November 8, 2023 22:31
Does Your Domain’s Hyphen Hurt SEO? Understanding the Impact on ...
SEO encompasses a wide range of small and large signals that all mix together into one big stew. You can think of your content as the meat, the site design as the broth base, and so forth. Yet no stew is complete without spices, and in SEO, those spices are the little things. There are... Read More »
November 7, 2023 10:00
Shoppable Ads: What Are They and How To Run Them
Shoppable display ads are designed to make social media shopping even more convenient for consumers. But what’s in it for brands? In this blog, we talk about shoppable ads and how using social media for eCommerce benefits brands. So first, what are shoppable ads, and on which platforms can you use them? In this article:... Read More »
November 6, 2023 22:20
The Ultimate Guide to .htaccess for Webmasters: Blocking Bad Bots and ...
Bots are exceedingly common on the web. In fact, as of 2012, bot traffic exceeded human traffic on the web. That’s right; more than 50% of the hits on your website, on average, come from robots rather than humans. Bots have a wide range of purposes, and not all of them are bad. Some bots,... Read More »
November 3, 2023 11:00
100 Online Review Statistics for 2023-2024
Picture this: You’re cozied up on your couch, browsing through an online store. You spot something you like, but then the age-old question pops up, “To buy or not to buy?” Enter the unsung heroes of online shopping: reviews. It turns out 99.9% of customers are consulting reviews before making a purchase. And their trust... Read More »
November 3, 2023 10:00
Local Marketing in 2024: Everything You Need To Know
Everyone wants to go global and reach customers beyond their borders. But there is still great value in promoting locally. In fact, working with a local search engine optimization (SEO) marketing company is now more important than ever. “Local marketing and local SEO are important aspects of any digital marketing strategy that targets clients in... Read More »
November 2, 2023 10:00
What Is Tangential Content and Should You Be Creating This for Your Bl...
Content marketing is undeniably an important aspect of search engine optimization (SEO) and a powerful lead generation tool, but many businesses make the mistake of solely focusing on content directly related to their offerings. This narrow approach limits their potential to reach a wider audience and engage new customer segments who may not have otherwise... Read More »
October 31, 2023 10:00
How To Combat eCommerce Cart Abandonment With Email Marketing
Have you ever gone grocery shopping, filled your cart with everything you need and decided not to go through with the purchase? This is an example of what’s known as “shopping cart abandonment.” Abandoned shopping carts occur when customers add items to their online shopping carts but leave the store before completing their purchase. It’s... Read More »
October 30, 2023 22:08
11 Strategies to Boost Your Google Reviews
Reviews are incredibly important to your business and they can influence customer decisions in several ways. This includes both positive and negative reviews. Positive reviews may be sponsored or false, whereas no company will pay for negative reviews. However, public negative reviews are a way for a business to showcase their customer service. These complaints... Read More »
October 27, 2023 10:00
What Is First Party Data and How To Use It for PPC Campaigns
Data has become an invaluable asset for many businesses today. Through data, businesses can gather insights that inform their digital marketing strategies. At the same time, this data can be used to create targeted campaigns to reach audiences with the right messages accurately. With the meteoric rise of digital marketing over the past decade,... Read More »
October 26, 2023 10:00
How To Find the Perfect Balance Between SEO and UX
When done correctly, search engine optimization (SEO) can boost your rankings on the world’s biggest search engine – Google – and drive more users to your website. However, that’s only half the battle when it comes to conversions. Many factors can affect whether they check out a product, send an inquiry or contact your business... Read More »
October 25, 2023 21:55
Which Domain Extensions Perform Best in Google Rankings?
There’s an interesting phenomenon with regards to the internet that the more tech-savvy among us might not notice, and those less educated in the world of the web are prone to doing without realizing. The usual URL format is www.example.com. We all recognize this as a website URL. However, there’s one thing missing from that URL... Read More »
October 24, 2023 10:00
Augmented Reality Marketing: What Is It and Why It Could Boost Your So...
In recent years, augmented reality (AR) has changed social media marketing as we know it. AR marketing seamlessly blends the digital world with the physical realm, elevating the ways businesses connect with customers. But what is augmented reality? This technology focuses on delivering interactive and immersive experiences. Social media marketing experts can now overlay digital... Read More »
October 23, 2023 21:38
Does Changing Your Nameservers Impact Your Rankings or SEO Performance...
Before investing the question of whether changing nameservers affects search engine rankings, it is helpful to know what it means to change nameservers. Public nameservers are what identifies a certain web hosting server to the other computer that are trying to access content on that server. Nameservers would only be changed if the website was being moved... Read More »
October 20, 2023 10:00
Short-Form vs. Long-Form Videos: Which Is Better for Your Business?
Capturing and retaining the buyer’s attention has become increasingly challenging for businesses. Several factors contribute to these difficulties, from information overload to shortened attention spans of the consumer market. In the vast expanse of the digital space, one medium has risen as the ultimate engagement generator: videos. Humans are visual creatures, and videos have the... Read More »
October 19, 2023 10:00
Brand Story: Why It’s Important and How To Create One
Stories are what make individuals unique, and the same rings true for brands. Marketers use brand storytelling to sell a narrative that puts a brand in a good light, inspiring actions from its audience. In this article, we’ll examine: • What Is a Brand Story? • Why Is Brand Storytelling Important? • How To Write... Read More »
October 18, 2023 21:19
Unlocking SEO Magic: Free Alternatives to Screaming Frog That Won̵...
You probably know this already, since you’re looking for alternatives, but Screaming Frog is a very valuable tool for marketers, especially those looking to audit their website. It’s a search spider, meaning it crawls your website and can harvest a huge amount of data in a relatively short amount of time. A total site crawl... Read More »
October 17, 2023 10:00
Google Says Links No Longer a Top 3 Ranking Factor: Should We Believe ...
Remember the days when marketers scrambled to gather as many backlinks as possible because each one was a golden ticket to the top of search results? Those days may now be gone, especially when Google experts like Gary Ilyes say it’s no longer a top three ranking factor. Organic search engine optimization (SEO) is tricky,... Read More »
October 16, 2023 21:01
Strategies for Concealing Text or Content: A Guide to SEO-Friendly Pra...
Hidden text is one of the oldest black hat SEO techniques in the book. Anyone old enough to have been browsing the web in the early 00s, when Google was big but their algorithm was much less refined, you would probably remember all of the ways people tried to game the search results. One of... Read More »
October 13, 2023 11:08
What Is Google Gemini and When You Could See It Released?
Google’s stakes in the artificial intelligence (AI) space just got higher with the imminent release of Gemini, its most advanced large language model (LLM) yet. With Gemini, the search titan hopes to surpass OpenAI’s GPT-4 model with multimodal learning, the ability to execute more human-like tasks and be one step closer to artificial general intelligence... Read More »
October 12, 2023 13:14
Google Rolls Out October 2023 Broad Core Update
Google started October 2023 with a bang as it rolled out another core update expected to impact search rankings. This is the third core update released by Google this year, and while the company didn’t disclose what changed, you can lean on the rankings on search engine results pages (SERPs) to find clues about the... Read More »
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