Niagara SEO, Small Business SEO
Constantly improving your site is crucial to ensure great website performance and user experience. Luckily, with many artificial intelligence (AI) tools available, improving your site is easier than ever. AI for websites offers a wide range of advanced tools for tasks...
Google SEO, Small Business SEO
In a search realm ruled by giants like Google and Bing, the emergence of generative artificial intelligence, epitomized by ChatGPT, promises to overhaul the very essence of web exploration. The arduous task of sifting through endless URLs could soon be antiquated,...
Small Business SEO
In the ever-changing contemporary world, it is impossible to undermine the significance of search engine optimization (SEO). It is the key that bridges an enterprise with its target customers in a modern era where search rules. This article explains why SEO is not...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO
When trying to match what high-ranking competitor sites are doing, there is a risk of going overboard. Watch out for these SEO pitfalls. Corey Morris on January 12, 2023 at 8:00 am | Reading time: 8 minutes A successful SEO strategy includes various must-have...
Google SEO, Small Business SEO, Social SEO
How Do SEO And SEM Work Together The internet is a powerful tool. Many businesses embrace the opportunities and promise it brings with open arms. It is not easy to build and design a website for your company. It takes time to maximize its potential and a clear...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO
Outperform the competition by addressing Google’s key factors in determining search results. Here are eight ‘white hat’ ways to do it. Stuck in a cycle of optimizations that don’t move the needle? This post reveals white hat techniques that can...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, Small Business SEO
What is E‑A-T? E‑A-T- stands for expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness. It comes from Google’s Search Quality Rater Guidelines—a 168-page document used by human quality raters to assess the quality of Google’s search results. Google published this document...
SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Real estate agents are always looking for ways to take their business to the next level. One strategy you can try that will help you get better rankings with Google and exclusive leads to your specialty: SEO. SEO, otherwise known as Search Engine Optimization, helps...
Niagara SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO, Wordpress
Digital marketing is a blend of conventional marketing strategies and modern technology. A digital marketer is thus a professional who excels at online advertising as well as marketing. In today’s era of technology, where everything is available online, becoming...
COVID-19, Facebook SEO, Google SEO, Niagara SEO, SEO 101, SEO Fringe, Small Business SEO, Social SEO, Wordpress
Search Engine Optimization is a useful practice that helps us to maximize the website’s organic traffic reach. However, the methods used to improve SEO can sometimes be at odds with our CRO (Conversion Rate Optimization) strategy. Fortunately, most modern SEO methods...
Google SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Search engine optimization is one of those things that most marketers pretend to know a lot about (myself included). The truth is, no one really gets SEO. What Google does is highly secretive, based on complex algorithms and machine learning. You’ll probably hear a...
COVID-19, Niagara SEO, Small Business SEO, Wordpress
Fortunately, we live in the digital age — a time when there are multiple ways for your customers to get in touch with you, and for you to keep in contact with your customers. Maintaining communication with your customers and making it easy for them to contact you...
Google SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Here are seven significant changes you can make that will help your website have a shiny, new look and keep up with the latest standards in website development. 1. Optimize for search engines If you want to make your business easy to find for your target audience both...
Google SEO
Your main focus in marketing is getting found by people. But not just any people. You want to attract those who are in the process of potentially buying your products or services. These visitors should align with your buyer personas and fit in your target audience....
Google SEO, Wordpress
On August 1, Google confirmed the release of a broad core algorithm update. If you were impacted, Google’s Danny Sullivan has said better content means higher rankings. Google’s John Mueller said to make content more relevant. And the key to creating better, more...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
For years, I’ve heard dozens of search engine optimization (SEO) hacks claim that the “quality” of an article is by far the most important factor in whether the content climbs to those coveted top three positions. “Write the best post, and then you’ll rank,” they say....
Niagara SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
When you are conducting online business, then you must know the importance of SEO, and you also know that it cannot be overlooked. Everyone is in the race of ranking websites and want to earn from it, so you must choose the right strategies for it, and it will help...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, SEO 101, SEO Fringe, Small Business SEO
Has your traffic has shifted noticeably in the past month and you can’t figure out why? Google’s most recent core update in September brought new changes to their search algorithm, ever more finely tuning the way their mind spiders comb the Internet for content and...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO, Wordpress
In my line of work, I’m often asked, “What is this SEO thing I’ve been hearing a lot about, and why should I care about it?” These days, businesses already have to worry about website design and social media, so most business owners may not even be aware that search...
SEO 101, SEO Fringe, Small Business SEO, Wordpress
Search engine optimization (SEO) is a dynamic field. Because of the constant changes that affect it and the revamping of the algorithms associated with it, newcomers can have a hard time pinning down what works and what doesn’t. If a business doesn’t know how to...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, Small Business SEO
Search engine optimization (or SEO) can help you to build your credibility, draw in new leads, and explode your bottom line. The benefits of earning a top spot on Google are so well-known to business owners and executives that some consider it to be the only form of...
Google SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
If you want a play-by-play guide on how to use Google Optimize, Google has a whole help center for that. But if you’ve been using Google Optimize for any time at all, you’ve probably noticed there are a lot of lessons that fall outside the purview of that help center....
