In this article, I’m going to compare Semrush and SpyFu. I’ll focus on 6 common use cases: Competitor Analysis Keyword Research Content Creation PPC Advertising Rank Tracking Link Building Let’s begin. Disclaimer: This article does contain some affiliate links. If you purchase a tool through one of my links I will receive a small commission […]
Today you’re going to see one of my favorite SEO strategies in action. “Guestographics”. Specifically, I’ll show you how Perrin used this technique to hit Google’s first page for a bunch of his target keywords. Let’s dive right in. The Guestographic Method: An SEO Strategy That Gets Results Guestographics work for one simple reason: They […]
Ready to grab some quality backlinks and boost your site’s Google ranking? Awesome! This post contains 9 proven link-building strategies that are working GREAT right now. (In 2022.) Let’s get started! 1. Use Data to Get Links From News Sites and Blogs In one of my recent guides I covered how to use HARO to […]
This tutorial gives you hands-on access to my journey of creating a digital assistant capable of connecting with any system via a RESTful API to perform various tasks. Here, I’ll be demonstrating how to save a user’s basic information and create a new project on their behalf via natural language processing (NLP). The […]
For the holidays, the owner of (and my boss at) thirteen23 gave each employee a Google Home device. If you don’t already know, Google Home is a voice-activated speaker powered by Google Assistant and is a competing product to Amazon’s line of Alexa products. I already have the Amazon Echo, and as Director […]
How about an icon set that gives your UI designs just that finishing touch they need? One that stands out while keeping the design clear and legible? Vincent Le Moign spent two years on designing such a set, and we are very happy to feature part of it as a freebie today. The […]
Websites with long or infinite scrolling are becoming more and more common lately, and it’s no mere trend or coincidence. The technique of long scrolling allows users to traverse chunks of content without any interruption or additional interaction — information simply appear as the user scrolls down the page. Infinite scrolling is a […]
As we look deep into 2017, one of the questions on every web developer’s mind ought to be, “What trend will define the web in 2017?” Just three years ago, we were talking about the “Year of Responsive Web Design”, and we’ve all seen how the stakes were raised when Google announced Mobilegeddon […]
With GraphQL, FQL, and IndexedDB2, we have new tools at our fingertips that allow us to build products that are not only more flexible but also faster. With this week’s Web Development Reading List, we’ll dive a bit deeper into these promising technologies and combine this with thoughts about the openness of the […]
Human interactions are incredibly fascinating if you take a close look at them — the social awkwardness, the communication styles, the way knowledge is transferred, the way stories are told and trust is built. But what happens when a machine evokes the same response? Conversational interfaces have become the new hotness in UX […]
