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How Digital PR Pros Can Cope with Recent Google Search Updates

Cision

The 2016 Edelman Trust Barometer states that out of all the people they surveyed, over 60% trust Google rather than news outlets. A strong reason for PR pros to start concentrating more on SEO. In the advanced digital landscape and a mobile-first world, digital PR is already closely integrated with SEO.

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Digital PR and the Google Penguin

The Proactive Report

So yes, SEO has become an important PR skill. That means you have to learn how Google operates and keep up with their constant tweaking of the algorithm. So Google counts links from other sites to your content and weights the value of those links. And suddenly Digital PR is in demand. Practical Ecommerce.

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How Digital PR Pros Can Cope with Recent Google Search Updates

Beyond PR

The 2016 Edelman Trust Barometer states that out of all the people they surveyed, over 60% trust Google rather than news outlets. A strong reason for PR pros to start concentrating more on SEO. In the advanced digital landscape and a mobile-first world, digital PR is already closely integrated with SEO.

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5 Smart PR & Marketing Trends for 2024

The Proactive Report

The trick to getting good content from an AI service is to learn how to write excellent prompts. Give it an identity to write from, a tone of voice to use, and enough context about the topic so that you get a great response back. Always edit and put your own voice on a piece that’s created by AI. Never use it straight from AI.

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Content, Links & Influencers

The Proactive Report

One of the places you need visibility is in the search engines – Google in particular. Google’s purpose is to deliver the best possible content to people who type in a search query. The good news is there are some fundamental elements to search viability and Google has been kind enough to make them public.

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How to Turn Unlinked Brand Mentions into Backlinks

Buzzstream

At 46:27 in this Google Office Hours episode , John Mueller explains that unlinked brand mentions don’t pass any SEO value. There are four ways to do that: Google, BuzzStream, Ahrefs, and alert tools. So, let’s look into two ways to get alerts: Google or Talkwalker. Brand mentions are great. But what happens if they don’t link?

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Why PR May be the Answer to the Future of Search

The Proactive Report

And since Google’s overall search numbers show a huge growth in mobile searches, this is important information. Google has long said it’s an answer engine, rather than a search engine. What’s that you say – your PR team doesn’t know how to write meta tags?

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