Category Archives: SEO
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What are Backlinks?
Posted on May 18, 2018 by Terri Wise in Marketing, SEO.What are Backlinks and how can they help your small business? It’s a good question and one we get asked this question all of the time. We came across this short article on Manta and thought we’d share it. Excerpt from article: You’ve heard that backlinks will help your small business website rank higher in […]
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Can Website Design Influence Your Page Rank?
Posted on December 6, 2016 by Terri Wise in Responsive Web Design/Development, SEO.We recently read a great article on the SEOProfiler blog about how website design can influence your page rankings in search results. Here’s a recap of that article: Good Website Design is Important No specific website design will guarantee you a higher placement on search results, however, there are several key design elements that can […]
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How Do Search Engines Work?
Posted on March 14, 2016 by Terri Wise in SEO.How Do Search Engines Work? This is a great question and one I get asked all of the time. I searched for a short, easily-understood description and found the following at FatCow: Search engines use automated software (known as robots or spiders) to follow links on Websites, harvesting information as they go. When someone submits […]
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Google’s Search Algorithm Changes
Posted on February 15, 2016 by Terri Wise in SEO.Are Recent Changes Affecting Your Website Ranking? Trying to stay on top of Google’s search algorithm changes can be overwhelming for sure. Understanding their updates can sometimes feel impossible. Especially when Google doesn’t really let us in on the details like with a recent “core algo update” that happened on January 8th of this year. […]
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Important Ranking Factors for SEO
Posted on January 20, 2016 by Terri Wise in SEO.Questions we get asked most often are, “What can I do to improve my website rankings?” or “How can I get on page one of search results?” Unfortunately, there isn’t a simple answer. There are many important ranking factors that play a part in how well your website pages rank. We’ll address some of them […]
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How would Google rate your website?
Posted on December 16, 2015 by Terri Wise in SEO.We just read two articles about the fact that Google recently published a 160-page document outlining their search quality rating guidelines. These guidelines were previously only available internally to Google’s search quality raters. This is great information for every website owner to have so we thought we’d share it! The first article, Official: Google’s definition […]
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So you have a new website, now what? Tips to get more website traffic.
Posted on August 3, 2015 by Terri Wise in Marketing, SEO.A few years ago, simply launching a new website provided you a fairly easy way to get new customers, visitors or leads. Today, however, you have some work to do to get or increase website traffic to your new site, especially with all of the recent and ongoing changes in search engine algorithms. Besides doing […]
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SEO is a process, not an event.
Posted on June 9, 2015 by Terri Wise in SEO.We often hear from businesses requesting a quote for a one-time SEO project for their online store or website. While a considerable amount of SEO work does take place upfront or in the first month, there is important ongoing maintenance required thereafter. SEO work can take weeks and even months to show some results. But […]
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