These terms are two of the most important in the digital landscape, but what makes them different? As you may have guessed, the “SE” portion in SEO and SEM are the same. Everything pertaining to search engines (SE), such as traffic quality and quantity, falls into that SE category. Since there are 3.5 billion Google…
Is your site the victim of internal site search spam?
Over the last year or so, we’ve seen large-scale, widespread SEO spam ‘attacks’ on WordPress sites, all targeting their internal site search functionality. In most cases, these attacks aren’t harmful from an SEO perspective, but they do come with time and resource costs – for both the attacker and the victim. Most sites won’t need…
What Are Qr Codes, and How Safe Are They to Use
What Are Qr Codes, and How Safe Are They to Use QR codes are defined and explained in detail. The abbreviation QR stands for “quick response.” What Are QR Codes and How Safe Are They to Use: Despite their apparent simplicity, QR codes can store a significant amount of data. The name “Quick Response Code”…
We’re #4,678!
LSG has been on quite a ride over the past few years. We have grown from a scrappy team of 10 SEOs to a scrappy team of almost 30. I guess we were helped along by COVID pushing the entire planet online, but it wouldn’t have been possible without a great team of geeks and…
How to Answer ‘Tell Me About Yourself’ Using 9 Tried-and-True Tips
The first time I was prompted with “Tell me about yourself” in an interview, I reeled off a canned spiel about how I love helping people – I was positive it would impress my interviewer. But after my cliched answer triggered a disappointed look on her face, I panicked. I ended up rambling about how…
12 Eye-Catching Google Ads Examples & How to Copy Them
In the world of online advertising, display and social ads are the glamourous ones. They provide ample room for creativity with your copy and imagery, you can mix and match branding elements, and each ad has its own personality. With search ads? Not so much. There are no images to set the tone (image extensions…
What Is Search Engine Marketing?
What if I told you there’s a simple way to get noticed online that anyone can use? Have you guessed what I’m talking about yet? It’s search engine marketing. Although it’s sometimes confused with SEO, SEM marketing relates to your paid advertising efforts like Google Ads to improve the visibility of a website or product…
Yoast SEO Premium 19.2: A new inclusive language analysis — in beta
Non-inclusive language excludes people based on beliefs, gender, sexuality, or health, while inclusive language uses better alternatives to the words that people might find harmful. Making your content inclusive helps you to reach a broader audience. But while writing, it is surprisingly easy to exclude people by accidentally using the wrong words. As inclusive language…