JDM Blog

Covering the latest news, trends, and insights for Paid Media, SEO, Content Marketing, and remote work.

Why Transparency is JDM’s Most Important Value

Being a remote business takes away one very important method of building relationships: being face...

New Link Attributes, RIP Legacy Search Console - Backlink Breaker #21

Why do we do what we do? We should all take a minute and really think about it. Not to uncover...

XLOOKUP and Crawl Spikes - Backlink Breaker #20

Lucky number 20, let’s dive in people.

Chat Lifecycle Share Grows and Amazon Black Hat SEO Proves Fruitful - Backlink Breaker #19

I took vacation, but the world kept turning. Weird. 

The News

Chat may soon become an essential...

4 Tools that Make Remote Work Possible

Let’s get one thing straight from the get go: we LOVE working remotely. But we’ve said it time and...

Podcast Marketing Grows, Tumblr Sells, and AMP SSR Launches - Backlink Breaker #18

SEO life can be tough, but at least we don’t have to deal with Facebook Ad Manager. Amirite?...

How We're Changing Our Content Plan, and Why You Should Too

Over the years I’ve written, sourced, and edited a lot of blog content. The most important thing...

Google’s Fresh Information Algorithm Update and New Image Search Design - Backlink Breaker #17

Everything felt good this week. Positive late summer vibes bleeding directly into the digital...

Writing Ad Copy for Adwords: The Technical Process

For the final post in our Google Ads 101 series, we’re going to cover our technical process for...

Backlink Breaker #16 - Tulsi Gabbard needs an SEO Consultant

Perspective Friday! Facebook generated $16.6 billion in Q2 ad revenue. That’s more than three...

How to Build Keywords and New Ads

Today we’re going to tackle one of the fundamental tasks in running AdWords accounts: building...

Backlink Breaker #15 - New Knowledge Panel CTA, Yoast 11.7, and Emoji SEO

Did you notice any dramatic traffic or rank changes this week? The SEO community is buzzing around...

How To Peform a Low Search Volume (LSV) Keyword Removal

Next up on our Google Ads 101 series: how to perform a Low Search Volume Keyword Removal. Let’s...

Backlink Breaker #14 - YouTube Monetization Features and Google News Card Layout

Are smart speakers are just surveillance devices? It’s naive to think that bringing a device into...

How to Perform a Callout Extension Analysis

Today we’re covering an important part of our Ad Words Reporting 101 series: How to Perform a...

Backlink Breaker #13 - New Features from YouTube and Pinterest, Yoast 11.6, Overstock Success Story

Lucky number 13 is here. Overstock released some interesting details behind its recent, dramatic...

How to Perform a Placement Analysis

In the next installment of our Ad Words Reporting 101 series: How to Perform a Placement Analysis....

Backlink Breaker #12 - Standardizing REP, Mobile-First Dates, and LinkedIn Algo Details

The holiday week failed to slow anything down in the SEO and content marketing world. New features...

Time Crunch, Meet Time Management

The key to working effectively is time management. That is especially true for someone in a role...

Backlink Breaker #11 - New Features from Google My Business and Yelp

Google My Business and Yelp both released new feature batches. Predictably, Yelp’s features are...