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Google Exact Match Changes: Review Your Search Terms Reports
Google Ads, (AdWords) has become a mainstay of most advertising programs, and certainly of most digital advertising programs. Let’s face it, it’s pretty easy to light up a new campaign. But, it’s not so easy to do it well. Then, once running, there are a lot of actions to make a paid search program run well. Chief among these is the search query analysis using the Search Terms Report. A…
WordPress and SEO: Its more complicated than you think
Over the past ten years, the cost of launching and keeping a site has decreased considerably. You can easily find hosting plans for less than $10/ month. With WordPress, you can update your site real-time, adding and editing content as frequently as you want. To the casual observer, this is great. To those in the industry, this creates significant problems. For search engine optimization (SEO), search engines score sites on…
Exact Match Will Be Even Less Exact… what you should do
Google Ads will no longer offer Exact Match. Yes, it has not been truly exact for some time, but now, it’s not even close. In the next couple of months, Google will do away with even the appearance of exact match. Google’s AI knows that when someone types in “maroon widget”, they actually mean “red widget”. But, it goes beyond that. Based on clues available only to Google, if someone…
Digital Marketing: The Long View
Since it’s beginning, digital marketing has been thought of as the medium that can move quickly. Make a change to your AdWords account, and it shows up almost immediately. Change your display ad, and the ad server will start delivering the new one right away. This ability to have a nearly immediate response to our actions is appealing. But it may also be harmful. Sticking to a long-term strategy, guided…
5 Things You Need To Know For SEO
If you have hired a few SEO agencies in the past couple of years, you’ve already made your first mistake. SEO takes time. Switching agencies too often will hurt your SEO efforts. But there are a few more things you need to know before you make another agency switch. Hiring an SEO agency takes time and resources. It takes attention away from other activities. And if done too often, it…
5 Questions to Ask Before You Hire SEO Experts
Frustrated by the fact that your business’s website just isn’t rising in the search engine rankings? Tired of seeing a growing visitor count, but not an increase in your conversion rate? Just feel like your competitors have a stronger digital marketing and SEO strategy than you currently do? If so, then you may need to hire SEO experts to help you to get your website — and your brand as…
8 Signs Your Company Should Hire Local SEO Experts
Local SEO cannot be ignored in today’s augmented marketing reality. 72% of consumers who research a product online will visit a local retailer within a 5-mile radius after the initial discovery period. 86% of those consumers will look up a business’ location on Google Maps. 78% of local searches result in an online purchase, as well. Local SEO is essential for business owners, whether they’re looking to build a regional…
4 Reasons Why Keyword Relevance Matters for Your SEO Results
Keywords have long been known as one of the key components to search engine optimization. But in recent years, technology has progressed and the algorithms have adapted. One of the newest systems added to the mixture is RankBrain, which uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to better interpret pages on the web. With the changes to the algorithms, many industry workers are wondering how important keyword relevance still is. How keywords fit into…
7 Ways Your Outdated Social Media Campaign Loses Money
Social media is everywhere. It’s in front of us at the office. We carry it around in our pockets. So it’s more important than ever for businesses to run a social media campaign. But with the benefits, social media can bring comes the complexities of the ever-changing algorithms and strategies. How do you keep up? If you’re not seeing the traffic growth or sales you had hoped for, it may…
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On Page SEO Analysis: How to Measure Success
The only thing more important than having an SEO campaign is having a successful one. The only way to ensure this is to reach your goals. How can you determine if you’re reaching them? Well, if you can’t measure what you’re doing, then this becomes impossible. The key is to consistently measure different aspects of your campaign, so you know what requires improvement. Maybe you’ll find you need to switch…
SEO Analytics: How They Boost Business
You know how shops run the numbers at the end of the day? It’s a daily activity to check the financials and how much money came through the door. Well, the web equivalent to that is SEO analytics. SEO analytics tracks and reports the site’s performance. You’d imagine every site owner would do this… you’d be wrong. Here’s what to know about putting analytics into effect. The Quick Wins of…
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Google Exact Match Changes: Review Your Search Terms Reports
Google Ads, (AdWords) has become a mainstay of most advertising programs, and certainly of most digital advertising programs. Let’s face …
WordPress and SEO: Its more complicated than you think
Over the past ten years, the cost of launching and keeping a site has decreased considerably. You can easily find …
Exact Match Will Be Even Less Exact… what you should do
Google Ads will no longer offer Exact Match. Yes, it has not been truly exact for some time, but now, …
Digital Marketing: The Long View
Since it’s beginning, digital marketing has been thought of as the medium that can move quickly. Make a change to …
5 Things You Need To Know For SEO
If you have hired a few SEO agencies in the past couple of years, you’ve already made your first mistake. …
5 Questions to Ask Before You Hire SEO Experts
Frustrated by the fact that your business’s website just isn’t rising in the search engine rankings? Tired of seeing a …
8 Signs Your Company Should Hire Local SEO Experts
Local SEO cannot be ignored in today’s augmented marketing reality. 72% of consumers who research a product online will visit …
4 Reasons Why Keyword Relevance Matters for Your SEO Results
Keywords have long been known as one of the key components to search engine optimization. But in recent years, technology has …
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On Page SEO Analysis: How to Measure Success
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