How Long Does it Take to Rank in Google?
This is probably our most commonly asked question by prospects and clients a like.
It is such a loaded question for so many reasons, including:
Each website is unique.
The credibility and history of each business is unique.
Search…
What You Need to Know About Google’s Pigeon Algorithm Update
Google is at it again with their algorithm updates.
This time they've gone after local search results and Search Engine Land has affectionately nicknamed the update “Pigeon” in its early days.
While there is still a lot of speculation…
EAT This! What We Can Learn from Google’s Leaked Quality Guidelines
Have you heard the news that the Google quality rating guidelines which is essentially a handbook used by Google employees to manually review websites was leaked to the public recently?
The Google quality guidelines handbook gives us some…
9 Things You Need to Know about Google Panda 4.0 (Google’s Newest Algorithm Update)
You could say it’s “PANDA-MONIUM” in the SEO community in the last couple days as Google just released the highly anticipated Panda 4.0 algorithm update.
As a website owner what do you need to take away from all the Panda buzz? We’ve…
New Mobile Traffic Stats: 1 in 3 Google Searches Now Mobile
Late last week RKG released the latest mobile traffic trends in their quarterly digital marketing report which show website traffic stats for Organic search visits in the last quarter of 2013.
Mobile Website Traffic Statistics by Search Engine
The…
YouTube Videos for Business Marketing and SEO
A recent study by Walker Sands (2014 Future of Retail) finds that 1 in 2 consumers say that YouTube videos have influenced a purchase decision. Are you creating YouTube videos for your business yet?
Not only do YouTube videos influence purchase…
Are you using your site search bar to your advantage? 60% of E-Commerce Execs Don’t!
Does your website have a search bar or box?
If not did you know that 30% of users will use the search box on an e-commerce website? (source: Beacon Technologies)
Site search bars have plenty of benefits including making your site more…
Track the Success of Your SEO Campaign
This approach is designed for businesses and SEOs who are looking for an additional way to look at the success of their SEO campaign beyond Traffic, Visibility and Conversion improvements.
It compares how much the traffic from your top organic…
What’s the Most Important Search Factor in 2013 According to Matt Cutts and Duane Forrestor?
Recently Matt Cutts (Head of Google's Webspam Team) and Duane Forrestor (Sr. Product Manager - Webmaster Outreach at Bing) were asked during a panel discussion about the most important search factors for 2013.
Here are 5 key takeaways from…
Bing It On Challenge
Today while checking out how one of our clients listings appears on Bing I was presented with the Bing It On challenge and decided to take a couple minutes to give it a try.
Bing It On is a "Google vs. Bing" challenge that asks you run five…
Google Plus Success or Failure?
Article Review: Plus One This: Proof That Google Plus Will Prevail
What’s your Google Plus opinion?
If you start some searches for Google Plus in Google the autocomplete function will bring up some interesting results such as:
Google…
There’s No Avoiding Google+ Article Review
This morning a co-worker forwarded me the article, “There’s No Avoiding Google+”.
Feeling a little threatened by the title I took a few minutes to read through the article.
Did you know that Google now requires people to use…