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How to Do SEO for Your New Website [10-Step Guide]

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If done well, SEO (search engine optimization) can send thousands of targeted visitors to your website every month. It has taken over a decade to reach this point, but our approach to SEO has remained consistent. This article covers how to do SEO for your website in 10 digestible steps. Okay, ready? Let’s start with step one.

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How to Build an SEO Roadmap That Drives Performance

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An SEO roadmap is where high-level objectives trickle down to project-level prioritization. Because having a solid SEO strategy is great. Below, I’ll break down why an SEO roadmap is such an important tool and how it can benefit your business at large. What Is an SEO Roadmap?

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Flesch Reading Ease: What It Is and Why It Matters

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Your audience should breeze through your writing without losing interest. If it’s harder to read, then it’s harder to understand. This is why the Flesch Reading Ease score is important. In the 1940s, Dr. Rudolph Flesch developed the Flesch Reading Ease test to gauge how easy it is to read someone’s writing. In the 1970s, J.

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5 Best Rank Tracking Tools for SEO Monitoring

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Rank tracking tools let you monitor your SEO performance over time. That’s why we put together this list of the five best rank tracking tools for businesses, SEO agencies, and blogs of all sizes. So you can find the right solution to improve your website’s SEO. This makes it easier to digest complex SEO data.

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What Is Generative AI and How Does It Work?

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Further reading: ChatGPT for SEO: Ultimate Guide, Tips & Prompts Claude Like ChatGPT, Claude is an AI chatbot that generates text responses to prompts. Step 2: Generative AI Models Produce Content Once the system receives the users prompt, it uses machine learning models to generate content. How does ChatGPT work?

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9 Best Chrome Extensions for SEO: Our Top Picks

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In fact, Leigh McKenzie, head of SEO at Backlinko, uses Chrome extensions to speed up many daily SEO tasks. I couldn’t work as an SEO without all of my favorite extensions. First, read our comprehensive review of the best Chrome extensions for SEO. What’s the Best Chrome Extension for SEO? Let’s get started!

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Keyword Cannibalization: An A-to-Z Guide to Fixing and Avoiding It

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Cannibalized pages undermine your SEO efforts. We had two older articles on the same topic: the best free and paid SEO tools. The oldest article targeted “ SEO tools ” and featured an extensive (albeit overwhelming) list of options: The more recent article targeted “best free SEO tools.”

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