It’s no secret that backlinks play a direct role in a website’s search engine rankings. Even with all of the Panda, Penguin and Hummingbird updates Google’s made to their algorithm, backlinks remain a fundamental metric in determining how, and where, a website should rank. But how exactly do you encourage other webmasters to link back...
Running a successful content marketing campaign for your business isn’t as easy as publishing a dozen or so articles to various sites and directories. Sure, this may gain you some initial exposure, but the benefits will be minimal at best. And depending on the approach you take with content marketing, it could have a negative...
If you run a website or blog, you’ll eventually have to address the topic of duplicate content. It’s no secret that Google and other search engines place a great deal of value on unique, original content. Websites with unique content tend to rank higher; it’s just than simple. To understand the real effect of duplicate...
Guest blogging is a content marketing technique that’s become increasingly popular within the past few years. With all of the recent Panda and Penguin updates Google has rolled out, webmasters are looking for safe, search engine-friendly ways to build backlinks. Guest blogging is frequently viewed as one of the safest and most effective ways to...
Do you have a strategy in place to market your business on mobile devices? In the past, business owners could skip this medium by focusing strictly on traditional online marketing efforts. With all of the recent momentum and gains seen in the mobile landscape, however, this is no longer a medium that business owners can...
News flash: Google now uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt user searches. Okay, this isn’t exactly a new practice by the search engine giant, but it’s becoming more widespread by affecting 100% of all organic searches made through Google. So, what impact does this have on webmasters? Google’s Early Search Encryption In October...
To say there’s a lot of bad information on search engine optimization floating around out there would be the understatement of the year. Due to the nature of Google’s ranking algorithm, they remain relatively quiet on which factors they use to rank webpages. As a result, webmasters are left to speculate and perform their own...
Web traffic from search engines is typically broken down into one of two different categories: organic and paid. While both of these mediums offer an effective way for webmasters to funnel traffic to their site, there are some major differences between them that shouldn’t go unnoticed. If you’re thinking about launching a marketing campaign, you...
With over 100 million websites using this platform, WordPress is the world’s most popular content management system (CMS). It offers the unique combination of simplicity and full customization. Users with little-to-no previous web design experience can have a fully functional website up and running in a matter of minutes. And while most people use it...
If you aren’t optimizing each and every image on your website, you’re leaving TONS of untapped traffic on the table. Google, Yahoo and Bing have their own image search engines that ranks pictures on the internet for specific keywords and phrases. When an image from your website shows up for a high-traffic keyword, you’ll reap...
