SEO: 10 Things Every Small Business Should Do
Search engine optimization isn’t always much fun for small businesses. Aside from having to compete with your closest rivals, you’ve got those industry leaders hogging up page one of results. To make matters worse, organic results are getting pushed further down the page, leaving less space for the little guy. These are the challenges small […]
The Four Most Popular Myths About Paid Advertising: Debunked
Is paying for AdWords worth it? Well, yes and no. To someone unfamiliar with pay-per-click (PPC), opening the Google AdWords dashboard might look like a seven-headed monster that no entrepreneur can slay. I saw this time and time again during my time at Google. It’s a big reason why my co-founder and I decided to […]
Everything You Need to Know About Hidden Text & SEO
Hidden text, with the goal of manipulating Google’s algorithm, can get you penalized. However, here are a few valid reasons to hide content. Hidden text is one of the oldest tricks in the SEO handbook. If you’re hoping hidden text will somehow boost your SEO efforts, you’ll quickly discover this outdated tactic is ineffective. Back […]
Don’t follow the leader: Avoid these 5 common e-commerce SEO mistakes
Competitive research is an important part of any SEO program — after all, it’s a zero-sum game that we’re playing. However, there is often a tendency for companies to become fixated on what dominant competitors in the marketplace are doing. The assumption is that because they’re getting the most SEO traffic, they must be doing […]
The best SEO strategy you’ve probably never heard of
Search, Engine and Optimisation are three words that probably don’t spark a whole lot of enthusiasm in many marketers, except maybe those in the IT and web design industries. It has always been challenging for any business, big or small SEO budget, to get found in Google’s organic search, but this has recently changed. Alterations […]
Cost-effective digital advertising methods that every brand must adopt
The best advertising strategy is one that helps the advertiser in delivering the message to a maximum number of people at a minimum cost. That is why from startup companies to large corporates; digital advertising is the first choice of smart businesses all over the world. Almost a year back, the IT giant Cisco saved […]
2017 growth hacks: Use affiliates to improve PPC reach
Owning more paid search spots on search results can increase your clicks by 30–50 percent for each additional spot that you occupy. To get this type of monster click growth from paid search, tap on your affiliates, partners and resellers to make a paid search land grab. For example, if your CTR (click-through rate) alone […]
SEO Best Practices For Every Page On Your Site
In terms of getting the best search rankings, you can broadly break your SEO efforts into two areas: site-wide optimisation and optimising individual pages. Today we’re going to focus on the second of these two subjects, looking at how to maximise the search ranking of every page you publish. By following the steps in […]