Humans are competitive by nature. We’re raised in a competitive environment from sports to school to the occasional family reunion dance-off. It’s in our DNA and brings out (usually) the best in us as individuals and groups. Without competition, we’d have a difficult time striving to be better, continuing to improve, and ultimately, becoming the…
A common question we get from a lot of our clients is, “Does Google Ads help SEO?” This is a great question that we’ve all wondered about at some point. Let’s face it – wouldn’t it be awesome if you could just make your website rank higher and get tons of free traffic just by…
Why it’s more important than ever to have an ADA accessible website in 2020. There are a lot of things to factor in when you are building a new website or assessing your existing one. Page speed (how fast your website loads on both desktop and mobile devices), website structure, page titles and keywords, meta…
“I need help growing my business.” This is a statement I hear all too often when speaking with potential clients ranging from carpet cleaning companies to tech-savvy SaaS entrepreneurs. Local business owners like yourself are some of the hardest working people I’ve ever met but as a result, they’re often juggling a million things at…
If you’re a business owner, you know how hard it can be to get your HAPPY customers to leave reviews for you. Happy is capitalized because we all know what people do if they have an experience they’re not pleased with. Here we’ll break down the numbers to identify Seattle Towing’s conversion rate with our…
By this point, you probably have a pretty general idea of SEO and understand the importance of it for your business. You know what it is and have covered the basics. In a world where instant gratification has become quite common, you’d expect the same with SEO, right? Wrong. Unfortunately, SEO isn’t quite as gratifying…
Oh, SPAM SEO emails…. If you have a business and a website, there is no doubt you have received emails like these: Hello there- I’m contacting you because your website is terrible and not ranking at all for any of your keywords. Also, your local listings are non-existent. It’s a wonder anyone can even find…
Google just sent a reminder that starting in October, ALL online forms need to be secure. Why October? Google will be releasing a new version of its Google Chrome web browser which will show an alert anytime a user sees a form that is not secure. Google chrome has 60% of the total web browser…
There are many factors that Google and other search engines (wait, there are OTHER search engines?!) use to determine how a website is ranked in search. Website structure, content, meta descriptions, title tags, schema, and backlinks are all signals that search engines use to determine a website’s rankings. Backlinks are links from other websites that help…
First things first, you need to build backlinks. That’s really all you can do. However, there are a number of different ways to build backlinks. But first, let’s describe what backlinks actually are and how they’re important to your site. What are Backlinks? I’m a big fan of using analogies so let’s start off with…
Google’s Chrome web browser has taken the lead in the most popular web browser claiming 60% of all internet traffic. Source And if you spend as much time on this web browser as I do, I thought that is was high-time I shared the Chrome Extensions that are rocking my world so they can rock…
4 steps to crafting fantastic headlines that drive traffic to your blog Studies have shown that about 60% of people will share an article with a great headline without even reading the article. This means that people online are sharing content online without even reading past the headline. Moral of the story? You might want to…