It has been a pretty wild couple of years for everyone, including the world of search. As the pandemic started to take over the way business operated in 2020, we saw more and more reliance on search and digital marketing to connect with our audiences. More and more people were forced to stay at home [...]
If you want to save some time and get right to the point, make sure you are writing quality, unique content that helps your users get what they are looking for. This concept comes up so often in my blog posts and talks with clients. It seems overly simplified, but if you are running a [...]
Local SEO is necessary for both online and offline businesses. Today there is a lot of competition, even for traditional brick and mortar firms, and people have become used to researching everything on Google. Whether you need an electrician, a plumber or an interior designer, the easiest thing you can do is to search for [...]
This year has been absolutely crazy and insane. Though I always tell clients that they need to measure the right things to make the right decisions. With SEO, though more traffic is generally positive, you want to make sure you focus on the right traffic that brings in business. A local business is helped more [...]
The world of SEO is always changing and it pays to be able to look into the future a bit and read the tea leaves to stay ahead of the curve. Though 2020 has been a mess in many ways, including the world of SEO and local search, with service pauses, Google glitches (see this [...]
I have begun my fifteenth year in the search engine marketing industry. Since day one we have been told that "Content is King", but there are so many other factors involved to succeed at SEO and PPC that we often chase down the latest ways to exploit the weaknesses in the Google algorithm, which is [...]
With the Google algorithm updates of 2018 and 2019, I have had many site owners come to me that saw dramatic drops in traffic. Most often the dramatic drop is due to old content. Many of these sites have been churning out blog posts and articles on a regular basis for years that was leading [...]
An important part of my business plan is to constantly be up to date on the latest and greatest ethical tactics to succeed in SEO, PPC, and local search. No matter how much you think you have SEO down, Google is always adjusting the rules, and it is important that you stay up to date [...]
Though I was a bit too overwhelmed by the experience to have a great metaphor in the actual video, this latest You Can Be Found Anywhere comes from the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai Thailand. This is an amazing charity organization that rescues elephants that are abused and mistreated. Elephants are one of the [...]
Google My Business has taken the country and world by storm. My clients and other local businesses are taking advantage of GMB to get better exposure in Google. Google is offering more and more functionality and interaction to GMB and is rewarding businesses that use it. We have seen many clients increase calls from GMB [...]
