As creating high quality content becomes more and more important for SEO, it can be extremely valuable to revisit content standards Google has previously released. The following important questions were taken from the Google Webmaster Central Blog. We break down each question that you should ask yourself, describe why it’s important and how you can…
Dealing with Duplicate Content – Rel Canonical Style – Google SEO
The rel canonical HTML element is one of my favorite tools to use in SEO. Google tends to understand the code well, it can help transfer page rank accurately and it is usually very easy to implement. In this video, Matt Cutt’s, head of Webspam at Google, discusses the rel canonical tag and how it…
3 of the Most Important Areas to Focus on in SEO Now
Everything is coming together now to create the perfect SEO storm. Penguin, Panda and Hummingbird have converged into core elements of the Google algorithm. Panda looks at off topic content farms, Penguin destroys sites with keyword heavy content and bad link profiles and Hummingbird has a new way of ranking content (there is more to…
Internet Marketing Changes in December 2013 – Ignite Visibility University
As usual, there were many big changes in social media, SEO, analytics and just Internet marketing in general in December. In this video, Ignite Visibility President of SEO and Social, John E Lincoln, covers the most important updates. Internet Marketing Changes in December 2013 Photo Internet Marketing Updates December 2013 Include Social Instagram direct Google…
Get your Business Mobile Ready – Webinar January 15, 2014
By the end of 2014, there will be more people on mobile phones than desktop in the US! Is your business mobile ready? Join a free webinar on January 15th at 12:00pm Pacific to learn what it takes to go mobile! Topics will include: Designing for the best mobile user experience What makes a good…
Why 2014 is the Year of the SME in Online Marketing
The writing is on the wall. It is clearly stated by Google, Facebook and other top marketing sites. Subject matter experts will be more at the heart of social media, SEO and organic inbound marketing in 2014 than ever before. In 2014, people will realize that it is no longer enough to have an inexperienced…
How Does Google Handle Duplicate Content for SEO?
Updated 3/1/2021 When creating high-quality content for your website, it makes sense to want to share it in multiple places. Doing so will ensure that more people will see it and engage with it. But how you share your content can make or break your rankings. In this post, we’ll discuss the pitfalls of duplicate…
Link Method, Tracking Cross Domains and Subdomain Ecommerce Tracking Google Analytics
Often times, people forget an important and (usually) easy step when configuring their cross domain eCommerce tracking in Google Analytics. This step is referred to as the link the method. The link method sounds complicated at first, but really it is very simple. What is the Link Method and How Does it Work The link…
SEO News This Week
Here is a brief of the SEO news that took place this week around the web. Disavow Links Aggressively Matt Cutt’s from Google came out and said, if you have a penalty you need to disavow links aggressively. Google’s Knowledge Graph Gets Ads Google’s Knowledge Graph is very new, but they are already testing ads…
Local Schema.org Markup for SEO, What you Need to Know
Our new savvy Senior PM Chrystal brought up local schema markup and its impact on SEO. It’s been awhile since I considered this optimization element so I felt it was time to do a bit of a refresh. There is no doubt that it is critical, especially with the emphasis that Google is placing on…