Google had announced long ago that they were officially moving to a "mobile first" index this year and have slowly rolled it out throughout the year. If you have an account with Google Search Console for your site, and you should, you would get an email when the official change happens for your site. As [...]
As mobile search has finally taken over as the leader in search volume and technology improves, location based search marketing and local search will become more and more crucial for any business, but especially local business counting on bringing in people in their markets. Adam Dorfman over at Search Engine Land recently did a nice [...]
This week and next week I'm in Eastern Europe along the Adriatic coast. From my ventures through Albania, Montenegro, and Croatia so far, I have noticed some issues with Google maps. It seemed only fitting that Google came out and discontinued access to Google Mapmaker on the same week, sort of giving the week a [...]
Just wanted to update people with some news in the industry. The biggest news this week has been the Mobilegeddon results a week after the roll out was supposed to kick off. The other news this week was that starting in May Twitter is granting Google access to their live feed. We don't know exactly [...]
For businesses everywhere, today is a day to keep an eye on your Google presence. Everyone is wondering what will happen with "Mobilegeddon". Will your rankings go up or down or stay the same? Will all of your traffic suddenly disappear because you haven't moved to a mobile responsive site yet? Will you suddenly double [...]
With the Boston marathon today, which I love to watch, I thought I would link to the mobile algorithm coming tomorrow. Both require mobility and speed to succeed. I have been warning everyone for weeks, so this shouldn't be a big shocker, but just letting everyone know you may want to keep an eye on [...]
Today is tax day and we are less than a week away from what some have called Google's Mopocalypse among other catchy names for the Google Mobile Friendly algorithm update. I have been warning clients, prospects and people at events I attend for quite some time that it was coming, but I also understand that [...]
The biggest news on the horizon is of course the Google mobile algorithm change coming on April 21st. I've been discussing the possibility of this coming, and then the actual date for quite some time, but Google has shed some more light on the details, so I just wanted to relay them on to you [...]
I've been harping on mobile friendliness quite a bit for the past year. Not just because Google cares, but because your clients and customers are using mobile devices more and more and if you are giving them a bad experience, you are losing them. If you haven't updated your site to be mobile responsive by [...]
Just an update this week. Google has really been trying to drive home the point that you need to provide a good user experience on mobile devices these days. Though many small business owners balk at doing site redesigns to make for a better experience, it is becoming more and more important to do this, [...]
