A phone and a stopwatch are not pro SEO tools Forget the tortoise and the hare. If your website is slow it is costing you business. 53% of mobile site [Read More … ]
Readable Newsletters Get Opened
You don’t get a second chance to make your email newsletter worth reading. The average office worker gets 121 emails a day, 34% get opened. You are competing with purchase [Read More … ]
Fred Proof Your Website
The SEO world and a lot of website owners spent this week trying to understand huge drops in Google traffic. Sites were reporting 80 – 90% loss of visits. Google’s [Read More … ]
Will Your Website Be Secure In Time?
If your website is not using HTTPS it’s time to get it back in place before July of 2018. Beginning this summer the Google Chrome address bar will show a [Read More … ]
Reviews and Local Website Conversions
I’ve been nagging about managing reviews for the last few years and it’s time to do it again: BrightLocal released their 2016 Local Consumer Review Survey with stunning results. 84% of people trust [Read More … ]
Mobile First: Another Deadline to Upgrade
Mobile friendly is now mobile first. Alaska websites need to think about their mobile friendliness the way Google does. More people search the internet on their smartphones than on their [Read More … ]
Big Shaker at Google?
Is it an earthquake or just a truck rumbling by? What we do know is that social media is on fire with SEO questions. When questioned directly on Twitter, Google’s John [Read More … ]
Local Search Means Local Signals
A local website needs to be seen by local customers. Your audience is around the block not half way around the world. Your competition is next door and let me [Read More … ]
Say Thank You
If you have a big anniversary coming up – don’t forget to thank the customers and clients who got you there. The bigger you are, the more important it is [Read More … ]
What They Really Want
Everyone likes to propound on what website factors really work and drive business your way. Of course, most “experts” are just guessing. After 20 years, the age gap is still [Read More … ]