business is experiencing a downturn, don’t hesitate to <strong>offer Special Deals</strong> during this time. Make sure that your deals, sales or specials don’t sound exploitative. Be sensitive to everything that people are experiencing during these stressful times</li>
<li><strong>Be Honest and Transparent</strong>. If your business has been impacted because of the virus, share this info. Your customers would rather have honesty than dishonesty</li>
<li><strong>Consider making a Donation</strong> to an appropriate charity in your area that is active during this crisis</li>
<li><strong>Stay in Communication</strong> with your staff and with any vendors you have to make sure you are supporting their efforts to keeping your business going forward</li>
<li>Consider developing a <strong>Crisis Plan for COVID-19</strong>. Moreover, you should draft a plan that encompasses any crisis which could impact your business including force of nature such as earthquake or windstorm, calamity such as fire or flood …or… any other crisis</li>
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<h3>COVID-19 Ecommerce Opportunities</h3>
<p>There is a saying – In Crisis There is Opportunity. Instead of dwelling on the downside, look for opportunities which may arise for your business. It might take creative brainstorming to develop these opportunities, because they might not be obvious. Reality is that you may also need to cut some overhead or operational costs to stay afloat. Spend more when times are good, spend less when times are tough.</p>
<p><strong>Pessimism will not make you money</strong>. Adapting to a tumultuous world and maintaining a positive outlook will do more for your online business in the long run. Some of these pieces of advice may sound like platitudes, but people often panic during times like these. Now is the time to take a moment, take a deep breath and think of a way for your online business to succeed during COVID-19 and beyond.</p>
<p>If you are looking for quality information about coronavirus, prefer verified sources: <a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-as-they-happen" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WHO</a></p>
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		<title>Let’s E-A-T!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrej Masaryk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2020 09:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In search engine terminology, E-A-T stands for Expertise – Authority – Trustworthy. Now find out how Google’s emphasis on E-A-T impacts your website. Your site needs to send “expert”, “authority” and “trustworthy” signals to Google for higher ranking positions. Google hesitates to award sites which do not feature these three attributes with high placement in [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>In search engine terminology, E-A-T stands for Expertise – Authority – Trustworthy. Now find out how Google’s emphasis on E-A-T impacts your website. Your site needs to send “expert”, “authority” and “trustworthy” signals to Google for higher ranking positions. Google hesitates to award sites which do not feature these three attributes with high placement in search engine results. Essentially, what you are asking any of the search engines to do is to recommend your website whenever a user types in the specific keywords you have optimized. However, search engines want to qualify that you deserve their top-tier recommendations. No search engines want to give up their best real estate to “junk” and there is a lot of junk on the web.</strong></p>
<p>Pursuing E-A-T isn’t an instantaneous fix to poor SEO. It’s a comprehensive and integrated methodology. But it’s one of the best ways to maintain your site’s overall dominance. Think of E-A-T in a holistic sense. Your entire site needs to reflect excellence in the three specific components of this important aspect of SEO.</p>
<h3>Google’s algorithm</h3>
<p>Let’s review an example. If your site features text or visual content created by experts or authorities, it’s important to accord them with an author box or artist box including photos and links presenting them as experts or authorities. This is a relatively easy feature to implement on your webpages. Evidently, Google’s algorithm crawls these names and links then awards a factor within their algorithm to your website. But only if you highlight the contributors who have impacted your web presence.</p>
<p>Even if your site does not feature the type of content in the illustration above, one singular way to establish E-A-T is to feature social media links and linked icons to websites and entities where your company has been featured in external events or online media. Giving your business, not just your website, a boost in expertise and authority signals Google that you are trustworthy. Making your core business more dimensional online is crucial to E-A-T.</p>
<h3>Expertise, Authority and Trust.</h3>
<p>To increase your trustworthiness, there are some relatively simple techniques you can deploy. These key elements are usually found in the footer of most websites. Make sure you have a way for your visitors to contact you or your staff, make sure you list your physical location(s), FAQs, privacy policy as well as terms and conditions. An About Us page is an additional display that can be used to demonstrate Expertise, Authority and Trust.</p>
