Last month, just as the holiday season was really picking up momentum, Google decided to release its largest local algorithm update in five years. The resulting shift in how listings were being ranked in local search results sent many businesses into a panic about how to adjust their SEO efforts accordingly, especially since Christmas and…
As search engines continue to prioritize user experience, how your website performs plays more and more of a role in your search engine rankings. Ranking algorithms are complex and sometimes difficult to understand as a whole, but here's how website speed on its own is a major SEO factor that can affect your entire digital…
We're all used to Google's frequent algorithm and feature adjustments, but the recent announcement that Google My Business would be phased out in favor of the new Google Business Profile has left business owners wondering what will happen to their existing listings. Here's a rundown of the changes that will affect your account, and what…
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Is it time for a change? - It's important to know when you've outgrown your current website design - here are the major…
Over the past eighteen months, the pandemic has made business unpredictable at best. Most industries saw a sharp downward trend for a few months in the first half of 2020, but then as more and more companies recognized e-commerce as the way forward, online sales started to fill in the gap, and web traffic soared.…
It takes time and effort to produce quality video content.
So it's disappointing when you upload a video and it gets almost no attention. SEO requires a slightly different approach for video than it does for other content - here are a few ways you can optimize your videos so they'll rank higher in search engine results.
Of all the pieces in the online marketing puzzle, SEO is often the most elusive. With search engine algorithms changing almost weekly, it can be difficult to keep up, but the good news is that there's still a set of current best practices that you can use to your advantage. Here are five of the ones you absolutely must have if you want to see your business rise through the rankings in 2020.
Keyword research is not something most business owners look forward to in their online marketing strategy, but it's an essential part of making sure that your marketing efforts are heading in the right direction. Because of advances in how search engines rank content, the keyword process has become incredibly nuanced and sophisticated, so you need to make sure that your approach takes recent developments into account. Here are three big things you need to keep in mind when planning out your keyword strategy in 2020.
You've probably already claimed your Google My Business page, right? If you're not familiar, GMB is now the standard for companies that want to claim their official listing on Google. It's a sort of "virtual storefront," providing businesses greater visibility and control over their optics on the world's most popular search engine. . What a lot of people don't know, however, is that Google has recently made some improvements to the service, and if you're not taking advantage of the new features, here are a few reasons why you should put it at the top of your to-do list.
In part one of this series on developing a digital marketing program, we talked about optimizing your website. This time, in part two, we're going to hone content creation to help increase search engine rankings.
Are you looking to develop a killer digital marketing program? This four-part series will help you with some tips for getting started. In part one, we're talking about optimizing your website for greater conversion rates.
It's estimated that by next year, nearly a third of web browsing will be done without a screen, and half of all searches will be conducted by voice. While there's no way to predict if those exact numbers will play out in that precise time frame, the trend is certainly apparent: voice search is becoming more and more a part of our everyday lives.
