SEO Facts

We’ve been optimizing websites since 2006 and writing these newsletters just about every week.  That’s hundreds of newsletters.  But we’ve never talked about our personal feelings about SEO.  Today we will, and are joined by other SEO experts to...

Thousands of sites were delisted or dropped in the most recent Google core update that was completed on April 19th.  It was one of the most sweeping updates in years.  If your site took a hit in ranking, here’s...

This week’s Bloomberg Businessweek magazine (p. 64, Apr 22, 2024) has an extensive article on the state of the homeowner’s mind today.  Here are the highlights:  HOMEOWNERS WHO LOVE THEIR MORTGAGE:  51% SHARE OF HOMEOWNERS PLANNING THESE PROJECTS IN...

Now Google is testing placing the Google Ads right in the Organic results.  That’s right, no longer just at the top and bottom of a Google Search Results Page (SERP) but mixed in.  What does this mean for you:...

Spring is upon us, and the housing market is starting to pick up.  However, we’re nowhere near “busy” season, so getting more leads now is important.  Here’s what our savvy clients are doing:  Google Ads (formerly known as AdWords). ...

We research extensively to keep our clients on Page One of Google for as many keyword phrases as possible, so the testimony of Pandu Nayak, Head of Search at Google, at the anti-trust trial of US v. Google has...

We all think that malware, hacks and ransomware happen to “the other guy” but that’s not true.  Here are some sobering thoughts from a presentation at the Wheaton/Bekins Awards Conference last week in Las Vegas by U.S. Secret Service...

Your prospects want to know who you are before they do business with you.  It only makes sense.  To prove this, we can show you site after site of our clients where the About Us page is often the...

There is all this talk about AI, and it’s said to be the biggest change since the internet itself.  Maybe all that’s true, but it doesn’t change the fact that showing up in any type of search depends on...

Right now, 95% of your prospects are finding you on Google.  That may change very soon.  So, getting your website ranked on Page One or as close to Page One as possible has never been more important.  Here’s why:...

The Moving & Storage industry is a part of the Real Estate industry by and large.  Never have we felt this more than the past year.  So what is the outlook?  How can we plan?  Here’s how: HOME SALES...

Google’s goal is to provide its users with the most relevant and CREDIBLE search results.  It’s a private company that still is fighting to remain #1.  So Google looks for “markers” to provide a roadmap for them to return...

Google does not want to be fooled.  There are plenty of bad actors out there looking to take advantage of search engines for their own gain and profit.  Hundreds of Google engineers spend all their days working to prevent...

This was a big week for the Moving & Storage Industry as the minutes of the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee), which sets the Federal Reserve’s policy, not only left rates unchanged for the third (every other month) meeting...