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What Is Brave Ads? An Advertiser’s Guide

TL;DR:  People are annoyed by ads, simply because they’re everywhere and can be intrusive. As a result, they’re flocking to privacy-first Browsers, Search Engines, & Ad Blockers in droves. One of the brightest stars in secure browsing is Brave, a browser built to protect user data above everything else.  In

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Searchlite: January's Major Google Changes + Other Search News

January was chock full of some pretty major Google updates, including a core algorithm update, the massive featured snippet update, a SERP redesign, and the introduction of the organic product carousel. Despite all this, we still had time to sneak in some fun events. Our team enjoyed Dan Morrison from

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Organic Traffic Down? Here's What to Do

Practically every website sees peaks and valleys when it comes to organic traffic. It’s perfectly normal to see ups and downs as a result of rankings fluctuations, seasonality, and lots of other factors.  But sometimes big swings catch us off guard. A sudden drop in traffic can make it feel

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How to Measure SEO Value in 2020 and Beyond

Maybe it's recency bias, but it feels like SEO is changing more quickly than ever before. For Uproer and other SEO agencies, that’s a good thing. Companies need the guidance of search industry experts more than ever when things are changing. However, it's sparked challenging conversations around measuring the value

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6 Simple Tips to Optimize Your Ecommerce Category Pages

Let's start this post off with a real-world example. An ecommerce client asked us to improve a high-priority category page's rankings for its target keyword. This keyword was a behemoth: very high competition with a volume of 40,000+... and their page was ranking #78 for the term. Regardless, we rolled

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Our Guide to Finding and Prioritizing SEO Keywords

Keyword research is essential to doing good SEO.  You can and should have outstanding content. You can and should also have a great website and overall user experience. But if you’re not strategic about the topics and keywords you’re targeting, you’ll be sailing a ship without a rudder.  But if

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MGWM

Sr. Manager, SEO & Operations

Dave Sewich

dave sewich

Dave made an accidental foray into digital marketing after graduating from the University of Minnesota Duluth and hasn’t looked back. Having spent the first part of his marketing journey brand-side, he now works with the Uproer team to help clients realize their goals through the lens of search.

When not at work, you’ll find Dave staying active and living a healthy lifestyle, listening to podcasts, and enjoying live music. A Minnesotan born and raised, his favorite sport is hockey and he still finds time to skate once in a while.

Dave’s DiSC style is C. He enjoys getting things done deliberately and systematically without sacrificing speed and efficiency. When it comes to evaluating new ideas and plans, he prefers to take a logical approach, always sprinkling on a bit of healthy skepticism for good measure. At work, Dave’s happiest when he has a chance to dive deep into a single project for hours at a time. He loves contributing to Uproer and being a part of a supportive team but is most productive when working solo.

Founder & CEO

Griffin Roer

Griffin discovered SEO in 2012 during a self-taught web development course and hasn’t looked back. After years of working as an SEO consultant to some of the country’s largest retail and tech brands, Griffin pursued his entrepreneurial calling of starting an agency in May of 2017.

Outside of work, Griffin enjoys going to concerts and spending time with his wife, two kids, and four pets.

Griffin’s DiSC style is D. He’s driven to set and achieve goals quickly, which helps explain why he’s built his career in the fast-paced agency business. Griffin’s most valuable contributions to the workplace include his motivation to make progress, his tendency towards bold action, and his willingness to challenge assumptions.