Tested: Is WordPress Good For SEO in 2024?

3. September 20243. September 2024 by David McSweeney • SEO

This is the fourth post in our series where we test the on-page SEO of the world’s most popular CMS systems. So far we’ve focused on hosted CMS systems (namely Wix, Squarespace, and GoDaddy). In this article, we’re turning our attention t...

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Tested: Is GoDaddy’s Website Builder Good For SEO in 2024?

13. August 202413. August 2024 by David McSweeney • SEO

This is the third post in our series where we test the on-page SEO of the world’s most popular CMS systems. In parts 1 and 2 of the series, we tested Wix and Squarespace. The headlines: Wix offers decent control of on-page SEO, Squarespace not s...

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Tested: Is Squarespace Good For SEO in 2024?

30. July 202431. July 2024 by David McSweeney • SEO

This is the second post in our series where we test the on-page SEO of the world’s most popular CMS systems. In this part, we’re focusing on a popular CMS in the “click and go” small business website world; Squarespace, a CMS that currentl...

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Tested: Is Wix Good For SEO in 2024?

16. July 20241. August 2024 by David McSweeney • SEO

Wix has long had a bad rep for SEO. But is that bad rep still justified today? In this CMS series, we dig into the “out the box” on-page SEO of the world’s most popular CMS systems. We primarily focus on what you can (or can’t) do in ea...

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Rich Snippets: Everything You Need To Know

26. March 202426. March 2024 by David McSweeney • SEO

Want to learn how rich snippets can help you get more traffic from Google? You’re in the right place! In this guide, you’ll find out: how rich snippets will help your website stand out in today’s crowded search results, how to get...

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Core Web Vitals: Everything You Need To Know

2. August 20231. February 2024 by David McSweeney • SEO

Last updated on February 1, 2024. Core Web Vitals are a set of real-world website performance metrics that Google considers critical to user experience. And Google has repeatedly stated that they have a direct influence on search rankings. W...

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SEO Audit: How To Analyze Your Site And Boost Your Rankings (Step-By-Step)

17. May 202319. October 2023 by David McSweeney • SEO

Google is a complex beast. For every search query, there are literally HUNDREDS of signals that determine where your site will rank. And while some signals are more important than others… ...they ALL count. Each one is a part of the SEO pie. ...

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Content Refresh: SEO’s ‘Quickest Win’

27. April 202319. January 2024 by David McSweeney • Content Marketing, SEO

There are no ‘quick wins’ in SEO, right? Well, not exactly. It’s true that SEO involves a lot of medium to long-term planning. And you definitely shouldn’t ignore those forward-thinking tasks. But… …there are some SEO tactics ...

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Revealed: Which CMS Is Best For SEO?

25. January 202216. July 2024 by David McSweeney • SEO

During the past months, we’ve been testing the SEO capabilities of the world’s most popular CMS systems. We’ve been revealing the results of our individual tests as we go. And it’s safe to say that some CMS systems performed better than ot...

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Tested: Is Joomla Good For SEO?

16. December 202116. July 2024 by David McSweeney • SEO

Last updated on February 1, 2022 This is the fifth post in our series where we test the on-page SEO of the world’s most popular CMS systems. We previously covered WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, and GoDaddy. This time we’re turning our atte...

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How To Build High Quality Backlinks [With Actionable Examples]

9. March 202119. October 2023 by David McSweeney • Content Marketing, SEO

There’s no getting away from it, backlinks are still a HUGE part of SEO. Bottom line: if you want to rank highly in search, you’ll need to build links to your site. But let’s face it, link building can be tough. So here’s the good ne...

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How to write the Perfect SEO Meta Description

3. March 202119. October 2023 by David McSweeney • General, SEO

Read any guide to on-page SEO, especially snippet optimization, and writing a unique meta description for EVERY page on your site will be listed as a fundamental. But here’s the thing: It’s been a LONG time since meta descriptions were a di...

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Case Study: How to Boost Your SERP Visibility with HowTo Rich Snippets

25. February 202126. March 2024 by David McSweeney • SEO

Note: Google stopped showing HowTo rich snippets in September 2023, so the results of this case study are no longer applicable. Google introduced how-to rich snippets in 2019. And they’re probably the shiniest of all shiny SERP features. They l...

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December Core Update Analysis: Sorry Google, You Have a Spam Problem [Opinion]

18. December 202019. October 2023 by David McSweeney • SEO

David McSweeney is our Chief Editor here at Seobility. He wrote and edited most of the recent guides and articles on our blog. The following article is his assessment of the state of Google Core Updates. Google dropped an early Christmas prese...

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