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Unique Information Will Help You Get Better Rankings
Unique Content equals Better RankingsUnique content will help you rank better in the search engines. So you have a website and you want to rank well in the search engines. Well, you need to think about what you customers need and then define your unique value proposition. First if you don't understand your customers you will never do... continue reading "Unique Information Will Help You Get Better Rankings"»
All Business Owners Should Know these 10 Things Before Building a Website
Before You Begin10 things all business owners should know before they have a website built.I loved the article "10 things businesses should know before building a website" over at 456 Berea Street . Here are their top 10 with my comments added:Understand what you want. Too many businesses really don't... continue reading "All Business Owners Should Know these 10 Things Before Building a Website"»
Custom URL or Vanity URL for Facebook Pages
Facebook Custom Address URLHow to add a custom "vanity url" to your facebook Pages page. Here is how Facebook describes Page usernames: “Usernames allow public entities to easily promote your presence on Facebook with a short URL. This username can be used in your marketing communications, company website and business... continue reading "Custom URL or Vanity URL for Facebook Pages"»
Don't Make These Mistakes in Your Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) MistakesToo many companies fail in these incorrect assumptions about SEO when dealing with search engine optimization to get first page results. Rand Fishkin mentioned these two ways companies often incorrectly approach SEO. The biggest mistakes I see around SEO is that they consider it two ways, both of which... continue reading "Don't Make These Mistakes in Your Search Engine Optimization"»
Better Links for Better Ranking
Linking and Search EnginesThe type, authority, quality, and quantity of links that link to your site is critical to great search engine placement. The Internet is based on links. Plain and simple. That is why we call it the world wide web. Pages interlinking between hundreds and thousands of other pages creating an enormous web... continue reading "Better Links for Better Ranking"»
You are Nothing without High-Quality Content
High Quality ContentYour webpages need high-quality content. Remember the dread of writing that 20 page research paper in high school? Although you don't need 20 single spaced, typed pages to get a good grade (or ranking) on the web, you do need two things:High-quality ContentAn Understanding of How People Read on... continue reading "You are Nothing without High-Quality Content"»
Questions to Ask Your Web Developer
Interviewing Web DesignersQuestions to ask before hiring a web developer. SEOmoz recently posted some questions that they would ask when interviewing web developers. Figured I'd have a go at the questions and let you know where I stand: What Industry sites and blogs do you read regularly? I consistently read Matt Cutts,... continue reading "Questions to Ask Your Web Developer"»
21 Things That Best Converting Websites Know That You Don't
Increase Conversion RatesTakeaways from Bryan Eisenberg's talk at SES London 2010. So what do the best converting websites have in common? Communicate unique value proposition – You have 7 seconds to persuade (or 8-10 seconds if you have really, really good content). Establish credibility on every landing page. Make... continue reading "21 Things That Best Converting Websites Know That You Don't"»
Does Your Web Developer Have These Essential Traits?
Web Developer TraitsHere are some essential traits that all web developers should have. I recently read an article at seomoz that discussed the traits that most good web developers have (although I've modified the order a bit to fit my tastes).Are as accurate as possible. As we mentioned before, good programmers... continue reading "Does Your Web Developer Have These Essential Traits?"»