Google SEO, SEO Fringe, Small Business SEO
Warner Bros says name change will make it easier to find on ticket sites The movie’s starring Margot Robbie performed poorly in the box office The superhero film’s name was simplified from ‘Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One...
SEO 101, Small Business SEO, Social SEO, Wordpress
Gut feel. That’s how ecommerce marketers sometimes gauge the health of their search engine optimization program. SEO contains many gray areas, for sure. But an evaluation requires data, not a hunch. Use these six methods — in order — to determine the health of your...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, Small Business SEO, Wordpress
Cloud computing is not a new concept, but Google Apps has certainly refined the technology so that business anywhere can advantage of the accessibility, speed, and storage. The Google App suite includes some of its trademark applications that can be used to make...
Google SEO, SEO 101, SEO Fringe, Small Business SEO, Wordpress
Did you know that 50 percent of local search engine queries result in a store visit within one day? Local search engine optimization, or SEO, can provide significant new opportunities for businesses that rely on local customers and word of mouth (looking at you, small...
Niagara SEO, Small Business SEO, Wordpress
Securing your WordPress website in order to prevent any potential attempts of hacking, might seem like a complicated task. However, it all pretty much boils down to these seven easy-to-follow steps that will make sure your website is secure at all times. Set up a...
Google SEO, SEO Fringe, Small Business SEO
If you’re even remotely interested in the world of digital marketing, you’re probably well aware that this is the battle of the ages. Google’s aim as a search engine is to filter out the vast amount of information and display the most relevant results every time one...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, Small Business SEO
Being a broad core update, the January 2020 core update will impact all search results on a worldwide scale. It’s not an update that targets something specific that webmasters can improve upon, like the “Speed Update.” Google’s guidance regarding this update remains...
Google SEO
According to discussions online and what people have communicated to me, I’m seeing mostly contented publishers and scattered reports of recovery. There is also what seems like a link related component to Google’s Broad Core Update that put the screws on a popular...
Google SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Have you ever been at a dinner party or gathering and someone asks a random question? What happens when no one seems to know the answer? Everyone goes for their phone. “Let’s ask Google!” What about when you need a product or service? This is why SEO is critical to...
Google SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Google is easily the most trusted source for online information in the world. We rely on the search engine for just about everything from restaurant recommendations and weather forecasts to song lyrics and self-diagnosis. Ever wonder how the search platform...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
SEOs show mixed results following Google March 2019 core update The data was not conclusive on any specific tactic or type of site impacted by the algorithm change. We asked you to help us analyze the March 12 core update and after over 500 results we wanted to share...
Google SEO, Small Business SEO
As a result of using old security certificates, thousands of sites on the internet may stop working as soon as October 16. When Google begins rolling out its next version of the Chrome browser — called Chrome 70 — users navigating to these sites will be greeted with...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, Small Business SEO
Google My Business is letting admins edit their replies to reviews directly from the Knowledge Panel. This is a small but notable update as it’s sure to be a time saver for business owners. The update was quietly rolled out last week. There was no official...
Google SEO, Small Business SEO
Google recently announced another change to its ever-evolving search ranking algorithm. As of July 2018, it will be putting site-speed under the magnifying glass, ultimately penalizing slower sites down the list of Google results. This has been in effect on desktop...
Google SEO, Small Business SEO
As the updates continue to roll out, early indications suggest disruptions in mobile SERPs, sites with no schema data & those relying on doorway pages being most impacted. Google has confirmed what many in the search industry have seen over the past week, updates...
Niagara SEO, Small Business SEO
This week’s roundup of the web’s best marketing tips includes a guide to e-commerce content and an interesting update on site speed. We also have some great If This Then That (IFTTT) hacks, the science behind social proof, and lots of tips on how to...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
If you are an online entrepreneur, or just run a part-time online business, then you have most definitely been affected by Google’s numerous and frequent updates drastically. This is due to the fact that the entire mechanism of online business runs around Google, such...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, Small Business SEO
It seems to me like the concept of “natural language” has been everywhere lately in the world of SEO. Google’s Hummingbird update appears to be better equipped to deal with natural language, while voice search (which of course only uses natural language) continues to...
Google SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Premium copywriters should be jubilant about Hummingbird. Google’s latest algorithm is able to hone in on good quality writing and reward it with high search ranking. Now Google’s crawlers can discern the strings of words and phrases that make up well-written text;...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO
Google has a new search algorithm, the system it uses to sort through all the information it has when you search and come back with answers. It’s called “Hummingbird” and below, what we know about it so far. What’s a “search algorithm?” That’s a technical term for...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO
Yesterday the news broke at a Google press event that the largest upgrade to its search algorithm since 2001, dubbed Hummingbird, had already rolled out last month. “Algorithm?” you ask. “Isn’t that the thing the determines how websites are ranked? And you say this is...
Niagara SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Ready or not…here it comes. Google’s Penguin 2.0 recently launched on May 22. Affectionately called the “Webspam” update, the newest Penguin on the prowl is dedicated to extermination of any SEO optimization for ranking that it doesn’t like (the “blackhat” stuff)....
