Search Marketing

The latest search marketing best practice, case studies, trends, training and more. From search engine optimisation to pay-per-click

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Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Best Practice Guide

 ‌ Econsultancy’s new and updated series of SEO Best Practice Guides contains everything marketers need to know about search engine optimisation, whether they work for an in-house client-side team, independently, or for an agency.

PPC Best Practice Guide

‌ Econsultancy’s refreshed and updated series of Paid Search Best Practice guides covers everything you need to know about the complex, though potentially very lucrative, area of paid search advertising.

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Econsultancy’s digital and marketing trends for 2024

We’ve published a list of digital and marketing trends every January at Econsultancy for well over a decade, and have been training marketers for the better part of 20 years. Looking back at some of our annual predictions since 2010, three types of trend stand out: Trends that feel nostalgic, ideas that quickly became amusing […]

Introduction to SEO

SEO Best Practice: Algorithm Updates

This report outlines the key updates to Google’s algorithm that website owners should know about in order to optimise their webpages. It includes the most recent broad core updates as well general algorithmic shifts that aim to deliver a better experience for the user.

SEO Best Practice: Guidelines and Compliance

This guide helps website owners identify what SEO practices to avoid in order to comply with search engine guidelines. It explains the difference between a true penalty and algorithmic suppression and offers tips for avoiding penalties applied by Google and Bing.

Search Marketing Case Studies

SEO: Content Optimisation

SEO Best Practice: International SEO

This report looks at how businesses can successfully launch into new markets by optimising their international web presence, from choosing a domain strategy to language considerations and content localisation.

Link Building

SEO Best Practice: Link Strategy and Tactics

This report covers the practice of link building and its importance to SEO, and guides businesses through the steps to creating an effective link building strategy that encourages organic traffic. It also looks at how businesses can avoid penalties from search engines.

Technical SEO

SEO Best Practice: Technical SEO

This report provides best practice guidance on how to technically optimise a website in terms of its architecture and performance for the search engines. It includes detailed sections on URL management, sitemaps, side speed, HTML code and other specialist technical considerations.

Measuring SEO Performance

SEO Best Practice: Benchmarking and Auditing

This report looks at how to benchmark and audit internal and competitor websites, explaining the different types of processes involved, why they are important and how to apply the insights gained from them in order to improve web performance.

SEO Best Practice: Measurement and Reporting for SEO

Measurement allows marketers to track the effectiveness of their efforts. From the role of analytics and the importance of identifying goals to defining data needs and ensuring validation, this report goes beyond SEO to look at the essentials of measurement and reporting.

PPC Best Practice Guides

Paid Search Optimisation Best Practice Guide

Part of Econsultancy’s Paid Search Best Practice Bundle, this report covers the tools and strategies advertisers need to test and optimise paid search campaigns, from making use of ad assets to running experiments with ad variations and crafting compelling landing pages.

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