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Optimize Your Eye Health
Vision is probably one of the senses that we most take for granted. Especially for web designers, search engine optimization experts, and others that work at a computer all day. For you, vision can degenerate at a faster rate. However, there are ways to minimize...
SEO for Beginners
We recently shared our thoughts on a common question. "If you were speaking to a crowd of people who are all business owners and marketers but who know absolutely nothing about SEO, what would be the 3 top actions you'd advise them to understand & undertake right...
On-demand rank tracking and site audits
We are excited to announce the launch of a new rank tracking and site auditing solution for our clients, Webmeup. We have successfully migrated all clients to a new, on-demand solution for reports. You can now login to Webmeup at any time and see an audit on your...
New press release reminders
Another useful resource we have been working on is to provide clients with topics for each month to get your creative juices flowing for monthly press releases (PR's). Press releases are an invaluable part of your SEO campaign. They are the single biggest item that...
More Sunlight, Work More
Time is here again when we adjust our clocks earlier. Why not make the most of it? Here are some tips to help you be more productive at work and get more accomplished with the extra hours of sunlight. Set a to-do list. A little before you head to bed, think of the...
Social Media Profiles – Less Is More
Everybody loves social media. Why not give every opportunity for every person on the entire planet every option to like your stuff on every social media platform ever, right? Wrong. It is understandable why instinct tells us to create a lot of social media...
Why Mainstream Site Software is Good
Do you know what platform your website runs on? Nowadays, most sites use one of many mainstream Content Management Systems (CMS), like Wordpress, Joomla, Magento, etc. That's good. Why? Site backends that are more mainstream tend to have better site structure. Better...
How social media benefits SEO
If you haven't jumped on the social media bandwagon for social media sake, would you for the benefit or search? In this recent article, Research at Google published an abstract on understanding social annotations (social media data). The article states, "As web search...
Google showing immediate Knowledge Graph data
Knowledge Graph is Google's effort to show accurate results as quickly as possible. This graph of data usually appears in the right sidebar. Knowledge Graph is usually returned in a search query only when it is regarding fixed sets of data or information, not dynamic...
Yahoo considering Yelp data for local results
In an effort to increase their quantity of local results, as well as make them more accurate, Yahoo is reportedly teaming up with Yelp. As a leader in information about localized business data, Yelp would have a wealth of data to feed to Yahoo. For those of you that...
Expedia and Halifax Bank penalized by Google
For months, smaller brands have been screaming that Google has been biased in their rollouts of penalties. It seems that Google is on a mission to prove that even big brands can't get away with shady SEO. Just a few weeks ago, Expedia was penalized for poor SEO...
Tips for Increasing Revenues During Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day has become a huge shopping day for retailers to cash in on. After all, what better way to express appreciation and gratitude to your loved ones than by gifting them something that they love? Even people who are not in a relationship use Valentine’s...
Google Acquisitions Total $26.8 Billion
Google has been on quite the buying spree lately. Within the last 2 weeks - 2 months Google has reportedly purchased the following: Impermium, security technology Nest, smart thermostat makers - $3.2 billion Boston Dynamics, military-grade robots (the 8th robotics...
Going Big on Advertising During the Big Game
There's no question that the Super Bowl is an advertising juggernaut. The young, the old, men and women alike will gather in their homes, bars, restaurants and practically every place that shows the big game. What business wouldn't want to get their business...
Scheduled Article Topics
Whether we need content for your regular press releases or topics for on-page articles, copywriting is always a client favorite. Even though we can do all of the heavy lifting and do the copywriting if you can approve a topic, we know that coming up with topics is...