The SEO Blog from cognitiveSEO

If you want to become a good SEO, you need to have a holistic view on all SEO related topics and there are some technical elements that you must understand, even if they're not quite easy to digest. One of these topics is schema markup.   Schema markup and structured data had a role in SEO for years now and it seems that major search engines recommend them. But what exactly is schema markup? And, more importantly, how does it impact the SEO process?   After reading this article, [...]

As SEO evolves, it gets more and more human-centered and people in the industry begin to question old techniques, targeted mostly at search engines. Such is the case with Sitemaps, which have been around for ages.   Do sitemaps still matter for SEO in 2022 or are they just a waste of time? When and why should you use them? And how can you optimize them for maximum SEO results?     In this article, you'll find out the answers to all those questions, so keep reading!   [...]

Ranking number one on Google is great. But ranking in a Google answer box, on position zero, is even better. Google answer boxes might be a blessing for both users (they get the desired info instantly) and webmasters (their website is in the foreground, above the top ranking websites).   But what steps do you need to take to make sure you get featured in Google's rich answer box? Everything you need to know about answer boxes, from what they are to how to win them, is thoroughly detailed [...]

SEO writing has become an adventure, a complicated math problem we are all trying to calculate for finding the secret to get results faster. The number of search engine factors have advanced, the Google algorithm updates has increased, the number of businesses that use SEO have increased, the number of SEO agencies have increased and more and more people have become aware of its importance. That's how the market got pretty cluttered and the competition very high. And we know how important it is [...]

There are over 1.5 billion web sites in the world, and JavaScript is used on 95% of them.   With no additional introduction to the importance of performing an in-depth SEO analysis on your site, regardless of the programming language it uses,  we are proud to tell you that starting today, cognitiveSEO can crawl and perform in-depth site audits on all types of websites, JavaScript generated sites included.      With so many sites using content generated with JavaScript, yo [...]

Not long ago, Google has released version 68 of the Chrome Web Browser. In this version, websites that don't run on HTTPS will be marked as Not Secure. This might lead to the following question: does Google value websites with SSL certificates more? Will they rank better? Is it worth to make the switch?   In this article (Updated 2020) you'll find out whether SSL certificates matter for SEO or not. You'll also learn exactly how to migrate your website from HTTP to HTTPS without suffering [...]

Google continues to make algorithm updates and change the search results to please the user. Similar to the saying "the client is always right", here the saying becomes "the user is always pleased". Or most of the times, that's what Google is trying to achieve.     To fulfill that need and deliver good quality content that meets all the requirements and improve the search, Google officials let us know about major Google Algorithm Updates they make from time to time. This way, webmasters [...]

Just last week Google made waves with its announcement of quantum supremacy - the claim that they have developed a quantum computer that has been demonstrated to solve, in a matter of days, a problem that a “classic” supercomputer would most likely take thousands of years to solve. Elsewhere, stories about robots taking our jobs abound, while machine learning seems to be on everyone’s mind.     But change is not always flashy or even visible. Last week, Google introduced a n [...]

SEO still keeps a lot of secrets for a lot of beginners out there, but even advanced users need to be constantly up to date with what happens in the online marketing world.  We've put a together a list of ten SEO facts you've probably never heard of before; however, even if you have, this is a friendly reminder.     There are a lot of SEO facts and stats out there, with more or less known matters. What we've tried to do is to put together a list of surprising SEO facts that make you l [...]

Each and every day that passes, another fact about SEO is revealed, another important tip is told, another story is learnt just by opening our email, twitter account, or our smartphone. We have the information at hand. Lots and lots of news from the internet marketing world go by our ears and our eyes. Make sure to listen to the right one.    And, speaking of important stuff, we’ve searched and scooped through the Webmaster Central Hangouts to reveal the most intriguing facts about S [...]