A new study looked at 30,000 businesses and 100+ factors to find out how local businesses can rank better. Some of the results are surprising! 1. Number and Quality of Links to Your Website The factors that are critical for your website to rank well in organic search are now critical to making your business […]
The number of websites that link to your website and the relevance / quality of those websites is the biggest factor in how well your website ranks on Google. On-site SEO (optimizing your website and content for search engines) is a critical first step in dominating Google search for your industry, but it’s not enough […]
Have you ever seen ratings, prices and more appear in the search results for websites? If so, you’ve seen a rich snippet. Rich snippets make your website stand out from competitors in search results and dramatically increase clicks! (Would you rather click a page with a 5 star rating or no stars at all?) How […]
If the first thing visitors to your website see is a popup box or “welcome mat”, then your website’s ranking in Google search will be penalized beginning January 2017. Google’s goal with penalizing the use of popups and welcome mats is to provide visitors – especially mobile visitors – with a better user experience. If you regularly […]
Do you dislike writing your website content? Does looking at Word and seeing a blank page staring back at you give you pause? If content writing isn’t your favourite pastime, you’re not alone! Hopefully these handy tips below will, if not make copywriting fun, at the very least make your copywriting efforts easier and the […]
Do you have pages on your website that have little or no traffic? Think they could be doing better? You’re probably right. It’s time to put those wasted pages to work for your business and get them bringing in traffic! You can put those pages to work by including keywords in their content. But not […]
More and more of your website visitors will be coming from people using their mobile phones to surf the web. Is your website mobile friendly? Maya Pande over at the Pande Family Wellness Center (highly recommended for all your Chiropractic needs!), pointed out a fantastic new service called Duda Mobile (dudamobile.com.) They have a FREE […]
Many Clients have expressed interest in improving their rankings in the local results listing that often appears at the top of search results. An earlier post I wrote covered adding your website to the local results listing, and so this post will hopefully shed some light on improving your rankings. The things you can do […]
UPDATE: The technique covered in this article is no longer effective.If there’s one question I get more than any other from new Clients, it’s this one: “Will my new website be search engine-optimized?” Fifteen years ago, a ‘search engine-optimized’ website may have been enough to get you ranking well on search engines. Now-a-days though, a […]
If you’re like 99% of business owners out there, your Google Analytics traffic reports may be a little hard to understand. Fortunately, there’s 4 simple questions you can use to begin understanding your Google Analytics website traffic reports and gathering insights from them. Here are the questions to ask after you receive your traffic report: […]