SEO 101, Small Business SEO
The evolution of search engine algorithms has added to the complexity of search engine optimization. More significantly, it has impacted the level of integration that is needed with other forms of Web optimization. SEOMoz has a great page that shows the updates year...
Google SEO, Small Business SEO
In a recently published video, Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, listed off the top five SEO mistakes webmasters make. Matt said these are not the most devastating mistakes, but rather, the most common mistakes. (1) Not having a website or having a website...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, SEO Fringe, Small Business SEO
We’re approaching the 1-year anniversary since the Google Penguin introduction on April 24, 2012. Yet many marketers either still don’t fully understand what the algorithm update entails or have been naive to the fact that ignoring the update can have...
Niagara SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO, Wordpress
The out-of-the-box SEO (organic search) reports in Google Analytics a very limited and provides little insigths beyond the top-level KPI’s. However if you take advantage of the Google Analytics Custom Reports you are able to pull out very valuable and actionable...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
In April, Google launched an algorithm update known as Penguin, which penalized websites that were “overly-optimized”. SEOs everywhere scrambled to figure out why sites were penalized and how those sites could find new life after Penguin. This has left many webmasters...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Until 2012, ‘Search = Google’, Starting from 2013, ‘Search = Google + Bing+?’ When SEO’s think of optimizing a website; the only search engine platform that plays base to all their efforts, innovative ideas, and moreover what they blindly depend upon without having a...
Google SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Confirmed: Google Panda Refresh #22 On November 21st; 0.8% Of Queries Impacted Google has confirmed that they ran a refresh to the Google Panda algorithm on Wednesday, November 21st. On November 20th, we asked Google about a Panda refresh – since we were fairly...
Google SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Let’s begin this article with my bias; I use Google but I genuinely appreciate Bing. When Bing first launched it was, in no uncertain terms, a pretty lackluster search engine when one compared it to the gorilla in the room. But as our good friend Jeremiah...
Google SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Lolz cats may seem like the most important animal of the web, but Panda and Penguin can stop you right in your tracks. These two Google algorithms have cut down hundreds of websites and put them on the lowest pages of Google Search. Panda used to be the algorithm that...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
You probably know about Google’s Panda and Penguin algorithm updates, but what about the Venice update? A few months ago, Google rolled out Venice, which focused largely on local search. Although it’s a bit under the radar, the Venice update is extremely important for...
SEO 101
It’s not exactly surprising that Google recently made the widely-expected announcement that it plans to convert all existing Google Places pages into Google+ Local pages. So instead of boring you with further details on this transition, I want to jump into the meat...
SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Internet Marketing Company, one of America’s best known seo companies, polled its clients today on search engines. On the search engine marketing company’s Facebook® platform page, they asked clients, “If Not For Google, Which Search Engine Would You...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
The search engine is reportedly taking additional steps to control unwarranted SEO practices. Google is reportedly set to take steps to control unwanted, or negative SEO. The search giant is expected to unveil a new feature that will facilitate the reporting of...
Google SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Last week, a small business owner talked to me about his new marketing plan. It went something like this: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, MySpace, blog, blog outreach, YouTube videos, forum posting, SEO articles written and posted to Squidoo, every other...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Google’s most recent Penguin update has caused a storm of controversy since it began cracking down on search engine enemy No. 1: “unnatural” links. The Panda update targeted low value on-page optimization focusing on duplicate content and spammy outbound links, while...
Google SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Google Panda is a change to the Google’s search results ranking algorithm that was first released in February 2011.[1] The change aimed to lower the rank of “low-quality sites”, and return higher-quality sites near the top of the search...
Google SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Google analytics Real-Time has opened up a host of new SEO tricks and Internet marketing techniques to help businesses and marketers create more flexible and responsive SEO, content, ads, and marketing campaigns. This article explores the analytical features of...
Niagara SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO, Social SEO
A recent study from HubSpot revealed that far and away, LinkedIn was the most effective social media platform for generating visitor-to-lead conversions, Social Media Today reports. Specifically, LinkedIn had a 2.6 percent conversion rate – far outpacing both Twitter...
Google SEO, Niagara SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Search giant Google is planning on penalising the search ranking of web sites deemed to be ‘over optimised’ according to comments made by Google’s head of web spam. Google’s Matt Cutts said that the company would move to “level the...
Google SEO, Social SEO
If you happen to leave your computer signed on to your Google account. And if you happen to be a Google+ user, you will now see an option at the top of a completed search page for personalised results. These results factor in your travels on the net and preferences on...
Facebook SEO, Google SEO, Niagara SEO, SEO 101, Small Business SEO
Undoubtedly, search engine optimization (SEO) and internet marketing will change in 2012. The biggest force of change this year is internet-giant Google. Recently released news from Google indicates that the overhaul they have in store for 2012 is far greater than any...
Facebook SEO, Google SEO, Niagara SEO, SEO 101
Mobile search has never been just one result type. It provides different results and presentation formats, depending on whether the search query is from a feature phone, smartphone or tablet. Google has just announced a specially designated crawler for smartphones...
