Search Engine Optimization

SEO Tip: Why Publish Content on Your Own Blog First

SEO Tip: Why Publish Content on Your Own Blog First

Google Rewards the Original Content Creator The first time content is published, Google attributes it as original content and credits the first source as more important than any site that republishes it. This is a key element of SEO rankings.…

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Breaking SEO News: Apple Safari Might Start Blocking Google Analytics

Breaking SEO News: Apple Safari Might Start Blocking Google Analytics

The #1 Website Analytics Tracker May Be Turned Off in macOS Big Sur At Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference, sharp-eyed observers noticed that a demo of the Mac browser Safari disabled many website trackers, including Google Analytics. Here’s a screenshot…

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Where Does Your Website Traffic Come From? (Hint: It's Not Instagram)

Where Does Your Website Traffic Come From? (Hint: It’s Not Instagram)

Google Drives 8 Times More Traffic than All Social Media Combined In a study of 3.25 billion website visits, Kyle Byers of GrowthBadger uncovered some striking results. Overall, Google search drives 60.68% of website traffic. When you break down the…

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Small Business Marketing: Mobile-Friendly Website vs. App

With somewhere around half of all web traffic originating from people using mobile devices, it’s certain that small businesses need to engage in mobile marketing. Then there’s the question: should you have a mobile-friendly website or an app? I’ll make…

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How Videos Boost Your Small Business Marketing

Do you know that Google owns YouTube? You probably do. Google owns lots of things and is buying and creating more things every day. Google has a simple business goal: to take over the world. And one small part of achieving that goal…

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Marketing Podcast: SEO Roundtable

Dave Weatherholt handed me the reins to talk about search engine optimization (SEO) during this month’s “Getting Down to Business” radio show. I was joined by fellow SEO expert Steve Volz of Alaska Search Marketing. In this 30-minute podcast, learn…

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