Web Design & SEO: 8 Things You Need to Take into Consideration
SEO & Web Design: You simply cannot do one well without the other. They’re like two sides of the same coin, and if you’re a small business owner, it’s important you understand the relationship between them. Statistics show that at just 2 seconds, you usually lose about 12% of the people who click to visit your website. And at 4 seconds, you lose about 25%. If you’ve spent the last 6 months trying to get your website on the first page of Google for a keyword, your efforts will go...
How to Optimize Your Website Content for SEO
So you’ve created some awesome content for your website, but you’re not seeing as many views or interactions with your work as you would like. Chances are you haven’t incorporated SEO (Search Engine Optimization) into your website. Research shows that 93% of online experiences begin with a search engine. If you aren’t properly tagging your work with the right keywords and terms then there is very little chance that your work is going to be seen. SEO can be a fickle beast to learn, but once you master it, your website...
How To Use Content Marketing to Boost Your Company’s SEO
You hear the term all the time: Content Marketing. But what does this generic sounding buzz word really mean? It’s an all encompassing phrase that tends to confuse people who read about it. But it can dramatically boost your company's search engine ranking (SEO) and help your business surge past your competitors. Essentially, it involves creating a piece of content and sharing it with your online network. The ultimate goal is other people seeing a piece of content and sharing it amongst their networks. This content-based, grass-roots marketing will improve your...
Which TLD is right for you?
So, you’ve decided to set up a website. You have thought about everything: your site’s theme, the type of visitors you want to target, and even the perfect domain name. You can’t wait to get your site up and running! But then you are presented with a list. It’s a list of top-level domains (or TLDs for short) that have different suffixes after the period that follows your preferred domain name. Some look familiar like .com, .net, and .org – which one should you choose? The Big 3 - .COM, .NET, .ORG .com...
How To Migrate Your Website Without Hurting Your SEO
As your business website grows and ages, it might have to undergo the migration process eventually. Unfortunately, most companies don’t prepare for migrations properly and lose not only traffic but search ranking position as well. This graph from Moz shows an example of a business that poorly migrated their website from HTTP to HTTPS. The result was a six month recovery period to get back to the average traffic they had prior to the migration. Obviously, you want to avoid this kind of recovery time at all costs. If website migration is...