You Need a Better Strategy
A Better StrategyYou need a better strategy on the web.Although we have stressed this time and time again, people must be reminded that being on the web requires a very specific focus and strategy. Rachel McApline puts it this way:Hear my cry: FOCUS!When running a business on the web, you are forced to establish priorities.... continue reading "You Need a Better Strategy"»
Yahoo Mail Servers Rejecting Email
Yahoo Bouncing Email - 451 ErrorIf you use Yahoo! mail as your main email account, you might not be receiving all of your emails. What is Yahoo thinking??? Recently Yahoo has started "greylisting extremely deprioritizing" almost every email that goes through their mail server. Greylisting This is a way of attempting to block... continue reading "Yahoo Mail Servers Rejecting Email"»
Do You Know These Tips to Quickly Improve Landing Page Conversion Rates
Landing Page ConversionsIncrease landing page conversions with these simple tips. Increasing conversions is a big topic lately. Here are some more great ideas from ioninteractive for increasing conversions on your landing pages for this year. Keep your Organic and PPC landing pages separate. Targeted traffic from PPC have... continue reading "Do You Know These Tips to Quickly Improve Landing Page Conversion Rates"»
Creating Web Copy That Brings In Customers
Online Writing AdviceThe content on your website should always help pull in your visitors, not push them away. So, you've optimized your website for search engines, but have you optimized it for visitors as well? When a user arrives at your website from a search engine, they have typed in specific words that they are hoping... continue reading "Creating Web Copy That Brings In Customers"»
Web Marketing Basics - How to be Successful
4 Important Marketing TipsUnderstanding basic marketing skills increases your effectiveness on the internet. There are many aspects that you need to consider in order to be successful on the web, but there are some primary marketing skills that are exceptionally important. Much of your success will come from where you focus... continue reading "Web Marketing Basics - How to be Successful"»
Now You Can Have Lower Shopping Cart Abandon Rates
Increase E-Commerce SalesAvoid these e-commerce shopping cart mistakes to lower your cart abandon rates and increase sales. Did you know that on average 52.1% of people abandon shopping their online shopping carts? Primary reasons for abandonment include high shipping charges, high cost of items, price comparison with other... continue reading "Now You Can Have Lower Shopping Cart Abandon Rates"»
How to Determine if Your Website is Successful
Successful Website MetricsMaking sure that you pick the correct metric to measure is extremely important to having a truly successful website. Recently on SEOmoz's whiteboard friday they discussed how to keep clients happy. Much of the conversation focused around knowing what determines success. A point that I thought was extremely... continue reading "How to Determine if Your Website is Successful"»
Who Else Wants to Build Links and Rank High in Google
Link BaitingWho Else Wants to Build Links and Rank Higher in Google Link Baiting has become common place to increase organic inbound links and rank higher in Google. There was a great article by Andy Hagan but he broke his site to pieces, so I had to do some digging to find it again. Here are some of the best from... continue reading "Who Else Wants to Build Links and Rank High in Google"»
Boosting the Confidence of Your Customers
Trust, Credibility, and PersuasionCredibility plays an important role in convincing your customers to purchase from you. Many doctors specialize in a particular field; people trust them because they are experts in the field they choose. What can you do to make your company look like an expert with your website? You have to be able to... continue reading "Boosting the Confidence of Your Customers"»
Fresh Content Will Bring Spiders and People Back For More
Fresh Content for RankingsFresh content will bring spiders (and people) back to your site more often. How often you update your website is extremely critical to your success on the web. First and foremost, search engines loves fresh content. Let's take two sites that cover the same topic. Site A who updates their site every... continue reading "Fresh Content Will Bring Spiders and People Back For More"»
Why Your Tried-and-True Older Content is Losing You Traffic
Removing Dates in Google SERPsAround March of this year we saw decreased Google traffic coming to tried-and-true content that had brought us solid traffic for years. Things continued to decrease and we decided to investigate the cause. It appears that Google's use of dates in the SERPs had a markedly negative impact on our clickthrough... continue reading "Why Your Tried-and-True Older Content is Losing You Traffic"»
The Secret to Communicating Your Business Effectively
Blind SpotsAvoid these common website mistakes that keeps your website from communicating effectively. Too many people have the "reading the label from inside the bottle" mentality when they think about their business. A great article by Todd Follansbee still holds true for all businesses online. Here are some... continue reading "The Secret to Communicating Your Business Effectively"»
Should Sound be Used on a Website?
Using Music and Sound on WebsitesSound and action words make your message more memorable. As put by the Eisenberg brothers in Call to Action, "Sound is invasive, intrusive, and irresistible." People have the ability to remember hundreds of songs and voices because they come into the brain through sound. Sounds tend to be remembered... continue reading "Should Sound be Used on a Website?"»
Four Step Formula to Be Successful at Multivariate Testing
Multivariate Testing - MVTMuiltvariate testing we help quickly increase conversions. Here are the four simple steps to implement multivariate testing. We recently wrote a from the ground up, multivariate testing package to use with all of our upcoming websites. We've always believed in testing, testing, testing, and the iterative... continue reading "Four Step Formula to Be Successful at Multivariate Testing"»
Simple Navigation Pointers
Good NavigationIf users don't understand your website's navigation, you are losing sales. Navigation is of huge importance to your website, so it shouldn't be just thrown onto the page. There are certain things users expect, and people are comfortable with things they are used to. For example, navigation is usually... continue reading "Simple Navigation Pointers"»
Website Credibility in 10 Easy Steps
Web Site CredibilityCredibility is difficult to build and extremely easy to lose. These 10 steps will help you maintain your credibility. Stanford released the following 10 points for increasing credibility after a 3-year, 4,500 person study .Make it easy to verify the accuracy of the information on your site. - The web... continue reading "Website Credibility in 10 Easy Steps"»
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