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How To Do PPC If You Run a Small Business: Semrush Solutions

SEO takes time, so, for immediate traffic, most turn to PPC. Let’s discover some tricks that will help your small business plan a smart and well-thought-out PPC campaign. Learn how to save money and find the right keywords.

Julia OlennikovaNov 06, 2018

General SEO

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A Crash Course in Chinese SEO: Exit Google, Enter Baidu...

Breaking into China’s vast online consumer market, secured behind the Great Firewall of China, may seem like an impossible undertaking. While it is challenging, this guide to establishing a web presence in the country, including best practices for SEO for its dominant search engine, Baidu, will help you in getting your digital marketing campaign underway to tap into this large and growing market.

Gary StevensOct 24, 2018

Local SEO

8 min read

Local SEO Strategy for Multiple Locations: Everything You Need To Know

Local SEO has become a powerful tool for businesses to target potential customers who are ready to buy. Optimizing a single-location business for local search is easy, but if you run a chain, increasing the visibility of each location can be a challenge.

Aaron AgiusOct 24, 2018

The Fast Way To Build a Keyword List with Implicit Local Intent

Local SEO

6 min read

The Fast Way To Build a Keyword List with Implicit Local Intent

Researching local keywords can be a time consuming process, but not with this guide. Turbo charge your research using Keyword Magic and Position Tracking to hack your competitors‘ rankings and discover the local keywords they rank for. This process gives you the ability to quickly evaluate large keyword sets so you apply the appropriate SEO strategy from the start.

Brett ElliottOct 23, 2018

So You Want To Appear in Google’s Local Travel Guide

Local SEO

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So You Want To Appear in Google’s Local Travel Guide?

I am seeing more and more questions about how to appear in Google’s local travel guide, so let‘s dive in. The first thing you will notice is that the travel guide is not available to all localities, primarily because the travel guides are data-driven; as data builds up for a locality, Google adds the travel guide.

Tim CapperOct 22, 2018

Ecommerce

14 min read

Understanding Ecommerce Seasonality and Identifying Niche Based Seasonal Events

To take better business decisions, the ecommerce community needs to understand the role of Seasonality in ecommerce and the deviations it causes in a business process. Find out how a business can predict and adapt for the seasonal deviations to maintain a steady ROI throughout the year.

Kunal KhullarOct 16, 2018

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Link Building for SEO: A Guide to the Basics

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

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What Is SEO? An Intro to Search Engine Optimization

SEO (search engine optimization) is an effort to get more unpaid visibility in search engines like Google.

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

Keyword research is the process of finding & analyzing what relevant audiences search for in search engines.

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Semrush Copilot: Your AI Assistant for Faster SEO Insights

General SEO

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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.

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What Is a Competitive Analysis? (with Template + Examples)

Learn how to do a competitive analysis and compare your brand against your competitors.

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Paid Advertising

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Banner Ad Sizes: Choosing 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 BrennanOct 18, 2024

Original Research & Studies

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10 Small Business Trends for 2025

Learn the top small business trends for 2025 to stay ahead of the competition and keep employees happy.

Ankit VoraFeb 19, 2024

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

News & Research

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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

Average CPM for Display Ads: Benchmarks by Industry [Study]

Original Research & Studies

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Average CPM for Display Ads: 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

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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

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Top 100: The Most Visited Websites in the US [2025 Top Websites Edition]

This post uncovers the top 100 most visited websites in the US, deep-diving into a few industries — Media, Retail, and Streaming Services — that show the biggest position changes.

Natalia ZhukovaDec 23, 2022