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Related [Google operator] to Spy on Competitors

✅ Use this method to see how Google categorises your site (and your competitors). 👉 It’s really easy, but I haven’t seen many people taking advantage of it 👇 Simply type the following operator in Google’s search bar: 👉 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱:[𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗨𝗥𝗟] I took Tesco homepage as an example: apart from the usual suspects (Sainsbury’s), if you scroll down [even …

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Content Pruning 101: How do I trim content for SEO?

✅ The quickest SEO win from a content perspective 🚀 It’s not rocket science, but still very effective 👇 📍 It’s called “content pruning”: in simple terms, it means removing “dead” or “wasteful” pages from a site (typically anything that doesn’t drive any traffic and brings no value). ❓ Why is this important? 👉 Because …

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Is alt text a Google ranking factor?

Short answer: yes! Long answer: 📈 A recent quick win for one of my SEO clients (See screenshot above). ✔️ +100,000 impressions for images Month on Month.✔️ +30% organic clicks on images during the same period. Although not strictly a top SEO priority, optimising Alt Tags still works ✌️

How to get backlinks without outreach [National History Museum]

✅ Another #SEO win for one of the sites we manage. (See screenshot at the bottom). 👉 Two backlinks from the National History Museum’s website in London. Here’s how 👇 ✔️ Found out about a photography competition held by the Museum last year.✔️ Realised some of the competing photo subjects (that made it to the final) were …

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How many words do you need to beat your SEO competitors?

✅ How many words do you need to beat your competition? Here’s the answer 👇 I recently tried answering this question for one of my SEO clients. I analysed SERPs & publicly available metrics for a bunch of competing sites to discover the following: ✔️ More words on a site are generally associated with better performance. ✔️ …

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How to Forecast SEO Performance with a Simple Google Sheet [Template]

✔️ How to forecast SEO performance (and price your services accurately) 👉 I use this template in all my proposals and it helps winning clients ❗️ The concept is very simple and is based on CTR (Click Through Rate) from a study conducted by Advanced Web Ranking. It’s a very simple concept: ▶️ Ranking in …

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