When one first hears the term linkbaiting they are immedieatly reminded of their unseemly cousin, clickbaiting. Linkbaiting may share the family resemblance, but it falls far from the family tree. To outline the deviance from family traditions we will define what ethical SEO practice look like. This is more commonly referred to as White Hat […]
If the 80’s was the Lousiannia purchase of the internet, then the 90s was the Wild West and PageRank was the smoking gun in the hands of outlaws and sherrifs . But has modern technology made the 6-shooter irrelevant to the SEO gunslinger? History: PageRank was developed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin as part […]
A crucial aspect of SEO is mobile SEO and ensuring that your site and content is optimized for mobile devices. But why exactly is it so important, and what are some ways to optimize it? Mobile SEO is so important because Google has switched to mobile-first indexing, which means that it primarily will use the […]
On April 24, 2012, Google released what is called the “Penguin Update”. The purpose of this update was to penalize and halt the promotion of websites that were using black-hat SEO techniques. Before the Penguin update, websites could use keyword-stuffed anchor text, purchasing links, and other dishonest tactics to boost their site and content’s rankings. […]
Google has in the past used a set of guidelines to evaluate the quality of website content. Their original guidelines followed E-A-T, or Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness. Expertise is fairly self explanatory, Google wants to show you content from pages and individuals that know what they are talking about and have skills regarding whatever the […]
To say that technology is constantly improving and evolving would just sound like a broken record, but that’s because it is consistently true. This is absolutely true for SEO, and especially so due to the recent drastic improvements of AI and its accessibility to be implemented in almost endless areas of technology. Just as it […]
Are you curious about what is trending? Do you want to know which celebrity is rising to fame by the hour? Do you wish there were a way to figure out what everyone was searching online? All of those questions can be answered by the invention, Google Trends. Google Trends is a system that measures […]
Crazy Weather Example Recently we have had some crazy weather events in our area and I would like to highlight some ways in which we can stay informed using keywords. The flooding impacted much of Western Pa, and it has been highlighted in most of of news broadcasts from the city of Pittsburgh. To find […]
In the vast online realm, pinpointing your target customers might seem like a daunting task. But fear not, for SEO holds the key to unlocking this mystery. Let’s delve into the art of understanding your audience and harnessing the power of keywords to guide your online strategy. Get to Know Your Audience: Understanding your target […]