This is an open letter to Google on behalf of many websites out there who have suffered needlessly. I ask that you share this as much as possible to get the message to Google. Recently, I have been helping many webmasters clean up penalties, deal with malware or disavow poor links to their website. Generally,…
What is Google Glass?
Google Glass is starting to show up everywhere. If you don’t know what it is, Google Glass is a pair of glasses that you wear on your face. The glasses have a small screen that allow you to get directions, communicate with friends, share what you are seeing and view what others are seeing. It…
Webmaster Tools Examples of Bad Links
For those of you who have been cleaning up bad links that other search engine optimization companies built, you know it can be hard work. But good news is here! Google is going to continue to provide more insight into which links they think are bad. Right now, they sometimes provide a sample of the…
Industry Shift: Press Releases No Followed, Analytics for SEO Rankings
Yesterday I watched a really long Google hangout with Jon Mueller, a guy who is pretty in touch with changes in the Google search algorithm (he works on them:). I was most interested in this hangout because he directly addresses the new change regarding press releases and guest blogging in the Google quality guidelines. Basically,…
Will Gmails Recent Change Kill Promotional Email Marketing?
For those of you who don’t know, Gmail just made a HUGE change. They are now organizing emails in 3 segments. They are Primary, Social and Promotions. In order to see your social and promotion emails, you have to actively click on a tab to see them. You can also further segment your inbox by…
Should you Link Domains together for SEO?
Generally, when you increase the amount of links to a website it helps search engine optimization. Your rankings will go up, your page rank and likely your traffic. Of course, the important point is, how you get those links. In this video, Matt Cutt’s addresses the question, Should you Link Domains together for SEO? Some…
Mobile SEO Basics, What You Need to Know
When designing a mobile experience for your site, it can sometimes be confusing on how exactly to start. Three main options for configuring your site include responsive design, dynamic serving or mobile URLs. Responsive Design A responsive design displays the same content on every platform, but is able to detect different devices and changes the…
Googlebot Cannot Access your Site, Does it Hurt SEO?
When a website crashes it can be a nightmare. All webmasters strive for 100% up time, but at some point it is very likely that the website will be down or inaccessible by Googlebot. We have had some downtime on Ignite Visibility. Mostly due to a cruddy server that Godaddy had us on. Boy was…
Interactive Day San Diego, SEO, Mobile, Customer Type and UX #IDSD
On Friday June 21, 2013 I attended Interactive Day San Diego. Overall it was a great event. I saw some old friends, met a lot of new people, shared some ideas and even learned a thing or two. In this blog post I want to cover a couple things that should be noted. But before…
Knowledge Graph Carousel for Local Search
Do you know what the knowledge graph is? It is that information that you see on the right hand side of search results in some cases. Here is an example of the normal knowledge graph, not the local. We will talk about the local in a moment… Kelly Slater Example Knowledge Graph The normal knowledge…