You know your market better than anyone. Sometimes we overthink and get stuck when it comes to content creation for our small business SEO. I always say that you should always err on the side of just being helpful to your customers. But how do you get started, when you decide you want to show [...]
A few weeks back I had the opportunity to sneak out to Pennsylvania to cross a park off my list that I had heard about for years. It was also nice that it included a great waterfall too. People climb up through the woods here with a hammer to hear the unique sounds of the [...]
This post was updated in June 2021. Though it always seems relevant to say Google just had an update, they tend to target different things. Some may hit small business websites harder than others. In all cases, the meat and potatoes fundamentals of SEO haven't changed much in the 15+ years I have been in [...]
The latest You Can Be Found Anywhere is from the eastern end of the Sideling Hill Tunnel on the abandoned portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. If you have the time while in the beautiful mountains of Central Pennsylvania, it is a very unique experience to come and check out the abandoned tunnels. There is a [...]
This is a quick post because it has come up a few times in the past week talking with business owners and even the example image letter I recently got after making a purchase. Please don't risk getting yourself in trouble by offering prizes or rewards for 5-star reviews. Both Google and Amazon have strong [...]
Content is King in the world of SEO and sometimes it helps to get your content out there early and get positioning before your competitors in the small business world. One of the questions I hear most often is "what do I write about?". It seems simple, but once you start to focus I find [...]
After a recent post about the importance of links for small business SEO, I wanted to update some information on the often underlooked tactic of good internal linking. This was a post from the past updated with some extra useful information. Internal linking can be tedious and time-consuming. Especially if you have a site with [...]
Links are an important part of SEO, and sometimes the most confusing part for small business owners. Links were an important part of how Google differentiated itself as a search engine back when many search engines were more like the Yellow Pages with categories and alphabetizing. Often when I sit down with (or Zoom with [...]
2021 is expected to be a year with new technology forcing us all to focus on the user more than ever. Google has always said UX is the top-ranking factor. I have always said that is pretty vague considering how many individual factors make up UX, but if you have been ignoring the user up [...]
This post is updated, but holding true to much in SEO, the main idea holds true over the years, while the details change a little over time. This post was originally posted in August 2018, but updated in 2021. I have had a number of people recently tell me about frustrations with SEO tools like [...]
