Last week, the race for search engine supremacy tightened as Bing and Google each announced AI enhancements to their search functions. The back and forth between the two has shaken the tech world (and resulted in Google losing $100 billion in a single day), but here we’ll focus on its impact on search engine marketing. …
A recent trend in Google Search has users appending “Reddit” to their queries with the hope that they’ll receive a thoughtful answer written by a human – just one of many attempts to treat the underlying (and growing) problem: queries on Google Search are not being answered. Users of the most popular website in the …
In many business owners’ experience, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a costly and tedious process that may or may not deliver the results they want. Although SEO can certainly be time consuming, small business owners should know that it can often be a determinant factor in generating organic leads online. These 5 quick SEO tips …
5 Quick Ways to Improve Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Read More
In February, Google announced an update to their search engine ranking algorithm that is based on whether a website is “mobile-friendly.” In their announcement, Google indicated that websites that are not considered to be mobile-friendly would suffer a negative impact in their search rankings. You can read the actual announcement here. Should you be concerned? …
Google Search Rankings and Mobile-Friendly Web Sites Read More
For years, we’ve heard this refrain from business people. “We need to show up at the top of the search engines for [insert keyword].” Even though a lot more goes into online marketing success than simply being ranked at the top of the search results, it’s easy to get focused on this particular issue, sometimes …
Do You Check Your Search Engine Rankings and Ad Positions? Read More
A friend of mine emailed me the other day. His boss was on his case because one of their main keywords was ranking at the middle of page two. A few months before, they had been near the top of page one. My friend was sure he hadn’t done anything to deserve a penalty, …
Help! We don’t show up at the top of Google for our main keyword anymore! Read More
How Google’s Ranking Policies Motivate the Creation of Junk High rankings bring traffic and traffic often translates into money. Today, Google is in the position of deciding where a lot of eyeballs end up. Many website owners are tempted to try to beat the system, and by becoming the dominant search engine, Google has created …
You can invest a lot of time and money in Search Engine Optimization, focusing on improving the rank of relevant keywords that will hopefully bring visitor traffic to your website. But how much traffic can you expect as a result? Two variables that directly determine the amount of traffic you’ll get for any particular keyword …
In my last blog post, How to Sync Outlook With Your Smartphone, I mentioned looking at the Android phone and some of the neat features and tools Google offers, mostly for free. It is easy for me to put all of my personal data into Gmail, Google Contacts, Google Calendar, Picasa, Google maps, etc. …
In our previous post about the Google Panda update, we mentioned that inbound links, while still very important, are not weighted as heavily as a ranking signal as they were previously. What has gained in importance is website quality and user experience. As far as inbound links are concerned, they are still extremely important as …
The Google Panda Update and What You Should Do About It Now-Part 2 Read More
