Web design isn’t just about aesthetics; it’s about how a site is put together under the hood. Design choices can have a big impact – positive or negative – on a site’s SEO. In turn, this can affect the site’s performance over its entire lifetime. If you’re a professional web designer (or if you’re creating […]
The adoption of mobile tech has turned hyperlocal marketing into a necessity. Consumers who are performing searches “near me” or by zip code are honing in on what they want and are likely ready to buy. If you’re a Baby Boomer or member of Generation X, your relationship with your cell phone may not be
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We all need new customers, both to get our business going initially and to continue growing it. Determining how your audience finds your site, which channels they prefer to engage with you on, what type of content they enjoy reading from you, and much more – these questions make up the core of a successful marketing
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Some sources estimate over 3.5 million posts are published every day (and 2.5 million of them are on WordPress alone). Ofcom reported in late 2017 that 69% of Americans accessed web content via their smartphones, 61% via laptop and 47% via desktop. The rise in convenient mobile devices means that more people are reading more content at more
Unless you have been living under a rock, the terms “content marketing” and “SEO” are fairly recognizable. These buzzwords have captured the attention of almost all businesses and companies that are present online. Marketing pundits are now realizing – and leveraging – their worth in creating a brand image and increasing revenues. If you are
Whether you’re looking for the lowest price on a new laptop or searching for the best dentist in your area, a significant proportion of our online activity is determined by search engine results. The big players in the search engine market, such as Google, have gained massive popularity among billions of users worldwide as a
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Rel tags are powerful tags that can be added to a website to signal a relationship between the current webpage and the webpage to which the tag links. Using these tags properly can help you stay clear of duplicate content penalties, primarily by informing search engines of the original page and the pages that are
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When we think of keyword research, it is usually applied to the more technical side of promotion. Brands use it to see what SEO tactics they need to use in order to narrow down their place in a market or what their competitors are doing to generate search referral traffic. Keyword research is a staple
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This post has been updated with more free SEO tools to help you grow your rankings in 2017! Search engine optimization (SEO) is tough. In fact, the challenges are so real that any SEO would appreciate a handy tool to make their job easier. But the popular belief is that the more features a tool includes,
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Much to the dismay of publishers, Google is not currently working on a feature for publishers to obtain analytics about their featured snippets within the Google Search Console. So if you’ve been waiting for Google to share the data illustrating how your website is being used in featured snippets, you’ll have to keep waiting. Gary
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