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Using Your Competition to Gain an SEO Advantage

Date: November 7, 2019
Author: 9Sail

By recognizing and studying your competition — as opposed to trying to forget that they’re there — you can significantly increase your SEO ranking and domain...

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Domain Authority: What Is It and How Do I Boost It?

Date: October 31, 2019
Author: 9Sail

Even though you can’t optimize for all of Google’s ranking factors, you can focus on and optimize one of the most heavy-hitting ones: page authority. If you...

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Website Conversation Strategies That Work: It’s All About Adding Value

Date: October 28, 2019
Author: 9Sail

This guest blog was written by Paradigm Marketing and Design Chief Operating Officer & Senior Marketing Strategist, Carolyn Menz. Your website is up...

Why Storytelling Is an Impactful Content Strategy

Date: October 24, 2019
Author: 9Sail

Humans are innately drawn to the narrative of a good story, so why not use that approach to deliver engaging online content? Have you ever wondered why stories...

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Top 4 Small Business SEO Challenges and Solutions

Date: October 17, 2019
Author: 9Sail

Major SEO hurdles that small businesses encounter — and sound ways to overcome them The one thing that we count on when it comes to Google is...

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How to Perform Keyword Research for SEO

Date: October 10, 2019
Author: 9Sail

Love it or hate it, keyword research is a critical step in the content creation process and a necessary component to any successful content strategy. Keyword...

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What Are the Most Important Google Ranking Factors?

Date: October 7, 2019
Author: 9Sail

The SEO world is constantly evolving. As tastes and technologies change, search engines adapt to the new landscape. Obviously, it’s critical for SEO...

What Is a Pillar Page and Why Does Google Love Them?

Date: October 3, 2019
Author: 9Sail

The way people search online has evolved, and so have the methods that search engines use to provide search results. If pillar pages aren’t in your SEO...

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5 Ways to Increase Your Website’s Page Speed

Date: September 19, 2019
Author: 9Sail

Search engines and users alike penalize websites that are slow to load. If you want to maintain a good SEO standing and safeguard your bottom line, then...

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