<p>E-A-T is also a very organic way to improve your SEO positioning. It isn’t based on “smoke and mirrors”. The results of focusing on improvements to your website using these three techniques should be: more links to your site, more time spent on your webpages (low bounce rate), more customer interest, more income, more profit!</p>
<p><strong>Take a moment to consider whether your website meets the concepts of E-A-T. An SEO expert may be exactly what you need to perfect your website’s rankings on the major search engines and especially on the search engine giant &#8211; Google.</strong></p>
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		<title>A guide on Domain Authority and Page Authority</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2019 10:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Domain Authority Domain Authority as the name suggests represent the authority of a domain in Moz Index. It’s a globally known metric created by Moz that determines how well a website rank on the Search engine result pages (SERPs). The domain authority value for a website ranges in between 1-100. Here 1 means the worst [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 style="text-align: justify;" align="justify">Domain Authority</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><strong>Domain Authority as the name suggests represent the authority of a domain in Moz Index. It’s a globally known metric created by Moz that determines how well a website rank on the Search engine result pages (SERPs). The domain authority value for a website ranges in between 1-100. Here 1 means the worst and 100 means the best. Generally, 40-50 domain authority is considered as good domain authority for any website. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="justify">Domain Authority is determined by linked root domains, number of backlinks, quality of content, Moz trust scores etc. For SEO personals, this score helps to determine the quality of a website quickly. There are various ways exist to check domain authority of a website, the most popular way is to check it through Moz Bar (an addon developed by Moz) or through Open Site Explorer (an SEO suite developed by Moz). Domain authority also known as DA consists more than 40 factors such as number of linking root domains, number of links pointing to a site, content updating frequency and number of different sites linking to your sites. A rule of thumb is, rather than considering domain authority as a measure to analyze your SEO efforts, consider it as a competition analysis metric, so you can compare your site&#8217;s DA score with other sites, the sites having higher score generally rank high in the Search engine results.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;" align="justify">Page Authority</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><strong>Page Authority is another important metric created by Moz. As the name suggest, page Authority (PA) is a score created by Moz that predicts how well a particular page will rank on Search Engine Results Page (SERP). Page Authority scores run from 1 to 100, with higher scores relating to a more prominent capacity to rank. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="justify">The main different between page authority and domain authority is that domain authority is a domain based metric while page authority is a page based metric. So if a site has 100 different pages, it will be having 100 different page authorities, while it will only be having a single domain authority for the entire domain.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="justify">Page Authority depends on information from the Mozscape index and incorporates link analysis, MozRank, MozTrust etc. Like Domain Authority, it utilizes a machine learning model to recognize the calculation that best associates with rankings.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><strong>Mostly, both of these metrics are updated by Moz after an interval of one month. So your current score will approximately be updated after a month from the last moz update. Here is the official link of Moz from where you can check when they <a href="https://moz.com/products/api/updates">updated the domain authority last time</a> and plan your link building campaign accordingly. </strong></p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">When it start working?</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The metric Domain Authority and Page Authority start to work from the moment the website goes live on internet. It starts with an initial score of 1 on the very first day and then it increases according to the inbound links. Like Domain Authority, Page Authority is also easier to grow from 20-30 as compared to 70-80.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Where you can analyze it?</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There are numerous tools available on internet to analyze domain authority and page authority of a particular website. You can either check it through Moz official SEO Suite or through SEOmoz toolbar. SEOmoz toolbar is a browser based add-on which helps to check the domain and page authority in real-time. Apart from this, you can also use any third party tools such as Moonsy or <a href="https://smallseotools.com/domain-authority-checker/">SmallSEOTools Domain Authority checker</a> to analyze it. One of the best thing about SmallSEOtools domain Authority checker is that you can check upto 50 websites in a single click. Hence it’s a really good tool for SEO professionals &amp; Link Builders.</p>
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