SEO
Setting Measurable Goals for your Website
Is your website successful? Yes? No? How do you know? Have you considered that question at all? When we start talking to a potential client about their new website, I...
What is On Page Optimization?
As a business owner, we understand you are busy. However, just like you wouldn’t neglect your store and let the displays get dusty, you shouldn’t let your website get dusty,...
Subdomain Questions and Answers
Your domain name is your Internet address. For example, my domain is sumydesigns.com. Easy enough. But what's a subdomain? A subdomain is a way to break up your domain into...
The importance of keyword research
One of the most important often overlooked parts of SEO is keyword research. What exactly is it and why is it important? Keyword research is the process of finding the...
Changes in SEO for 2018
The thing about SEO, it's always changing. As soon as you think you've got it down, there are new rules and changes to be implemented. Trying to keep up with...
Do you need to fill out the SEO Meta Title and Meta Description?
Yes and no. How's that for concise answer? Let me start by explaining what these things are. In a lot of themes, and in other SEO plugins if you use...
My business offers multiple services… should I have a different domain for each one for SEO?
This question comes up from time to time, so I felt it really needed addressing. I was working with a client who has a business who has two different services....
Do backlinks still matter?
If you've been on the web for a while, particularly if you had an older blog or website in the early 2000s, you may remember that most websites had a...
Setting Measurable Goals for your Website
Is your website successful? Yes? No? How do you know? Have you considered that question at all? Frequently, when working with a small business or individual about their website, I'll...
How to dominate your local search results in 3 simple steps
If you are a local business, meaning a business that offers goods and/or services within a geographically-limited area, I have some good news for you. You can dominate your local...
How to optimize your blog post for social media
If you are reading this, you're probably on Twitter or Facebook or both. And you may have a blog. We are huge supporters of blogging because it's great for you,...
Making the Most of Yoast
If you have a WordPress site, and we made it for you, then there's a good chance you are using the Yoast SEO plugin. It's a great plugin, and really...
It’s time to encrypt your website.
A few years ago, I wrote a blog post when Google announced they were going to start using SSL as a ranking factor for searches. At the time, most sites...
What to expect when it comes to SEO
More and more people are coming to us for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and there's a reason why. We currently rank organically on page one in Google for 30 different...
Let’s talk about link building
Link building is the process of getting your website ranked better by having other sites link to it. That's the basics. But it's not quite that simple. The search engines...
Want to be #1 in Google? So does everyone else.
But the truth is, most people aren't willing to put in the work required to attain that status. At least once a week I get an inquiry from someone that...
85% of indexed sites in Google are mobile-friendly. Is yours?
A couple of years ago, we had a thing in our tech world we called "Mobilegeddon." What this meant was that websites were going to start getting penalized in the...
Title and size images for better SEO
Images can help your site rank better, but it's essential to save your images with file names search engines can discern so that search engines can categorize them. Let's say...
DIY SEO isn’t always a good idea
Everyone wants their site to be found and get traffic, but not everyone wants to pay for SEO. There are a number of reasons why people may not want to...