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Search and social news — June 2019

July 11, 2019 by Katherine Watier-Ong Leave a Comment

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Disclaimer: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, WO Strategies LLC will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. This month I learned a ton about what you CAN’T measure when doing SEO. Keep an eye out for a future post, but you’ll […]

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Optimizing for Voice Search with Bing

June 28, 2019 by Katherine Watier-Ong 1 Comment

Disclaimer: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, WO Strategies LLC will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. It is known that Google is the dominant search engine in the US with 84% of the market. But did you know that when […]

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Search and Social News – May 2019

June 5, 2019 by Katherine Watier-Ong Leave a Comment

Usually I start off these monthly updates with what I’ve learned this month, but I didn’t want to bury the important Google announcements, since there was quite a few. I also spent some time this month sharing my experience around staging environments and SEO in a round-up/guide around how to protect your staging environments. Check […]

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Safari Changes Will Impact Analytics

May 29, 2019 by Katherine Watier-Ong Leave a Comment

You might have noticed something weird in your analytics starting in March 2019. Its partially because your website visitors from Safari browsers on both mobile and desktop had the expiration of their _ga cookie — changed from 2 years to 7 days. Why is this, and why does it matter to Safari users, specifically? What […]

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Search and Social News — April 2019

May 2, 2019 by Katherine Watier-Ong Leave a Comment

Usually I start off these monthly updates with what I’ve learned this month, but I didn’t want to bury the important Google announcements. You can see my excitement and key takeaways from Mobile Moxie’s presentation later in this post. In the meantime, here are the big announcements over the last month that I wanted to share: […]

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Google Search Console Limitations and Measurement Issues

April 9, 2019 by Katherine Watier-Ong 5 Comments

Editor’s note: [Update 2] This post was updated on July 6th, 2021 to add the latest update on the algorithm for counting image impressions in Search results and Web Story in Discover. [Update 1] This post was updated on January 22nd, 2020 to remove a mention of Google Discover data, as it’s now available in […]

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Search and Social News — March 2019

April 1, 2019 by Katherine Watier-Ong Leave a Comment

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March was a crazy month for search and social news. First, Google randomly announced it hasn’t been supporting rel=prev and rel-next recommendations (it turns out it hasn’t for years, and it just didn’t tell us). Then, expandable Featured Snippets (see below) was rolled out. It was a tough month to be an SEO where it […]

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Goodbye rel=prev/next – Why you might still want to use it

March 25, 2019 by Katherine Watier-Ong 2 Comments

Did you see the Google announcement that they don’t use rel=prev and rel=next? The SEO community is in an uproar around not being told that this signal has not been used by Google for YEARS without telling us. If you’re just catching up, here’s the Google announcement: And here’s a screenshot from their blog post about […]

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Search and Social News : February 2019

March 1, 2019 by Katherine Watier-Ong Leave a Comment

Disclaimer: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, WO Strategies LLC will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Below you’ll find the SEO, social media research and tips that you should absolutely read and bookmark. I’ve also included what I (a marketer […]

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Ahrefs vs Moz vs SEMRush: The 411 on SEO Management Tools

February 7, 2019 by Katherine Watier-Ong 1 Comment

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There is a newer version of this article. Are you just getting started in managing an in-house SEO program for a brand or organization and not sure what SEO management tool to pick? Many of my clients are managing a program that does not include local SEO elements and/or they are on a budget (or […]

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Ahrefs vs Moz vs SEMRush: The 411 on SEO Management Tools

February 7, 2019 by Katherine Watier-Ong Leave a Comment

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Disclaimer: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, WO Strategies LLC will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Editor’s note: This post was originally published in January 2019, but has been updated in January 2021 with the latest comparison of Ahrefs, Moz […]

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New SEO Tips and Tricks I Picked Up: January 2019

February 5, 2019 by Katherine Watier-Ong Leave a Comment

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Search and social news and what I learned about SEO last month… Over the last year I’ve been sharing SEO and social media news with you monthly and I’ve decided to change the format a bit. In addition to sharing with you what I believe are the news announcements, research findings, and new tactics of […]

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