Streaming media players are becoming more and more popular in our tech-driven world. They are great alternatives to paying for expensive cable television. They also provide a convenient, cost-effective way to stream all sorts of media for anyone with internet access. For quite some time now there has been three big names standing at the…
5 Little Known Google Analytics Issues that Throw Your Data
The Ignite Visibility UCSD Extension Web Analytics course starts today. So in the spirit of the new course, I figured I would offer a few little known facts about Google Analytics. Average Time on Page Did you know that in Google Analytics, when the program calculates the average time on a page for your website,…
How to Check if You’ve Received a Google Places Penalty
What is a Google Places Penalty? If your business has been ranking on the first page of Google in the local results 7-pack, and then suddenly disappears, it is possible that you may have been hit by a Google Places penalty. These penalties are distributed to Places pages, and their corresponding websites, when they’ve violated…
Internet Marketing News March 2014 – Ignite Visibility University #IVU
March was an exciting month for Internet marketing. In this video, John Lincoln, President of SEO and Social Media at Ignite Visibility, covers the biggest changes. Internet Marketing News for March 2014 Changes in Internet Marketing in March 2014 Media servers gaining popularity Internet of things Yahoo Shows more Yelp Panda Update My Blog Guest…
Multiple Breadcrumbs on a Page for SEO
In this Google webmaster video, Matt Cutts discusses how Google handles multiple breadcrumbs on a page. Matt reveals that Google will actually only pick the first one to follow. Matt mentions that you should try to get pages in the correct category and hierarchy due to this particular issue. Google states that you can have…
You Can Now Find Out When People Read Your Email
Your email activity just became a little less private. A new Chrome extension called Streak will now be able to tell you when and also where you emails were read. While this is only available for Gmail users, Streak will notify the sender when the recipient opens their email. With Streak, an eye icon will…
Ignite Visibility Welcomes Intern Vince Vuong to Team
At Ignite every person we bring on is very special. Out newest addition is Intern Vince Vuong. In this blog post we take a moment to meet Vince. Why are you interested in online marketing? I’ve always been a tech kind of guy. Always being on the internet, reading up on the newest technology. So…
Google AdWords Express Small Business PPC Guide
Introduction to AdWords Express Ready to learn about AdWords express? OK, let’s go! Adwords Express advertises your business online to local customers without you needing to manage a large, ongoing ad campaign. Once your ad is written, your budget established, and the appropriate category for your business is chosen, Google will generate a list of…
Black Hat SEO Companies Could Come Under Fire from Google
Over there last 15 years or so there have been many SEO companies who got their clients results by building links. Although this was against Google’s quality guidelines, it is almost hard to blame them because it was a very effective SEO practices. There are of course white hat and black hat ways to build…
Twitter Kicks Off New Customizable Timelines
Twitter has just introduced the ability to make custom timelines today. This new feature will help users control and organize tweets that appear in a steam. Users will be able to create their own timelines around particular events, filled with tweets from particular users and topics. Each Twitter timeline is public and has its own…