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Flat-style infographic showing the four pillars of E-E-A-T—Experience (user silhouette with checkmark), Expertise (profile with lightbulb), Authoritativeness (classical column), and Trustworthiness (shield with checkmark)—with purple and blue icons on an off-white background.

E-E-A-T Guide for Marketers: Enhancing Experience, Expertise, Authority & Trust

June 3, 2025 / by Dave Burnett

Introduction Google’s concept of E-E-A-T – which stands for Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness – is a critical framework in the Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines. It defines the qualities of high-value content and websites that Google’s human quality raters look for.  In late 2022, Google even added an extra...

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Cross-Platform SEO Strategies in the Age of AI

June 2, 2025 / by Dave Burnett

Introduction: The New Multi-Platform SEO Landscape Search behavior is no longer confined to just Google. Today’s consumers find information across a spectrum of platforms – from traditional search engines to social networks and even e-commerce sites. In fact, SEO now requires a multi-platform approach to ensure visibility across all...

Marketing in regulated industries like finance and healthcare requires more than creativity — it demands compliance. Here’s how to win trust.

Mastering Healthcare Digital Marketing in a Regulated World

/ by Dave Burnett

One of the top questions I get when discussing SEO and paid media is: How do regulations impact digital marketing in industries like finance and healthcare? If you’ve ever run a campaign in either space, you already know:You can’t just say whatever you want. Strict rules and legal boundaries...

Line chart showing how the number of comments on YouTube videos drops from about 5,000 at rank 1 to around 2,000–3,000 by rank 20.

Video SEO on YouTube: The Comprehensive 2025 Guide

June 1, 2025 / by Dave Burnett

Overview: Video SEO vs. Traditional SEO Video SEO focuses on optimizing video content so it ranks well in search engines and on video platforms. This differs from traditional SEO, which is centered on text-based content (web pages, blogs). In traditional SEO, algorithms emphasize factors like keywords in text, backlinks,...

Think your rankings are real? They might not be. Learn how to spot the signs of artificially inflated SEO and what to do about it.

What Are the Signs Your Site’s Rankings Are Artificially Inflated?

/ by Dave Burnett

Over the past 20 years, I’ve worked with hundreds of companies—some dominating page one and driving conversions like crazy, others wondering why their “great rankings” weren’t moving the needle. One of the most overlooked issues I’ve seen is artificially inflated SEO rankings—vanity metrics that look good but fall apart...