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3 ways Growth teams self-sabotage

In this article, I introduce 3 ways in which Growth teams self-sabotage and how to remedy them.

SEO traffic shows FTX never stood a chance

The $80 billion crypto exchange FTX and its founder Sam Bankman Fried (often referred to as “SBF”) caused quite the scene when its fraudulent house of cards fell apart. The meltdown had fatal consequences for the crypto market, which inflated from a peak value of $2.9T down to under

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Can Network Effects replace Performance Marketing?

Airbnb crushed the third quarter of 2022. Bookings reached almost 100M and increased +25% year-over-year with a +42% improvement in net income margin. On the call, CFO David E. Stephenson called out a strategic pivot (bolding mine): In terms of the active bookers, taking a step back and look at

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9 Growth ideas for turning Twitter back around

In this article, I explore 9 Growth ideas that could turn Twitter around after Elon Musk's acquisition.

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Tech’s Q3 earnings are mostly bad news for Growth

The Q3 earnings season 2022 revealed 3 obstacles for big tech platforms: a bad economy, the impact of ATT and pandemic overhiring. What does this mean for SEO?

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Marketing Through People

Engagement through most channels is shrinking, but people are consuming more content than ever before. In this article, I explain how to make sense of this and how to thrive as a company.

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Aggregator strategies for Integrators

Some integrators have the potential to grow with aggregator strategies. In this article, I explain how to find out whether that's true for your site.

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How Adobe unlocked new SEO Growth

In this Growth Memo, I explain how Adobe unlocked new organic Growth after a period of flat traffic.

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An introduction to Integrator SEO strategies

Integrators scale SEO very differently than aggregators. In this post, I explain the basic SEO strategies.

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Google Search On 2022 - the empire strikes back

Search On 2022 was full of announcements that show how Google aims to defend itself against Inta-Tok and Amazon.

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Google's latest updates leave no room for low-quality content

Google recently published 3 updates that had a big impact on organic traffic across many verticals.

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Case Study AI content punished by the HCU update

Google's HCU update punished low-quality AI content after all. In this case study, I show why and how to detect it.

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How to think about video and SEO

In this article, I explain how videos can help organic visibility and dispel common myths.

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Substack's SEO opportunity

Substack is a platform that has an opportunity to tap into an aggregator play by adapting its SEO strategy.

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The case FOR AI Content

With the release of the Helpful Content Update emphasizes the importance of human-created content. But why shouldn't some content be created by AI?

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UX and SEO red herrings

SEO is full of Red Herrings, misleading assumptions due to cognitive biases. In this case study, I show what this can look like.

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5 examples of product-led SEO

In this post, I highlight 5 examples of product-led growth and how they are different from each other.

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SEO strategy case study: Instacart

This case study highlights Instacart’s strategic SEO choices and how it could unlock new growth.

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Desktop vs. mobile search results in e-commerce

In this 3rd post of the e-commerce search results series, I compare mobile with desktop SERP Features and SERP layouts.

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The state of ecommerce SERP Features

What SERP Features matter most for ecommerce? How can online stores use them to their benefit or when to pivot their keyword strategy?

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What 20,000 keywords say about Google’s first page

The number of first-page results on Google has changed from 10 to 8 or 9. In this analysis of 20K keywords, I explain 4 important relationships to better understand the change.

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Growth strategies for recessions

Startups can either increase market share or fight for survival during a recession. In this article, I explain how to think about Growth in a downturn.

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Here is the longtail

In this post, I look at thousands of keywords to understand the differences between shorthead and longtail keywords.

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10 search results are no more

Google has significantly altered the look of the search results and cut off position 10 for most queries. In this analysis, I show what happened.

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How to measure topical authority

Topical Authority is still a mystical concept, partly because we don't have a good way to measure it. In this post, I want to offer a method to quantify Topic Authority.