Notes from Google Search Central Zürich – 12 of December 2024

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  • Post published:13 December, 2024
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Yesterday, Google Search Central in Zürich happened again. It’s a bliss—like a top-notch SEO conference but for free. And in my case: In front of my house (well, a 20 min bike ride 🚲). We enjoyed three talks from Google folks, two…

SE Ranking Review: Pros and Cons of This Full-Stack SEO Tool

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  • Post published:4 November, 2024
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I’m not hiding it: I’m an SE Ranking supporter. I’ve shared my support for the tool in previous conference talks and in several Slack conversations. In this post I’m spilling the tea on 5 reasons why I appreciate about the tool and…

Free SEO Checklist: Copy my Google Spreadsheet Template

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  • Post published:13 March, 2024
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Today, I'm sharing with you my Google Spreadsheet checklist. The checklist has a set of 40 pre-defined questions and covers all aspects of SEO: On-page SEO, technical SEO and off-page SEO.You can rate each question with pass, fail, or meh. There are…

How to Sort a Table with Multiple Metrics in Looker Studio

Hey 👋🏽 Do you have a table with multiple metrics in your Looker Studio dashboard? By default, Looker Studio sorts the table by the first metric on the left. But you can customize that in your dashboard. Here's how: Click on [Edit]…

Onboarding questionnaire for SEO training [Google Form]

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  • Post published:16 February, 2024
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Hi there 👋  I recently created an onboarding questionnaire for SEO trainings. I thought it might be useful for further service providers. Find the questions below and the link to Google form at the end of the page. Inquiry form SEO training -…

6 Adobe Analytics Training Resources for Beginners 

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  • Post published:5 January, 2024
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Hi! 👋🏽 Are you starting a new job soon, and is the company using Adobe Analytics? Would you like to arrive prepared and get acquainted with the tool before day one? Then this article is for you. Two years ago, I started…

Google Search Central Live in Zürich 2023, 7 talks – 7 take-aways

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  • Post published:25 October, 2023
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I was fortunate to attend Google Search Central event in Zürich on October 24, 2023. Are you interested in 2024's edition? Read my takeaways here: Notes from Google Search Central Zürich 2024 As a first-timer, I had little expectations. And I was blown…

Is E-E-A-T also important for websites outside of the YMYL niche?

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  • Post published:30 August, 2023
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When working on the SEO: 12 Ways to Improve E-E-A-T for Freelancers article I asked myself if the websites of YMYL are also held to E-E-A-T standards. I went through Google's Search Quality Rater Guidelines. Judging from them, expertise matters in all…

How to remove autogenerated OceanWP schema from WordPress

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  • Post published:3 May, 2023
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If you've come here, you have probably observed that you have conflicting schema markups on some of your pages. You dug deeper and realized that the OceanWP theme is automatically adding schema to your pages. I've been there! Here's how to remove…

SEO: Understanding E-E-A-T in Google’s Page Quality Ratings

What is E-E-A-T or Double-E-A-T? E-E-A-T stands for "Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness". The E-E-A-T concept is extensively described in Google's Search Quality Rater Guideline. This guideline helps Search Quality Raters evaluate the quality of content on websites. Search quality raters are…

How Long Does It Take to Learn SEO on Your Own?

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  • Post published:18 November, 2022
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Today, I share with you my journey into SEO. I started out in 2016, attended many classes, read blog posts did the occasional detour. In the end, I can tear it down to a 7-step approach.

Read more about the article How I Stay Up to Date in the Ever-Evolving SEO Space: My Favorite 5 Newsletters – 2022 Update
This is how I read my SEO newsletters while vacationing in rural Switzerland :)

How I Stay Up to Date in the Ever-Evolving SEO Space: My Favorite 5 Newsletters – 2022 Update

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  • Post published:14 October, 2022
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At a networking event recently, I was chatting with a senior marketing director who felt that he is missing the latest happenings in the SEO world. This feeling was familiar to me. Just a few months ago, I felt like I spend too much time browsing the Search Engine Journal to hunt for the latest digital trends.

Read more about the article How Are PDF Files Performing on Google?  An SEO Case Study Comparing Click-Through Rate for PDF and HTML Files on SERP.
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How Are PDF Files Performing on Google? An SEO Case Study Comparing Click-Through Rate for PDF and HTML Files on SERP.

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  • Post published:26 March, 2022
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Alright, so you’ve written an insightful article and are ready to publish it on your blog. Now, you’re wondering whether you should publish the article study directly in PDF format or if you should take the time to convert it to an…

SEO for PDF: How to Optimize PDF Files in InDesign

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  • Post published:5 February, 2022
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For two decades, Google is indexing PDFs. Today, I’m sharing three small tweaks which will optimize your PDF for SEO. The artirlc is aimed for InDesign useres exporting and PDF. Let's divr right in. When exporting an PDF you want to consider…

What Does an SEO Audit With Me Include?

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  • Post published:13 October, 2021
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The SEO audit with me is structured into 5 categories: Crawling & Indexing, Security, Core Web Vitals, Content-Audit and Backlinks.