Search Engine Ads Explained in 10 Minutes (with Expert Tips)
Search engine advertising involves paying platforms like Google, Bing, or Yahoo to display your ads when people search for keywords you pay for. Unlike organic search results (SEO), which take time to build, search ads appear almost instantly at the… Read more ›
Education SEO for Higher Education, EdTech and K-12 Schools
Before I started SEO, I was an educator for about 10 years. To say education is close to my heart would be an understatement. But, the real value of this post comes from the expertise shared by these industry leaders:… Read more ›
SEO Is the Worst It’s Ever Been (And It’s Still Your Best Marketing Channel)
SEO really has changed: SERPs are drowning in AI-generated content. Google’s algorithms seem biased towards big brands like Reddit. AI Overviews are siphoning clicks away from creators. Google is losing its monopoly on knowledge management as more people turn to… Read more ›
The Best AI Content Optimization Tools for 2025
Great optimization tools can identify missing topics and keywords, suggest and refine headers and titles, generate meta-data, and show tons of useful information about your competitors’ articles. If you aren’t using an optimization tool, you probably should. I work at… Read more ›
AI Content Creation: My Process for High-Quality, SEO-Friendly Articles
Without a clear process, AI-generated content can feel generic, miss SEO opportunities, or just not sound like you. The trick? Use AI as a tool, not a shortcut. This AI content creation process helps you: Get AI to generate usable… Read more ›
Google Says “Links Matter Less”—We Looked at 1,000,000 SERPs and Our Data Both Agrees and Disagrees
I still believe that links should be a part of your SEO strategy, but they shouldn’t be your whole strategy. A while back, I answered the question, “Do links still matter for rankings?” by disavowing all links to a few blogs.… Read more ›
Bidding on Branded Terms Increases Clicks by 18.3%
Most SEOs are against bidding on branded terms because it is believed that buying paid ads cannibalizes organic traffic and it can also impact attribution for conversions and revenue. Paid advertisers believe there is an uplift in overall traffic. Who… Read more ›
100 Most Expensive Keywords for Google Ads in 2025
These are the 100 most expensive keywords on Google Ads, along with their monthly search volume and cost per click (CPC). The main reason is due to Google’s ads mechanism: Companies have to outbid each other in order to secure… Read more ›
21+ Of Our Best SEO & Content Marketing Templates
I’ve been in marketing for coming up to ten years now (*internal scream at the passing of time*) and, while I like to think I have a bit of savvy when it comes to content marketing, there are plenty of… Read more ›
9 Best SEO Affiliate Programs
Need a video for your website? https://Stormmarketinginginc.com Greed kills most great SEO affiliate programs. Most lists promote … Keep Learning > The post 9 Best SEO Affiliate Programs appeared first on Gotch SEO Academy.