There’s a saying some people use when they need to leave a social situation. “I’ve gotta bounce!” Keeping this in mind makes understanding what a bounce rate is on your website. The bounce rate is what percentage of people go to your website and then leave right away before clicking on anything within your site....Read More
When including a blog on your website, one question inevitably comes up: Should you allow comments? This is something on which even the experts can’t seem to agree. Even influencer Michael Hyatt took some time to decide. He removed his comment section for a year and then ended up putting it back. The fact is,...Read More
Why Isn’t My Website Showing Up on Google? This is a question we frequently get asked after launching a new website. To answer this question, let’s dig into how Google search indexing works and how websites interact with search engines. The Search Index A search index is basically a catalogue of all the websites that...Read More
Search engine optimization (SEO) is a complex topic. The rules seem to constantly be changing and it can be hard to keep up. Misinformation abounds, and this includes the issue of duplicate content. What is it? Will Google penalize your site for having it? How can you prevent duplicate content’s negative consequences to your site’s...Read More
If you do anything on the web, you should understand the basics of search engine optimization, often called SEO. Because there are so many small details that go into good SEO, it may seem overwhelming. Thankfully, you don’t have to master it. You just need to understand what the components are and why they contribute...Read More
Anyone with a website has heard the term, “search engine optimization” (SEO). But how do you achieve it for your site? There are many things that go into making your site appealing to readers and the bots that crawl the web, indexing relevant pages and ranking them for Google and other search engines. Have you...Read More
There has never been a time throughout human history that we’ve had the amount of information at our fingertips like we do today. With the creation of the internet and technology like smartphones, such access has not only made significant changes to our world and personal lives but also in how we do business. Whether...Read More
Voice assistants—from Alexa to Siri and beyond—are now part of our daily lives, helping us conduct searches completely hands-free. What does this mean for you and your business? If you have a website (and you should), it’s time to optimize your content for voice search. Half of all Searches Will Be Voice Searches by 2020...Read More
It’s no secret that search engine optimization (SEO) is highly technical. There are on-page and off-page, keyword research, white hat, black hat… The list goes on. So how do you rummage through the jargon? By taking it back to the basics and focusing on your website content. Why Is SEO Such a Big Deal? Google,...Read More
Making sense of something as complex as SEO and it’s importance for your website is best explained with an analogy–your website is like a garden and the SEO tasks are the maintenance. To ensure continual growth of the plants, tasks like pulling weeds, watering plants, and distributing fertilizer are necessary. The same goes for you...Read More