I love seeing our SEO getting cleaned up!
In this case, filing reports with Google to disavow spammy links that are hurting us. When low-quality websites link to us, that can hurt us, since Google thinks we’re buying garbage in an attempt to manipulate search results. They don’t know if it’s us buying, an SEO company who bought them, or a competitor trying […]
Google Lighthouse is a game changer for anyone with a website
You probably are aware of Google’s Pagespeed Insights– a free tool that ranks how your website performs on mobile and desktop and provides suggestions. And you might already be using the Developer Tools inside your Chrome browser to troubleshoot how particular elements of your website load in real time. Yes, I know our own website […]
Go jump on this now
With so much devastation around us, we need leaders like Mike Roberts right now. He is the CEO of SpyFu— the most powerful competitive PPC and SEO tool on the planet. And he’s made it 100% free to anyone who needs it and made a list of other digital platforms that are also doing the same. Go jump […]
Want to see how I analyze website performance and local rankings?
This will help any local business, not just assisted living facilities trying to rank in map results. Find out which of these issues may be affecting your SEO. https://www.facebook.com/102250167970438/videos/454266528852862/UzpfSTE4ODExNjI5OjEwMTAyNTE2MDA4MjM2MzA5/
Brian Karoff is not the man you think he is
He’s better! I first met Brian via Alex Houg, doing local online marketing projects in Minneapolis. Like most agency folks, he had a mix of awesome and headache clients. You know what that’s like if you’re a consultant or agency owner. One of these clients was so mean that not only didn’t pay, but […]
Made with 100% Real SEO (How to make EASY money as an SEO consultant)
I was at McDonalds recently and noticed the writing on the bag: “Made with 100% Real Beef.” And then something to the effect of “And with a number like that, you can’t get any better.” It reminds me of the breakfast cereals that are made “with” 100% real honey— meaning that they have a giant […]
Google Analytics can predict the future
My best friend is a stay-at-home dad. Last Halloween, he blogged about funny pumpkin carvings and quickly started ranking on that term. His traffic went from a few dozen visits a day in late October to a couple of thousand daily uniques right at Halloween. It’s now one year later, the content is unchanged, and […]
Ranking in Google News is easy– even for competitive terms
What’s the secret? Just submit to about 20 free press release sites. If you want to pay for PR Wire or PR Web, that’s fine. Might save you some time. While it’s great to be able to rank for Facebook advertising and local online marketing, the truth is that these news results don’t provide much […]
Why We Don’t Sell SEO Anymore
Last week, I was on a panel discussing SEO with Seth of Conductor, Chris of Bruce Clay, and Kevin Lee of DidIt. The audience was startups, and here were are, 4 of the top agencies in SEO, telling them about SEO. The trouble is, these aren’t Fortune 500 companies that have $20k a month to […]
4 steps to make a KILLER Infographic and drive natural inbound links
Gather some interesting statistics and then make a chart out of it– and you’ve got yourself an Infographic. Examples are showing a map of the world and income for each country displayed by green bars. Or perhaps it’s the price of gasoline over the last 2 years graphed against milk prices to show some […]