The SEO Blog from cognitiveSEO

Growth and comfort rarely coexist. Here, at cognitiveSEO, we know this better than anyone. We knew it was high time we rolled up our sleeves and worked our fingers to the bone to give our users the best possible experience. So here we stand today, proud to present you what we've been working on for the past few months: simply put, a better cognitiveSEO app.    Better. Faster. Stronger. This is how the cognitiveSEO app feels like now. We spent the last couple of months improving our tool [...]

We all know that quality links to our website are beneficial for rankings. But link-building is hard and time consuming and reckless link-building is sort of 'illegal' in terms of Google Guidelines. Your only 'legal' option is to create great content and distribute it properly in order to earn natural links.   The problem is that not all pages are easily linked to. It's just not the case for category pages, or landing pages in strange niches, such as leech breeding. So, instead, you creat [...]

If you want to raise true brand awareness and drive massive organic traffic to your website, then you're in need of some really effective off-page SEO practices. Big time. There's little clear-cut and effective content across the Internet on what exactly digital marketers need to focus most of their resources, knowledge, and time on to drive organic traffic to their site from an off-site SEO point of view. That's where the idea of writing a complete off-page SEO techniques checklist came from. H [...]

We can finally share with you el cuarto episode of our cognitiveSEO Talks: On Search and Traffic where an energetic and truly inspiring Aleyda Solis challenged us to reconsider our marketing tactics and views. Aleyda is an international SEO consultant, blogger for multiple high-authority outlets such as SEL, State of Digital, and Moz, experienced speaker, with more than 100 conferences in 20 countries, and also the author of the SEO book in Spanish SEO. The Essential Points.    We can al [...]

Did you know that Google doesn't show all your pages in the search results, even though they have the potential to rank high? Yeah, that's right! Your page is eligible to rank high, but doesn't get displayed in the searches.   These are called omitted results and, although they aren't something to freak out about, they can sometimes become a little bit of a pain. If your website is listed in Google's omitted results, almost nobody will ever see it. Fortunately, there are some things you c [...]

The relationship between JavaScript and SEO started a long time ago and has been a highly debated topic in the virtual world, mostly in the SEO circles. Creating websites using JavaScript to feature content was a big hit back in the days. Many developers used this technique, with some lacking knowledge on whether search engines can parse and understand that content.   Along the way, Google changed its methodology and standpoint regarding JavaScript. Everybody started to doubt whether sear [...]

We're thrilled to bring to your attention the third episode of our cognitiveSEO Talks: On Search and Traffic, this time with a beloved digital expert, Sujan Patel. He's a marvelous marketing expert, entrepreneur and growth hacker widely known for his multiple publications and articles in the industry, his successful management of various big companies, and his extensive knowledge in the world of digital.   We constantly feel the rush to know what that one or the other say about something [...]

If you want to get a top Google ranking, then we say you follow the old saying: When in Rome, do as the Romans do. When having a website for which you want to get the best display on Google, do what Google would like you to do.    We gathered a list of 22 must-dos, things that Google said you should be doing in order to rank high in SERPs.      How to rank high on Google fast. That's everyone's concern. After all, Google (and search engines in general) is the sole playgr [...]

Content Marketing is dominating the internet. It stays at the core of everything, be it an article, a video or even an ad. So, in order to succeed or even attempt to be successful at digital marketing, you have to create some form of content.   However, many people find it very difficult to create content or do link building, especially if they're in a 'boring' niche. This complaint often comes not only from the website owners themselves, but also from various digital marketing experts tr [...]

There comes a time in our life when some things need to be changed or refreshed. The same happens in the life of content. It might get outdated or irrelevant and that’s when content pruning comes to the rescue.   By its nature, pruning means cutting off dead branches or stems, especially to encourage growth. Content pruning was born from the same desire, to remove old or poor quality articles, to get rid of the clutter not to damage the quality of the overall website. But does content p [...]