Marketing on the Web Working on several projects recently I am finding that mobile is still being treated as an afterthought. Guys, you can't do this. I know you think your site is fine, it's a responsive "mobile friendly" design and it passed Google's Speed Test with flying colors, but desktop design is still taking the lead in appearance and design. What I am seeing routinely on mobile sites are menus that are missing pages or don't work at all, text that isn't properly scaling and overwhelming the display, whi...
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Marketing on the Web explores Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and how it can impact your web marketing efforts.
Keyword Research
Keyword Research - Great Video by former MOZ CEO Rand Fishkin. (approx. 15 minutes) https://moz.com/blog/one-hour-seo-guide-part-2-keyword-research
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What can Search Engine Optimization (SEO) do?? Great Video by former MOZ CEO Rand Fishkin. (approx. 10 minutes)https://moz.com/blog/one-hour-seo-guide-part-1-seo-strategy
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John Allen will be discussing the current state of Search Engine Optimization to the Huntsville Web Developers meetup on October 10. Follow this link to reserve your spot: https://www.meetup.com/web-99/events/254582381/ Download Presentation Download Periodic Table of SEO Success Factors
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SEO is an ever changing element and necessary if you want your website to rank in Google's search results. And not keeping pace with what the algorithms are favoring can impact future rankings and business. With this in mind, Google has just released an updated version of their SEO Guidelines. Worth review: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Starter Guide
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I started Marketing on the Web in 2007 to assist Huntsville-based companies with their internet marketing efforts. Over the past 10 years we have assisted many local, regional, and national businesses with their on-line marketing efforts and we thank them for contributing to our success! Marketing on the Web is known for its attention to detail and hands-on approach to Internet Marketing. As an adjunct to in-house marketing teams, MOTW improves the on-line presence of businesses without the o...
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(Hint it's Relevance over Ranking) These days rather than Google matching keywords or phrases to webpages, Google is using artificial intelligence (aka RankBrain) to interpret a searcher's intent. Therefore it is important to make sure that Google understands that your website is pertinent to the searcher’s intent rather than trying to make pages that rank (or match) for specific search terms. For our clients, a website ranking for a keyword versus being relevant for the searchers intent c...
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Google has just updated their guidelines for websites. Website designers and webmasters should review these guidelines to insure your sites follow best practices. Among the changes are new recommendations for mobile sites and using https (secure http). Google Webmasters Guidelines Bing's guidelines have not been updated, but can be found here.
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