So what is important to Google in 2015? Obviously, content is still king, speed of your site is critical and now, being mobile friendly is high on the list. Why is mobile friendly important Google will be adding an indicator to its search results to indicate whether or not a site is mobile friendly! Google…
Danger! Unmanaged WordPress site ahead!
Over 100,000 websites are now infected with a very bad malware. In December 2014, the internet was attacked and a website soaksoak.ru was thrust into the news. The media immediately blamed WordPress as an insecure web platform… fortunately they are wrong! WordPress is a community supported content management system millions of businesses use every day….
Welcome to GrowVember!
While it may seem a bit early to start thinking about the new year already, the beginning of November is actually the perfect time to start getting ready for that new year. And knowing that most marketing efforts take about 60-90 days to start showing results, starting now will put us just into the new year.
Can You Still Rank on Google?
The last 2 updates to the Google search engine have been disastrous for some websites. Sites that had been using link farms to build up their back-links to their site have been punished for that behavior. The thing is, Google does not publish their algorithms. Most of what we know about how the search engine…
Does My Website Need to be Mobile Friendly?
This is a great question for businesses today. After doing a bit of research, we found that the answer is not one of absolute numbers, but trends. We looked at the last year or so and we see a very enlightening picture. Where do we stand? From April to December 2012, mobile traffic grew from…
Is a blog useful, beyond the SEO value?
One of the principle reasons many small businesses blog is the SEO help your website gets from fresh, current content. Often, the more content one generates using the keywords you are trying to rank for, the better your overall ranking in the search engines will be. Google sees your site as a fount of knowledge…
How Responsive is Your Website?
So, your site now has all the bells and whistles. It’s SEO compliant. It’s mobile-friendly. You’ve even got the latest and greatest social media share buttons on the market. But the question is…is your site responsive?
SEO: Are You Sure You’re Doing it Right?
By bringing the best content to the top, which Google believes to be what is shared most frequently, it becomes obvious, and necessary, that sites make it as easy as possible for people to share their content.
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Mobile
I am excited to announce that I have finally entered the world of smartphones. The photo and video capabilities, with the ability to instantly post photos and video, has opened an incredible new world to me; a world of possibilities for business to use video to compete with larger marketing budgets, and to connect and engage with customers.