Forensic SEO is one of the main areas in which SEO has truly evolved over the past 10 years. Now it seems like everyone knows about this practice. Unfortunately, there’s still some confusion about it though. Understanding the Basics Although nobody knows where the term started, this form of SEO is about dealing with a …
There’s been a major change to how Google counts nofollow links. In the past the nofollow was strictly followed, but today Google as using them as a hint for ranking your site – something that’ll impact your on-page SEO, content marketing, link building, and link spam. Understanding Nofollow Links Nofollow is an HTML attribute that’s …
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Unfortunately, the connection between email marketing and SEO isn’t obvious. After all, Google doesn’t crawl through and rank each of your emails nor does having a large list of email subscribers help you rank higher for your keywords of choice. This doesn’t mean that it isn’t a helpful tool though. In fact, it’s able to …
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About 33% of all the mobile searches conducted on Google are local. Searching for things “near me” is fueled by mobile technology. When people are out doing things they want to know the best places to do other things. As a contractor you may wonder if this affects you, but as mobile search continues growing …
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About 33% of all Google’s mobile searches are local searches. This accounts for a lot of searches today since many people now access the internet in this fashion – something that’s evidenced by the number of “near me” searches that are conducted daily. When people are out and about, they want to find local information …
As a business owner you probably spend a lot of time looking for ways to make your website more visible, generate leads, improve your website’s rankings in the SERPs, and boost your ROI. There’s lots of competition here from other local businesses but if you want to drive organic traffic to your website you can’t …
Today, about 90% of consumers say they trust online reviews just as much as they trust personal recommendations. This plays a huge role in your brand’s success, which is why review management should be one of your top priorities. It also plays an important role in how Google ranks your business, accounting for about 15.44% …
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At the beginning of June Google released a “broad core algorithm update.” They seemed to hope that nobody would freak out because of this update, but people freaked out anyway. Some sites like CCN even went so far as to report a 90% decrease in their organic visibility. This is just one example of how …
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John Mueller from Google recently answered a question about a suspected negative SEO attack. This question was based on a website’s owner’s belief that they were getting a lot of spammy links because their competition was attempting to lower their rankings. The website owner wanted to know whether they should continue to disavow these links …
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Today, Google my Business is very important for websites, especially those that are concerned with their local SEO SERPs. This is because it heavily influences what shows up underneath of when a map is seen by your visitors. It’s important to understand that this is different from what shows up in the local organic though. …
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