Our top SEOs, analysts, strategists, developers, and digital marketers share advice, how-tos, industry changes, best practices and their own realizations and success stories. Check back often to stay up to date on the latest and greatest in the SEO, PPC and online marketing world.
Have you been wondering how to optimize for voice search? Voice search isn’t only for those of us who love the sound of our own voices (you know who you are.) Voice search isn’t only for those of us with fat fingers who struggle to type…
You must know how to calculate SEO ROI if you want to remain results driven. “The ROI of social media is that your business will still exist in 5 years.” Erik Qualman, author of Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live…
1st on the List Makes 2020 List of Top Canadian SEO Agencies by Clutch! Clutch is an online independent review platform that collects client reviews and rates the top SEO companies in Canada. 1st on the list is proud to once again be named…
What is Google My Business? Remember when (waaaaay back when), once a year you’d hear a distinctive, heavy thump on your doorstep? A thump loud enough to make you jump? Upon investigation what would you find? The latest edition of the Yellow…
What is local SEO? The short answer is location-based search engine optimization. Slightly longer answer for What is Local SEO - It is optimization done to improve your chances of being found by people looking for you in the specific area…
You don’t need to be a technical whizz-kid to use available page speed tools to find out how fast your website pages load is. You only have to have tried to load a slow website once on your Internet travels to know that you have no patience…
Are you wondering about how to create a website from the ground up? Creating your own website isn't as difficult as it might seem but where do you start? 1st on the List offers this beginner’s guide on how to build a website from scratch.…
Which is better SEO or PPC? We get asked this question a lot. Our answer? It depends on what you’re looking for: a short term quick hit or long term success. We like to think of it in terms of apples: do you have the time and patience…
Should you be running local PPC ads? If you’re a business looking to add locals to your list of customers and improve your local community business prospects, then the answer is likely yes. But wait: what is local PPC exactly? If you…
‘Tis the season… to get your holiday SEO marketing all wrapped up and ready to jingle! While nobody’s quite ready for eggnog, carols, twinkling lights and mistletoe just yet (except that one friend – everybody has one!), if you haven’t…
Full disclosure: SEO is not just for experts. Presenting our top 5 SEO hacks for beginners, to get you seen by Google, other search engines, and your customers. Yes, SEO can be big and overwhelming. Yes, there are some very technical elements…
For beginners, SEO can seem scary. A virtual vortex, swirling with head-spinning jargon and tech-savvy know-how always seemingly just out of your scope of knowledge. (Full disclosure: even seasoned SEOs sometimes feel this way, what with the…
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Our top SEOs, analysts, strategists, developers, and digital marketers share advice, how-tos, industry changes, best practices and their own realizations and success stories. Check back often to stay up to date on the latest and greatest in the SEO, PPC and online marketing world.
How and Why to Optimize for Voice Search
How to Calculate ROI for SEO
Clutch Names 1st on the List One of Canada's Top SEO Firms
What is Google My Business?
What is Local SEO?
The Best Tools To Get Page Speed Insights
How to Build a Website From Scratch: A Step-by-step Guide For Beginners
SEO or PPC: Which is better?
What is Local PPC?
Holiday SEO – Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Xmas
Top 5 SEO Hacks For Beginners
SEO for Beginners: 9 SEO Tips for 2020