Why PR Pros Will Now Dominate SEO | Cisionblog | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

CMO of DigitalRelevance Kevin Bailey talks about the importance of earned media links and content.Today’s digitally savvy PR professionals are adding organic search to their repertoire. This makes good sense because organic rankings are just another form of earned media—just acquired in a new way. For over a decade it’s been well known that search engine rankings are influenced mainly by two things: what a brand says about itself on its own website and what others say about it off of its site. The latter is often called off-site SEO and it’s the most heavily-weighted component of Google’s algorithm....