Pinterest has Promoted Pins, Twitter has Promoted Tweets, Facebook has Sponsored Stories, LinkedIn has Sponsored Updates and Google + now offers +Post Ads. All of these forms of social media advertising as changing SEO and Internet marketing, and we are happy to offer each of them here at Ignite Visibility. So let’s learn a little…
The Battle for the User in 2014: What Microsoft, Google and Facebook are Fighting For
At this point, Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Apple, Facebook, Twitter and more all understand what is at stake. It is really control over the heart of the user and how they interact with technology. In 2014, it will be a race to see who can deliver it first, in an intuitive and heavily adopted way. What…
Internet Marketing Changes in October / November 2013
Things change fast in Internet marketing. Make sure to stay up to date by watching our monthly recap videos. In this video, John Lincoln, Ignite Visibility President of SEO and Social, covers the following items. Hummingbird Update Branded Search Helps SEO Traffic from Other Sites Helps SEO Bounce Rate and CTR Big Factors Image Manual…
Why Some SEO Companies are Losing in the New World
If you want to win in any aspect of Internet marketing you need to innovate. This is probably truer in PPC, SEO and social media than most other marketing mediums. If the company you are using does not have a person at the helm that is constantly pushing the boundaries, studying like crazy and implementing…
Matt Cutts States Google +1s Have No Direct Impact On Rankings
Strong content is still the main criteria for ranking high with Google’s algorithm. A recent article by MOZ indicated that high Google +1’s meant higher rankings. However, Google Head of Search Spam, Matt Cutts states that +1 has no direct impact on web search engine optimization. He said that he is looking for the “politest…
How MultiChannel Funnels Work
When telling a good story, we all know too well that jumping to the conclusions never really made it an engaging or informative story. You would miss too many of the best details— and the punch line for that matter! The same rule applies to Multi-Channel Funnels. Nowadays, customers make informed purchase decisions by researching,…
Study: Disavowing Low Quality Links Results in Traffic Improvements – Ignite Visibility
Ignite Visibility has recently conducted a study on 10 websites to determine whether or not the Google disavow tool could be used to increase traffic and rankings in the current SEO environment. This study was conducted from the time period of 5/01/13 to 7/20/13. Important Study Points All domains were over 5 years old. All…
SEO Community Holds Their Breath Over New 10 Day Google Panda Update
A new Google Panda update is being released and, as normal, the search engine optimization community is freaking out. But don’t panic. No matter what happens, we can get through it together. Let me tell you a little about this update. First, it is important to note that Panda updates generally relate to onsite optimization,…
How to Set Up Google Analytics Tracking Code
Web tracking code serves to collect visitor data from any website and place it into Google Analytics where it can be viewed in reports. The tool is useful in identifying which audience visits your site, what purchases are being made on that site and viewing a visitor’s behavior across primary and sub-domains. Before setting up…
7 Freshly Funded Startups Internet Marketers Will Love
There are lots of new ideas out there, many of which are getting serious funding in hopes of making their dream come true. In this post, we look at 7 startups who enjoyed successful funding rounds in the last 2 months. Some of these are really exciting ideas. Let’s take a look. Justin.tv $8.3 Million…