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The Impact of Google’s Helpful Content System on Link Building

Buzzstream

Google Search Central blog just posted a new update titled “What web creators should know about our March 2024 core update and new spam policies” The post outlines several changes that could impact the future of link building, content creation, and upend strategies that many sites rely on. What is the Helpful Content System?

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Guest Blogging: How You Should Be Doing It in 2024

Buzzstream

I get email requests from guest bloggers who want to write on the BuzzStream blog daily. And yet, according to uSERP’s State of Backlinks for SEO report , guest posting is the third most popular link-building method behind content marketing and digital PR. What is Guest Blogging? I’ll be blunt: they are never good.

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Blogger Pitch Smackdown: SEO Linkbuilders vs. PR Pros

Rock the Status Quo

The Differences in Pitch Style & Purpose Are Helpful to Understand I love PR, I love SEO and I really love how well they intersect to grow client reach and conversion. How that pitch is written can be VERY revealing. Why do I write about backlink pitches in a PR blog?

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Sorry, Press Releases Do Not Help Your SEO Anymore

Sword and the Script

Lately, I’ve noticed several opinion pieces circulating in blogs espousing the SEO benefits of press releases. However, there is virtually no SEO benefit to press releases , and there hasn’t been in a long time. That’s gaming the system and violates the quality guidelines published by Google. Give our services a try.

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Blogging isn’t Sexy but Done Well It Drives B2B Marketing Results [Study]

Sword and the Script

The most effective blogs in B2B marketing tend to publish longer posts, more frequently, with visuals, paid distribution and analytical measurement Blogging doesn’t have the appeal that voice search, personalization or influencer marketing do in B2B marketing, but when it’s done right, it’s surely effective, according to a new study.

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Less publicized but more interesting takeaways from 3 reports on marketing and PR

Sword and the Script

PR pitches earn a 45% open rate and a 3% response rate; the top metrics for marcom and PR by segment; Europe is more satisfied with PR agencies than the U.S. What: PR pitching amidst the continuing media layoffs When: February 22, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. The company’s measures are based on the pitches sent through their systems.

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How to Implement a Project Management Workflow for a Link Building Team

Buzzstream

When I got promoted to SEO account manager at my previous digital marketing agency, besides all the excitement, I knew it would be a new challenge to create strategies involving Digital PR, Content, Design and other teams on top of my usual SEO work. Research if a system has been implemented before. Get buy-in from your team.

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