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Internet Marketing Blog Posts by Will Scott 
Will Scott has been working online since 1994. From a time when most people hadn't even heard of the internet, Will was putting it to work for business. As a former Vice-President of Local Matters a decade ago Will Scott was at the forefront of Online Directories. From Directories to Small Businesses to White Label services for Directories, Will has been getting top of page rankings for clients since the turn of the century. Search Influence, Will Scott's current initiative is a scalable production house for Search Engine Optimization, Local SEO and Social Media for small and midsize businesses. Whether direct or through their white-label partners, Search Influence compete successfully and profitably online. Nothing gives Scott more joy than watching his team members grow into top-notch online marketers.
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The AI SEO Guide: From Concepts to Application
Key Insights AI SEO means creating content that resonates with humans and is easily interpreted by AI systems. Search engines prioritize semantic relevance, so depth and clarity now matter more than exact keywords. AI models pull from trusted sources, making content accuracy and accessibility essential. Content should align with user …
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Accelerate Your Higher Ed Program Enrollment With Our SEO Roadmap
Imagine this: You’re part of a university marketing team tasked with boosting visibility for a new program. You know SEO is critical, but with so many options and resources to consider, figuring out where to begin feels overwhelming. You’re not alone — according to our higher ed research study we …
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Social Search: How Gen Z & Millennial Search Habits Are Changing
Key Insights Gen Z and Millennials increasingly favor social search over traditional search engines like Google. As social search becomes more prominent, brands need to optimize their presence on social media platforms to capture the attention of younger, tech-savvy audiences. Social search engines prioritize visual content, which resonates more with …
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Google officially launches AI Overviews for search
Google announces AI Overviews are available for all US searchers Google is trying to steal your searches, what can you do about it? At yesterday’s Google I/O, Google announced it is rolling out “AI overviews” for all US searchers. Without getting too geeky, the AI Overviews are “retrieval augmented generation,” where essentially Google looks into its large language model (i.e. big ol’ database of knowledge) …
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Higher Education Digital Marketing – Your Key to Growth In 2024
Imagine you’re a ship captain embarking on a voyage in uncharted waters. That’s what it’s like navigating the ever-changing currents of Higher Education Digital Marketing. As the deck shifts beneath you, you are steering your institution’s ship through the waves of change – hopefully toward improved enrollment and a better …
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#1 Organic & No Clicks? Google Ads 2023 SERP Smackdown!
High Ranking Keywords and Low Traffic? Are algorithm updates and AI just a red herring for more Google Ads in 2023? It’s not just a #1 position. It’s a rich snippet. And a full-feature rich snippet with images, a bulleted list, and everything. But the CTR (click-through rate) is a …
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SEO Skyscraper Method + ChatGPT Data Mining = Winning the SERP
I can’t believe I’m sharing this, but after doing it a few times, I realized that the Skyscraper Technique, when paired with ChatGPT data mining, is too good to keep to myself. But look, don’t tell anyone else, alright? Everybody’s afraid of the impact of derivative content. I say, if …
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10 Winning Higher Education Marketing Strategies
Research shows that 93% of Americans think they are better drivers than average, 90% of teachers think they are more skilled than their peers, and this overestimation is pervasive across many skills — including logic tests. For the typical higher education institution, effective marketing strategies are like that. Mathematically speaking, …
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Improving SEO In Higher Education Must Be a Priority: Insights From UPCEA Webinar
Priority: Improving SEO in Higher Education Search Influence joined the UPCEA team, Jim Fong and Bruce Etter, as they unveiled the highly anticipated UPCEA Higher Education SEO Research Study in a lively and informative webinar. We’re grateful for the engaged audience, who brought us compelling questions. It was obvious from …
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Why Is Google Traffic Down In April 2023?
Update from the “Correlation is not Causation” file. While investigating more, I noticed this in Google Search Console. A client who has historically had consistent #1 ranking for a specific phrase showed significant volatility in the last month. That volatility roughly coincides with the finalization of the March Core Update. …
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