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The Ultimate Guide to Google’s Custom Intent Audiences

What are Custom Intent Audiences? In a nutshell, “custom intent audiences” is a Google product that allows marketers target people currently researching certain topics, products, and solutions on the web, using display or YouTube video ad campaigns. Find out how you can use custom intent audiences in this detailed guide.

Kelechi IbeJun 21, 2019

Social Media

7 min read

Getting Low Quality Leads from Your Facebook Ads? Here's What To Do

If you have been running Facebook ads for a while and are even generating leads from it but finding that lead quality isn‘t great or that they are not quite converting at a similar conversion rate to your Google Ads, this guide is for you. See my three advanced tactics to sky-rocket your lead quality from Facebook ads.

Shirish AgarwalJun 14, 2019

How to Add FAQ Schema to Any Page Using Google Tag Manager [Easy Guide]

General SEO

6 min read

How to Add FAQ Schema to Any Page Using Google Tag Manager [Easy Guide]

Google recently announced that they will be supporting the new How-To & FAQ structured data markup within Google Search. While implementing FAQ structured data may not lead to higher ranking positions, it can lead to capturing more visual real estate, leading to a higher click-through rate.

Rhys DaviesJun 12, 2019

The New Semrush Backlink Database: Bigger, Better, Faster

Industry News

6 min read

The New Semrush Backlink Database: Bigger, Better, Faster

Being the front runner of the digital marketing industry, we strive to provide our users with the best solutions. Today we are proud to share with you our latest breakthrough — a completely renovated backlink database!

Elena TerentevaJun 10, 2019

Original Research & Studies

6 min read

Voice Search Study Methodology: Factors Influencing Search Engine Rankings in 2019

Our recent voice search study analyzed the results of over 50,000 queries split across three devices and included 10 key factors that have an influence on how a voice search answer is selected by Google Assistant. In this post, you will see our complete methodology, which describes the data gathering process in full.

Olga AndrienkoJun 05, 2019

Original Research & Studies

11 min read

Voice Search Study: Factors Influencing Search Engine Rankings in 2019

With voice search so hotly discussed and debated this year, we decided to produce a study that will offer data you need. Discover which ranking factors are critical for success to do well on Android & other Google devices. Our findings will offer great insights to SEOs and marketers worldwide.

Olga AndrienkoJun 05, 2019

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Semrush Copilot: Your AI Assistant for Faster SEO Insights

General SEO

7 min read

Semrush Copilot: Your AI Assistant for Faster SEO Insights

Semrush Copilot helps you save time in common SEO analysis and planning. It does this by automatically analyzing several key Semrush tools and reports to offer actionable recommendations and present a prioritized list of SEO activities.

Brenna KellyMar 19, 2024

Keyword Research

18 min read

Keyword Research for SEO: What It Is & How to Do It

You can do keyword research by looking at search suggestions in Google or using a keyword research tool.

Rachel HandleyFeb 28, 2024

Link Building

12 min read

What Is Off-Page SEO? A Guide to Off-Page SEO Strategy

Off-page SEO is a set of strategies, such as link building, used outside of a website to improve its rankings.

Carlos SilvaFeb 16, 2024

How to Check Website Accessibility in 2024

Technical SEO

7 min read

How to Check Website Accessibility in 2024

Is it time to check your website accessibility? Remember that accessibility is about improving the user experience for everyone – including people with disabilities.

Luke HarselFeb 14, 2024

Technical SEO

14 min read

What Is Technical SEO? Basics and Best Practices

Technical SEO is the process of optimizing a website for search engines. Read this guide to get started.

Tushar PolFeb 08, 2024

On-page SEO

14 min read

On-Page SEO: What It Is and How to Do It

This is a guide to on-page SEO. Learn exactly how to optimize your titles, descriptions, and content in 2024.

Kelly LyonsDec 15, 2023

Social Media

7 min read

How to Find YouTube Influencers

Need help finding influencers on YouTube for a partnership campaign? Follow these steps.

Grace BrennanApr 18, 2024

Content

9 min read

The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Content Marketing Strategy

This step-by-step guide teaches you how to build a content marketing strategy for your business.

Tushar PolMar 19, 2024

Paid Advertising

8 min read

Banner Ad Sizes: How to Choose the Right Size

Knowing your options is important so you can visualize how your ad will look, and how easily people will be able to see the ad.

Grace BrennanMar 18, 2024

Paid Advertising

9 min read

How to Make an Ad, Step by Step

A great ad doesn’t bombard audiences’ in their newsfeed, it conveys a clear brand message, offers value, and earns users’ attention.

Grace BrennanMar 14, 2024

Competitor Intelligence & Research

20 min read

What Is a Competitive Analysis & How to Do It (With Template)

Grab our competitor analysis template to learn more about your competitors. And how you can stay ahead.

Kelly LyonsDec 14, 2023

Ecommerce

12 min read

What Is Ecommerce? A Beginner’s Guide to Online Business

Ecommerce, short for electronic commerce, involves buying and selling goods and services online.

Marilyn WilkinsonDec 13, 2023

Original Research & Studies

7 min read

10 Small Business Trends for 2024

Learn the top small business trends for 2024 to stay ahead of the competition and keep employees happy.

Ankit VoraFeb 19, 2024

Major 2023 Semrush Updates: Get Results with the Help of New Features

News & Research

16 min read

Major 2023 Semrush Updates: Get Results with the Help of New Features

We made seismic product updates in 2023. Check out our best and brightest changes at Semrush.

Anastasiia YashchenkoDec 13, 2023

Which Companies Spend the Most on Digital Advertising? [Study]

News & Research

7 min read

Which Companies Spend the Most on Digital Advertising? [Study]

Learn what companies spend the most on advertising across 12 separate industries—and how you can gather competitive ad intel for your own niche.

Shannon O‘SheaNov 14, 2023

Advertising Trends: CPM Benchmarks by Industry [Study]

Original Research & Studies

4 min read

Advertising Trends: CPM Benchmarks by Industry [Study]

If you‘re looking for CPM benchmarks for digital ads in your industry, this study is for you.

Luke HarselOct 23, 2023

Advertising Trends: The Most Popular Types of Digital Ads [Study]

Original Research & Studies

6 min read

Advertising Trends: The Most Popular Types of Digital Ads [Study]

By partnering with AdClarity, we’ve investigated ad types, ad channels and ad spend so you can plan and strategize with the kind of competitive edge that other players don’t have in your industry.

Luke HarselOct 10, 2023

Original Research & Studies

2 min read