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Niche blogging in the new Google reality: 5 strategies to thrive or die

Search Engine Land

If you are a niche blogger focused on building a site on which the majority source of your income is display ads from Google, 2024 has not been kind to you. Thousands of blogs from every possible niche are down as much as 90% in traffic, with no recovery in sight. Pinterest traffic. Reddit traffic. YouTube traffic.

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Why prioritizing UX always leads to better content creation (and how to do it)

Martech

Too many businesses seem to forget or ignore the importance of the user experience (UX). Even so, UX goes far above the technical side of your company’s website and digital products. Great UX can transform your content beyond bland facts and thinly-veiled pitches. Luxury brands understand this well.

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How to survive and thrive in a Google helpful content world

Search Engine Land

Google’s September 2023 helpful content update started rolling out Sept. I would urge any who have not already done so to review: The analysis that Glenn Gabe has put up. I’m going to concentrate today on my personal observations as a site auditor, focused exclusively on the food, travel and lifestyle niches.

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Google’s March 2024 core update: 5 things you need to know

Search Engine Land

Google is completely deindexing websites Imagine waking up to find your website gone from Google’s search results. This cleanup drive promises to remove up to 40% of low-quality websites that provide useless information and poor user experience – pages created just to match specific search queries.

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How publishers can regain traffic and revenue with affiliate marketing

Search Engine Land

Organic traffic performance of established publications vs. newer, smaller publishers While tracking the performance of media companies doing affiliate marketing, I started seeing traffic declines for established brands. Often, these smaller or up-and-coming brands will feature the logos and sometimes backlinks to the publication.

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Email outreach for marketers: Measuring and optimizing performance

Martech

To garner a clearer and more comprehensive view of engagement, we’ve started calculating the engagement rate. Instead of a common approach like “finance,” you might focus on specific niches like “FinTech startups” or “retail banking.” Imagine you’re offering UI/UX optimization to a Director of Marketing. Move into verticals.

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10 Product Recommendation Techniques to Improve UX and Conversions

ConversionXL

Nowadays nearly every online shop utilizes some sort of product recommendation engine, which is no wonder, as these systems, if set up and configured properly can significantly boost revenues, CTRs, conversions, and other important metrics. Logic is kind of a niche word, although I will use it often in this article.

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