It makes you happy when your business grows, right!? Well, our team at COGO helps your COmpany GO in the right direction of growth! One way we do this is by bringing you search engine optimization (SEO) data, results, and strategy on increasing your rank in search engines.
Is my website mobile-friendly? When should I update my website? How old is too old?If you had your website created five years ago, but are not sure if it is outdated now then check your website’s “score” on https://website.grader.com. Enter your URL and email address, and press go. The website above (a.k.a. Marketing Grader or Website Grader) will give you an overall score for your website, based on five categories:
· Blogging
· Social Media
· Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
· Lead Generation
· Mobile.
In continuing our series from the popular po st last week about "Good, Fast, or Cheap Web Design", we want to stress that your website’s search engine optimization (SEO) is also important … very important!
Sometimes in the world of social media, it's easy to get caught up in the idea that a greater following equals greater success for your business. So many people focus on "getting the numbers up" - increasing Twitter follower numbers, Facebook fans, YouTube channel subscribers, and so forth. However, there may be a sobering wake-up call if you manage to get your following to snowball somewhat, but aren't managing to convert those followers into customers. As so many social media marketers can tell you, just getting the following isn't enough - those numbers don't mean anything unless you can also engage with your audience in an effective way.
What are Google’s requirements that all websites need in order to be mobile friendly? Did you know that if you don’t follow these requirements, then your search engine optimization (SEO) or Google ranking will suffer?
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On April 21, 2015 Google changed its ranking algorithms for searches conducted on mobile devices to factor in whether or not a website is mobile friendly. This change in the ranking algorithms affect:
When we talk about SEO and search engine ranking, the automatic assumption is that we're talking about Google. While it's certainly true that Google is the most important and influential search engine at the moment, and possibly for the foreseeable future, it's also important to remember that Google has other things besides search in its sights. As Google integrates other features under the umbrella of its brand name, other search engines with more of a single-minded focus may be stepping into the spotlight, and if you're thinking about the future of your SEO strategy, you might want to keep other search engines in mind.
