Decoding GoogleSpeak
There's often a lot of confusion surrounding quotes made by Google representatives, but there doesn't have to be. Columnist Jenny Halasz discusses...
Jenny Halasz is the President of an online marketing consulting company offering SEO, PPC, and Web Design services. She's been in search since 2000 and focuses on long term strategies, intuitive user experience and successful customer acquisition. She occasionally offers her personal insights on her blog, JLH Marketing.
There's often a lot of confusion surrounding quotes made by Google representatives, but there doesn't have to be. Columnist Jenny Halasz discusses...
Contributor Jenny Halasz recaps highlights from the "Ask The SEOs" session at SMX Advanced 2015, where veteran SEOs answered questions about search...
Ever wondered how search engines crawl, analyze, index, and rank pages? Columnist Jenny Halasz has created a helpful primer on the link graph to...
Jenny Halasz recaps the most noteworthy tidbits of the "Meet The Search Engines" panel at SMX West 2015, where representatives from Google and Bing...
Columnist Jenny Halasz loves the SEO community enough to administer a slap on the wrist when she thinks things are going awry....
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