With yet another major Google algorithm shift this past weekend, this time appearing to target local search considerably, I wanted to calm everyone that might get nervous from algorithm shift to algorithm shift. It is important to have an SEO plan that focuses on fundamental improvements and doesn't chase each algorithm update. Algorithm updates are [...]
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 [...]
I recently had the opportunity to have a small business prospect share with me the SEO plan being presented by a competitor of mine. It was alarming how much they were missing the mark. For the most part, the company would be wasting money in the wrong places and completely ignoring other important aspects of [...]
Our latest You Can Be Found Anywhere finds me riding one of the most beautiful scenic drives in the USA. The Pig Trail Scenic Byway works its way through Ozark National Forest with lots of twisting turns, waterfalls, and beautiful scenic overlooks. You won't forget a quick drive down this road that is about an [...]
I have posted many times in recent months on the importance of reviews and some of the key pieces of why they are so important for your business going forward. In fact, some of this may be a bit of a review of reviews if you have been keeping up to date with the blog. [...]
This is part two of a little series to help small business owners focus on the core pieces of their SEO that really move the needle in 2020. With literally hundreds of ranking factors, SEO can be overwhelming and confusing. All of the factors do matter, but when you have limited time and resources, it [...]
Fresh off of a nice, but brief talk with the Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce, where I really had to streamline a longer SEO talk into just the basics, it got me thinking about some very basic stuff small business owners can keep in mind to help with their SEO in 2020. I am [...]
With content becoming more and more important as a ranking factor, even though it has always been king, there are many great tools out there to help SEO's to research semantic search topics. For example, if y0u want to rank for a certain phrase, what other content topics should be covered in what you write? [...]
As Google gets more nuanced with its algorithm over time, we are seeing reviews move up in importance and offer a lot more information than simply the overall score. Sergey Alakov recently found Google showing thumbs up and thumbs down to specific features within hotel reviews. This is the canary in the coal mine for [...]
With each year and update, Google gets better and smarter at understanding searcher intent and providing the best answers to their queries. Title tags have always been an important part of small business SEO. They are sometimes approached formulaically, trying to get in that main keyword and maybe the key geographic target. But now with [...]
