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Welcome to the IMG Weekly Chat Digest #44

IMG Weekly Chat Digest #44

We’re bringing together all the highlights from the week in IMG to save you time and in case you missed something relevant.

Here are a few highlights:

    • Search Console & Impressions
    • Bing Webmaster Tools & Positions
    • Search Console for PBNs
    • Google Ads – Search Terms Report
    • Same Text in H1 and Meta Title
And more…

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Now, This Week’s IMG Community Chat Digest!

1. Search Console – Impressions

Members: Yaniv Gabay, Suzy B and Vishal

Topic – General SEO

Summary: In search console, could the impressions be caused by bots crawling the site as opposed to actual human traffic?…

Lauren Proctor: Google defines GSC impressions as “the number of times any URL from your site appeared in search results viewed by a user, not including paid Google  Ads search impressions.”



2. Average Position On Bing Webmaster Tools

Members: John O’Hara and Kyle Roof

Topic: General SEO

Summary: 
When I look under search performance for the last 7 days it gives me an average position < 10, but when I check actual results there is nothing to be seen ?…

Kyle: To the first part of rank, I think Google does that as well. If the page ranked one time in that spot in Albuquerque on a Tuesday at 1am they count it…


3. Adding Search Console for PBNs ?

Members: James Goldsmith, Kyle Roof, Miguel Rodriguez, Jake Boyle, Victor Figlin, Miklas Kroager, Everhardt Strauss and Simon White

Topics: General SEO

Summary: 
If I’m creating a PBN, should I add Google Search Console to every site, or not?

Kyle: It would look weird for a site to not be in SC.…


4. Google Ads is slashing Search Term Reporting

Members: Lauren Proctor, Suzy B and DRE De Vera
Topic: General SEO

Summary:
 Google Ads is Slashing Search Term Reporting…How Are You Taking Advantage?


DRE De Vera : I’m not too worried, if my target audience isn’t searching. I can focus more on what’s converting..…


5. Same Text in H1 and Meta Title

Members: Miklas Kroager, James Goldsmith and Suzy B
Tags: General SEO

Summary: 
Same text in h1 and meta title… What are your thoughts?

James: I’ve never had any problems ranking pages with that. I suppose it might be an issue if POP suggests otherwise…


6. Difference between a PBN and Guest Post?

Members: Yaniv Gabay, Kyle Roof, Thane Pullan and James Goldsmith

Topic: General SEO

Summary: I’ve heard many times you can’t rank a site just with PBN’s but I don’t get it. What’s the difference between a PBN and a guest post?



Kyle: You can definitely just rank with PBNs…


7. What to do if your Major Competition just closed.

Topic: The Lounge

Members: Conor Duggan, Kyle Roof, Todd Weeks, Lauren Proctor, and Miklas Kroager

Summary: 
My largest and most established local competitor just bit the dust. What would I do to take advantage of the opportunity? …

Kyle: Create [brand name] alternative page to capture any users looking for where to go now…

 


8. Content Update Not Recognized on POP Re-Run

Topic: Page Optimizer PRO

Members: Richard Ingersoll and Kyle Roof

Summary: 
I have updated the content on my page to add suggested words from POP but when I rerun the report, it is not recognizing the words that have been added? What’s going on?…

Kyle: Are you choosing a location or using the POP chrome extension? If choosing a location, your hosting is probably serving a cached page…


9. Local Link Opportunities.

Topic: Premium | Pro Tips & Tricks

Tutorial: How to Find Local Link Opportunities by Kyle Roof


That’s it for now. Hope you enjoyed the read. See you in the community over the weekend!

Kyle Roof

About the author

Kyle is best known for revealing the “secret” hidden in plain sight: Google’s algorithm is an algorithm. In other words, it all comes down to one thing - Math. Kyle demonstrated this by ranking number one in Google with a page consisting of gibberish text and only a handful of target keywords. Google actually punished him for exposing their algorithm by de-indexing 20 of his test sites and creating a rule in an attempt to de-value his efforts. Kyle has spent the past several years running more than 400 scientific SEO tests to better understand Google's algo. The combined results of those tests became the backbone of the popular SEO tool, PageOptimizer Pro, and they are implemented within his SEO agency on client sites. Kyle also shares his techniques in podcasts, at conferences around the world, and within the platform he co-founded, IMG, a sort of Netflix for SEOs with an active community aspect.

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