An ad auction is the process search engine algorithms utilize to determine which ads to show based on user searches. The auction process not only dictates whether the ad will show, but in what order ads are placed. This is called your ‘ad rank.’ The ad rank consists...
When is an algorithm not a rule? When a human being doesn’t set it up. Sites such as YouTube use ‘machine learning’ to make their algorithms more robust and accurate. The main concept behind machine learning is that an application becomes more intuitive the more use...
Remember back on New Year’s Eve, when you made all those promises to yourself about how you’d hyper-focus on growing your business? Well, since you’re sitting at the pool right now, waiting for the fireworks show to start, today is a good day to do a mid-year checkup...
You spent a lot of time thinking (and probably overthinking) which images to add to your website. But the work isn’t done once you load them. You need to add ‘alt text’ (shorthand for alternative text) to them so that search engines, such as Google, will know what the...
The size of your website is not a direct indicator of where you land in search rankings. Bigger is not always better in a world of algorithms. Search engines, such as Google and Bing, don’t give extra credit for sites with more web copy. The copywriting itself must be...
Google’s machine-learning algorithm, RankBrain, sounds like something out of a science fiction movie. But, by producing results that would make even Skynet proud, it helps make all of our lives easier. RankBrain is a core component of Google’s algorithm, which is...
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