What is Page Speed Optimization?
We know page speed optimization is necessary, but exactly what is it and how important is it to your online success?
Page speed, or page load time, is a measurement of the time it takes from the first click to full display of the content…
What Is A Technical SEO Audit?
What, then, is a technical SEO audit, and how can it help your website?
Search engine optimization (SEO) is one of the most well-known digital marketing strategies today, especially with the growing importance of having a solid online presence.…
The Best Tools To Get Page Speed Insights
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…
How to Build a Website From Scratch: A Step-by-step Guide For Beginners
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.…
Top 5 SEO Hacks For Beginners
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…
How to Choose the Right Keywords for Your Blog Posts
So, you’ve taken our advice and have decided to start blogging but are you targeting the right blog keywords?
Blogging is good for SEO, and good SEO is good for business. Yay you. That was the easy part. Now you have to actually write said…
How 301 Redirects Affect SEO Performance (Plus Best Practices for 301 Redirects)
404: bad. 301: good. Bigger isn’t always better, and definitely not when it comes to SEO and these two numbers.
In case you’re wondering, we’re talking about 404 errors and 301 redirects.
While that first sentence (the one about…
Purpose & Importance of an SEO Website Technical Audit
Why is an SEO Website Technical Audit Important?
An SEO website technical audit is akin to doing a regular check-up on your website. It helps you determine what’s working, what needs improvement, and where any critical fixes might be necessary.…
Is Your Website Being Marked as Not Secure in Chrome?
The Chrome 56 Update
Google has taken a very strong stance on website security over the last couple years and very soon its latest update, Google Chrome 56, will hit the web.
Set to release sometime late January 2017, the new Google Chrome…
New HTTPS and SSL Slideshare Presentation Now Live
It has been several weeks in the making but we have just published an informative presentation on the benefits of SSL and everything you need to know about HTTPS and SSL.
Since Google announced that HTTPS Everywhere is an SEO ranking signal…
Google Says Secure HTTPS Sites Rank Higher
For a number of months now we've suspected an https ranking factor and that Search Engines will slowly start to prefer HTTPS/ SSL websites. Recently, Google officially confirmed HTTPS as a ranking signal:
Security is a top priority for Google.…
Why Web Pages End Up In Google’s Omitted Results
Are omitted pages within Google's search results preventing your website from gaining the organic search engine exposure that you deserve on Google?
In order to maximize your search engine rankings you need to have content (web pages) that…
