Every time you guess, you bring bias and risk into your conclusions. That’s why using Search Query Reports to find inefficient spend is a surefire way to save your company $$$. Let’s get started. How to Pull Search Query Reports Pulling search query reports is fairly easy. In Google, go to the Keywords tab and […]
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Google Expands Same Meaning Close Variants: What Does That Mean?
Just when you thought Google couldn’t make things more confusing – they done did it again. Google has just announced the launch of “same meaning” close variants to broad match modifier and phrase match keywords, in addition to the exact match close variants that rolled out late last year. According to Google, “On average, we expect […]
How a Rapper Cost the Finance Industry Millions
Thank you to everyone who attended our webinar on how to leverage your existing data to uncover SEO + PPC opportunities within the Search space. Teresa Lopez & Jordan Strauss walked us through how irrelevant references are sneaking into the SERPS and unexpectedly stealing our spend. We learned: How to catch pop culture and news […]
What Local Businesses Can Learn Through Google Algorithm Updates
For anyone with a business that depends on the internet for a sizable share of their customer base, the instability of their search ranking can be maddening. They’re first one day, next time they look they’re down to number 7, the next time up to 3 and the next time off the first page completely. […]
Keyword Research: 5 Common Mistakes Local Businesses Should Avoid
Keyword research is one of the essential building blocks of effective SEO. If you seek organic traffic or even if you want your PPC ads to work, you need to be spot on with the choice of keywords, it’s that simple. You’re going to need to weave those keywords into the content, and possibly weave […]
Are You Missing Out on These Online Free Advertising Opportunities?
I’ve found that a lot of small business owners don’t know that they have free advertising credits on sites like Google, Bing, Yahoo, the various social media platforms, and Amazon waiting to be cashed in. This usually happens for one of two reasons: Someone else developed their site and took care of hosting, or The […]
How to Do Keyword Research in 2018: A Quick Guide
SEO’s regularly emphasize the importance of keyword research, and for good reasons. Keyword research is quite possibly the most important stage in SEO, and I’ll explain why. On the Internet, people do not just magically stumble across your content, products or website. Instead, there is a much more logical reason as to why and how they found […]
10 Steps to Better Rankings in Google
Having a good ranking in Google is one of the best ways to ensure that your website or blog gets a steady stream of traffic. This means that you ultimately have more sales and a bigger income. Achieving a better ranking on search engines is not something that you achieve overnight, however, and you should […]
Why You Should Bid on Your Own Brand Terms
It’s a challenge for a business to achieve the performance and reach the goals you set for yourself in such a competitive PPC space. Who doesn’t want to increase ad performance and see the most value possible for the money spent on paid search? There are so many different strategies your business can use to […]
Choosing the Right Domain for Your Business: Things You Should Do
Choosing the right name for your business is very important. It practically defines who you are and what your brand is about. It’s not impossible to change a name, but if you’ve built a brand around it, this could effectively be associated with you for life. Just as your business name identifies you amongst customers […]
