SEO Click Curves: Rich SEO Results Get 58 Clicks Per 100...
January 1, 2021 | SEO
No-click searches are the minority of searches when rich media is present in the SERPs. The click curve has a significant influence on the traffic each site can get from organic...
COVID-19 Healthcare SEO: Best Practices for Healthcare websites
April 29, 2020 | Business Growth
In the previous blog, we discussed how Google is aiding Healthcare entities with the virtual healthcare services to ensure there is no gap between them and patients during this...
SEO after COVID19: How FAQs will boost your business’...
April 7, 2020 | SEO, Voice Search
COVID-19 has disrupted our world like nothing we have seen before, and the response requires a deep breath, some reflection, planning, and aggressive execution. If you are trying...
Google Updates: SEO, Local, user experience changes that...
March 27, 2020 | Google Update
The recent and unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has certainly thrown life out of gear and probably for the first time in history, humanity is fighting against a common enemy...
Google rolls out BERT – one of its biggest updates ever!
October 30, 2019 | Search Experience Optimization, Voice Search
The BERT algorithm (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers) Is one of Google's biggest updates...
Here’s Why You’re Not Ready for the Next Big Thing...
May 16, 2019 | Voice Search
The technology and strategies to help you best stay ahead of the voice search trend are readily available, yet we consistently encounter businesses that are lacking in one or more...
The Impact of Schemas on Your Digital Business
January 8, 2019 | Conversion Best Practices, Digital Marketing Ideas, Search Experience Optimization, Web Design and Promotion
Schemas are an essential part of digital marketing for local businesses. Google, Bing, and Yahoo came together to create a more user-friendly experience through the use of...
What Matters in CMS for Voice Search?
October 18, 2018 | Conversion Best Practices, Search Experience Optimization
Voice is the future of search, but is your CMS going to be able to cut...
What Are Search Engines?
June 6, 2018 | SEO
Search engines help to categorize and search web properties so that people can find the pages and sites that are useful for them. Search engines are possibly the most powerful and...
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Updates
December 28, 2017 | SEO
Search engine land recently published updates and changes happening to Google SERP, just when you thought it was ok to take it easy for the...
SEO Guide to a Well Optimized Website
May 11, 2017 | SEO
When it comes to practicing good SEO there are numerous way you can have a successful well optimized website. However, keeping on top of all the areas that need to manage in order...
Google Announces Mobile First Index
October 26, 2016 | Industry News, Web Design and Promotion
The mobile-first index announcement is a huge step to a mobile-centric digital ecosystem – and is likely to impact many...
Google to roll out Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) to Main Search...
August 5, 2016 | Web Design and Promotion
Is your website AMP ready? Milestone's Galexi CMS is AMP ready and delivering a faster download speed for...
Digital Personal Assistants & Future of Search – Has...
March 1, 2016 | Industry News
Milestone’s team was at SMX West today in San Jose where there was an opening keynote session by Behshad Behzadi from Google. The session regarded the future of search and how...
Latest on Google’s Personalized Search
March 3, 2015 | SEO
Google´s personalized search is impacting search results. Personalization can fill in the gap of ambiguous search queries based on geography, preference, and social circles....
Best Kept SEO Secrets, KPIs for SEO Agencies
January 29, 2015 | SEO
Milestone Interview with Bruce Clay, From BruceClay.com...
Google Continues to Push Panda 4.1 Algorithm Update – How Will...
Google continues to roll out its Panda 4.1 algorithm update, focusing on content quality. Learn how this affects the hospitality industry strategies and what hotels can do to...
How to Create Website Content That Works and Ranks in SEO
October 29, 2014 | Web Design and Promotion
Did you know that every web page indexed by Google has a content quality score that directly influences your page rank? That’s why Milestone is passionate about creating...
Pigeon: Google’s Local Search Update and Impact on...
August 15, 2014 | Industry News
Google’s recent formula update, "Pigeon", determines who ranks where on its search engine results page (SERP) specifically in terms of local-based search queries (ie. using geo...
Panda 4.0: The New Panda Algorithm Update (Continues to) Reward...
Have you heard about Google’s recent update to its algorithm, Panda 4.0? If you have a hand in any website content marketing strategy, listen closely. The latest Panda algorithm...
In The Grand Schema of Things: Does Schema Boost Search Rank?
May 29, 2014 | SEO
The goal of search engines is to deliver the right result to the right user at the right time. Search engines are moving away from displaying results purely based on keyword...
Keyword Research Tools & Techniques for SEO Success
February 27, 2014 | SEO
The SMX West 2009 session for “Keyword Research Tools & Tactics” featured speaker Christine Churchill from KeyRelevance. Christine spoke about the basics of keyword...
Duplicate Content and Effect on SEO Visibility, Rank and Traffic
January 29, 2014 | Industry News
Due to the tremendous amount of questions Milestone has received regarding duplicate content, we wanted to take this opportunity to discuss the top three questions and how to...
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Google's Hummingbird delivers users highly relevant results no matter how or where they search...
SMX Advanced Q&A with Matt Cutts: Ranking, Penalties,...
June 14, 2013 | Speaking Our Minds
Learn more about ranking, penalties and mobile during the Q&A session with Google's Matt Cutts at SMX...
The Periodic Table of SEO Ranking Factors: 2013 [SMX Advanced...
June 14, 2013 | Speaking Our Minds
In this session, panelists focus on key elements that deliver maximum SEO...
Semantic Search Simplified and Decoded
July 30, 2012 | Web Design and Promotion
Semantic search works to understand a searcher’s intent and the contextual meaning of a search rather than simply the keywords. In other words, search engines such as Google...
SES San Francisco: Semantic Search – Increase Engagement...
June 26, 2012 | Speaking Our Minds
Google is making a big move toward semantic search results. Sit in on this session by our President and Founder, Benu Aggawal as she explains how and why to change your content,...
Google rolls out semantic understanding to search results
March 20, 2012 | Industry News
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal announced Google’s new “semantic search”, which will better assess the context of search queries and provide more relevant...
How Personas Help Understand Search Intent
At SMX West 2012, Michael King with Publicis Modem discussed how important it is to bring search and social together to maximize reach and ROI....