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A lot of the advice for small business owners who are hoping to market their businesses online focuses on identifying a list of keywords that are relevant to your business and developing content and marketing focused on those keywords. But what do you do when you work in an industry or an area where those keywords are highly competitive? When you have dozens or hundreds of businesses competing for the same keywords in the same city, it can be extremely difficult to rank well for those keywords in Google searches. It seems like there has to be another way to get your website noticed, and luckily, there are a few. AdWords Google AdWords is an online advertising service that Google has integrated into their web searches, and they provide you with a variety of tools you can use to gain an edge in a competitive marketplace. AdWords is a pay-per-click […]

Content marketing is perhaps the single most effective aspect of any online business marketing strategy, but it is unfortunately a form of marketing that most small business owners are not familiar with. And why would they be? If you are a small business owner, you are probably focused on your area of expertise, which is running your business. However, if you want to effectively promote your business online (and of course you want to promote your business online), you need to familiarize yourself with content marketing and the ways in which it can benefit your business. Content serves two main purposes in the promotion of your business: The first is to make your website more visible to search engines so you can attract more visitors, and the second is to engage and interest your visitors so they stick around and come back for more. Regularly producing content that serves both […]

If you spend any time at all reading about SEO best practices, you have likely seen technology and web bloggers referring to one Google algorithm update or another. However, for those of us who are not Internet experts, all of this talk about algorithms can seem totally mystifying. If you’re wondering what it means for Google to change their search algorithms and how these changes affect you as a website owner, you’re not alone! We’ll do our best here to answer your questions. Why does Google change their algorithm? Google is, of course, the biggest, most widely used search engine on the planet. They have managed to gain this status because they have consistently returned the best, most relevant search results for their customers, search after search and year after year. They are able to do this because they are constantly updating their search algorithms, or to put it more […]

5)      Staying Current: Mobile site, updating and blogging So, your site has been created, has well-written content, has an SEO strategy and has been properly indexed. What else is there to consider?  Just because you have a website, it does not mean you can simply forget about it. There are still things to do to help you succeed on the internet.  Let us proceed by asking some questions because questions are probably more important than you realize when it comes to SEO (discussed below). Why should I make my website mobile friendly? In January of 2014 a survey[1] discovered that 90% of adults in the US have cellphones and 58% have smartphones. As smartphones allow you to access the internet almost anywhere you go, it is no surprise that having a mobile friendly website is becoming very important for any business. (A mobile friendly website is formatted to look good […]

4)      Search Engine Indexing Periods   When your site has been completed then it is time to place it on the search engines. This is referred to as indexing your site. First a website is submitted to Google, Bing and/or Yahoo and then the search engines will index them into the right categories so that people can find your site. This is not to be confused with a website going live.  A website is live when it has been connected to the internet. That means that you, or anyone else, can see it if they write the domain name in the address bar.  However, you will be unable to find it by searching on a search engine because it has not been indexed yet. How long does search engine indexing take? The time it takes for your site to be properly indexed can vary greatly.  Know that indexing takes time.  […]