SEO Internet Marketing

Focusing Away from SEO?

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SEO is definitely important, but the habit of focusing all of our attention on SEO topics may cause us to lose sight of the goal, which is to get and retain customers. In fact, sometimes it is best to focus away from SEO per se and instead focus on the overall idea of marketing, including both online and offline strategies in the “big picture.”

By Shifting the Focus, SEO Fits the Landscape

Most brands tend to make one of two mistakes: either they ignore SEO or they focus completely on inbound marketing. This is easy to understand, since most marketing agencies push their own products. If they are SEO-centric, the marketing firm likely focuses on SEO. If not, they tend to ignore it or even downplay its importance.

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Are You Ignoring a Giant SEO Ranking Factor?

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Everyone has been scrambling to understand Google’s new algorithms, but it is quickly becoming clear that there is one ranking factor that many SEO experts are not utilizing: engagement.

What Is Engagement?

Most people immediately think of onsite engagement when they discuss the word, but overall web engagement is frequently ignored. In fact, many SEO experts focus exclusively on onsite engagement to the detriment of overall web engagement with sites and brands. For example, branded searches are often ignored in researching keywords, although they are frequently used by those searching for particular products. Overall engagement also includes time on site, browse rate, traffic referrals that you send out to the rest of the web, and non-link forms of amplification such as press releases and social media.

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The Year in Review for Content Marketing

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What new discoveries did 2014 bring to the content marketing field? This year saw several format changes that sparked interest, including the following: Local snapshots. A list, article or interactive map that focused and targeted a certain segment of the population was a very popular form of content this year. Many of the most popular … Read More

Why You Should Not Ignore Local SEO

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When you think of search engine optimization or SEO, the chances are good that you think of a global effort to draw visitors to your website. While there is no doubt that general SEO is important, many businesses are ignoring targeted local SEO efforts to their peril. Local SEO is one of the most underutilized areas of marketing and can offer your business great benefits if you pay attention to the opportunities you have to expand your local market.

Why Do I Need Local SEO?

Companies ignore local SEO because they are still trapped in a mindset of global search based on search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo. In the past, all businesses were basically thrown in the same pot. If you wanted to reach shoppers, whether they were down the street or around the world, you used the same SEO techniques. Many businesses still operate this way, competing for keyword shares and trying to climb to the top of the search engine pages for various search strings.

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Creating the Best Content For Your Website

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Communicating ideas is at the bottom of every website design and creation of website content. No matter what your industry, you are communicating with others. Your website’s content says something to those who see it. As content evolves, customer taste does likewise. This means that customers demand more from your website, so you must be willing to give it to them.

This means that you need more than just good content. You need to constantly come up with fresh ways to present that content so that you retain your clients’ interest. Content updates and refreshes can be just as important and just as effective as writing new content, so it is important to set up a regular rotation for your content to keep it new and exciting.

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How Important is Social Media To Your Website?

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According to the experts at Moz, it is hard to overestimate the importance of social media to your web marketing efforts. In fact, 72 percent of online adults use social media on a regular basis, with YouTube reaching more adults in the 18-34 age range than any cable network. Marketers now use social media to reach customers, so if you are not using it, you may already be behind the curve.

It is important to keep up with social media, so here are some tips to help you use it effectively, even if you have never incorporated social media into your web marketing plan before:

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Can You Build Strong SEO Through Content Alone?

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You may have heard the age-old statement “Content Is King” thrown around in connection with SEO, but what does that really mean? Can you actually build organic search rankings through content alone? It is possible, but not easy. Instead of focusing your efforts solely on link building, relying on strong content that is deemed by Google to be rich and relevant may give you much better long-term results than link building alone.

What Is Good Content?

Good content is defined as content that Google finds relevant to actual user queries. If you think about that statement, you will see that there is inherently a great deal of work involved in creating good content. You must create content that:

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Geo-Targeting Local Landing Pages

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You may be confused by the terms “geo-targeting” and “local landing pages” but it is not hard to understand the basics with a bit of study. Once you learn what these terms mean, you can begin the job of ranking your local landing pages for geo-targeted terms that will result in real, live customers to your business!

What Is Geo-Targeting?

Geo-targeting is a term used when you focus on a geographically specific area that is pertinent to your product or brand. For example, when you travel around holding exhibitions in various locations, you might want to target specific cities with your brand information. You may also want a geo-targeting strategy for local businesses that do not serve customers worldwide.

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SEO Myths That Can Hurt Your Business

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In SEO as in other businesses, there is a great deal of misinformation floating around. Unfortunately, since SEO is primarily about information, bad “facts” can hurt your business by denying you the opportunity to increase your website traffic, conversion rates and ROI.

Here are some SEO myths that may cause you to take the wrong directions with your SEO efforts:

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Google’s New Panda Rollout Is Here

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“Panda” is the name given to the set of algorithms released by Google that are designed to filter poor content and penalize websites that do not follow Google’s guidelines. Now, the latest version of Panda began a “slow rollout” this week, according to Google sources, and is predicted to affect up to five percent of all search queries.

There are a few signals added to this new algorithm that theoretically will help small and middle-sized businesses rank higher on search engine results pages or SERPs. Here are a few pointers:

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